# Introduction

The Visual Studio version recommended by YDLidar-SDK to use is Visual Studio 2017. This document decribes steps to run YDLidar-SDK on Visual Studio 2017.

The YDLidar-SDK version used in this document is the lastest release version which is 1.0.0. And this document focuses on How to Install Software, and conforms to the steps and rules provided by YDLidar-SDK.

# Download YDLidar-SDK

please refer to [YDLidar-SDK Software Installation](https://github.com/YDLIDAR/YDLidar-SDK/blob/master/docs/quickstart/ydlidar_sdk_software_installation_guide.md)，download YDLidar-SDK version 1.0.0 source code onto the computer.

# Install CMake

Please follow the [official guide to install the cmake](https://cmake.org/install).


# Build and Run YDLIDAR SDK
Please refer to [How to build and release](https://github.com/YDLIDAR/YDLidar-SDK/blob/master/doc/howto/how_to_build_and_release.md).
