Hi Ding, CUDA13 removed a bunch of things DEME currently uses. We should be able to push a new version in a few days which fixes this problem and provides huge performance boosts. I'll reply here when it is out. So I'd say you either wait a few days, or use CUDA 12.8 or below.
Thank you, Ruochun On Friday, January 9, 2026 at 5:46:45 PM UTC+8 [email protected] wrote: > Hi Ruochun, I encountered a similar issue when compiling the DEM-engine. > My CUDA version is 13.0. After generating the .sln file via CMake, I tried > to build the solution in MSVS 2022, but the build failed with the error > message shown in the image below. How should I resolve this? Best regards, > Ding > > [image: 屏幕截图 2026-01-09 174529.png] > 在2025年4月9日星期三 UTC+8 02:31:05<Ruochun Zhang> 写道： > >> Hi Mahmoud, >> >> With what we have here, I feel both issues are related to multiple >> installations. >> >> For cmake, it could be that you have multiple cmake installations, in >> which case you should specify the one you want to use in PATH. Or if you >> are using ccmake, perhaps it's linked against a cmake backend which is old. >> Reinstalling them should always work... The README document of DEME has a >> link to a guide on updating cmake to the newest. It's written for WSL, but >> works for Linux as well. >> >> For CUDA, I'm pretty sure 11.3 and 12.1~12.3 do not work, which may >> include the versions you tried. This is a limitation I cannot overcome and >> you just have to use a different version. I would just recommend the newest >> CUDA; or try 12.0, if you want to be safe. The most important thing is to >> set the CUDA-related environment variables correctly before compilation, if >> you have multiple installations. The README document of DEME also contains >> some guidance on how to do that. >> >> Ruochun >> >> On Wednesday, April 9, 2025 at 1:25:27 AM UTC+8 [email protected] >> wrote: >> >>> Hello All, >>> >>> I am trying to run the tutorial BallDrop2D on the github repo, When I >>> try to compile the .cpp file, I get an error stating that cmake version is >>> not compatible. Needs minimum version 3.27. The version I have is up to >>> date 3.27.7. >>> >>> Also, I tried to run it PyDEME version, my GPU is recongized and my cuda >>> version is 12.2. I tried older versions like 11, but when I run the example >>> I get runtime error and cuda version is defined. My question is what is the >>> best cuda version suitable for PyDEME that will not cause problems? >>> >>> Thanks >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ProjectChrono" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/projectchrono/283a402a-6e59-4b98-a21e-2836b3e18b6an%40googlegroups.com.
