diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
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+
+PROJECT(openEMS CXX)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
+
+# add git revision
+IF(EXISTS ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/.git )
+  FIND_PACKAGE(Git)
+  # Get the latest abbreviated commit hash of the working branch
+  execute_process(
+    COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} describe --tags
+    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}
+    OUTPUT_VARIABLE GITREV
+  )
+  set(VERSION ${GITREV})
+  string(STRIP ${VERSION} VERSION)
+  message(STATUS "Found Git repository, ${PROJECT_NAME} version tag: ${VERSION}")
+ENDIF()
+
+ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DGIT_VERSION=\"${VERSION}\")
+
+# Set locations of extra CMake modules
+SET(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} "${openEMS_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/modules/")
+
+# TinyXML module from https://github.com/ros/cmake_modules
+find_package(TinyXML REQUIRED)
+ADD_DEFINITIONS( -DTIXML_USE_STL )
+
+find_package(HDF5 REQUIRED)
+INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES (${HDF5_INCLUDE_DIR})
+
+# hdf5 compat
+ADD_DEFINITIONS( -DH5_USE_16_API )
+
+find_package(Boost 1.46 COMPONENTS
+  thread
+  system
+  date_time
+  serialization
+  chrono
+)
+
+find_package(VTK REQUIRED)
+
+if("${VTK_MAJOR_VERSION}" EQUAL 5)
+  set( vtk_LIBS
+    vtkCommon
+    vtkFiltering
+    vtkGraphics
+    vtkHybrid
+    vtkIO
+    vtkRendering
+    vtkWidgets
+    QVTK
+  )
+endif()
+
+
+if("${VTK_MAJOR_VERSION}" EQUAL 6)
+  set( vtk_LIBS
+    vtkCommonCore
+    vtkCommonDataModel
+    vtkIOLegacy
+    vtkIOXML
+    vtkIOGeometry
+    vtkIOPLY
+    vtksys
+    vtkIOCore
+)
+endif()
+
+if(VTK_FOUND)
+	message(STATUS "Found package VTK. Using " ${VTK_USE_FILE})
+    include(${VTK_USE_FILE})
+else(VTK_FOUND)
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "VTK not found. Please set VTK_DIR.")
+endif(VTK_FOUND)
+
+INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES (${VTK_INCLUDE_DIR})
+
+#message(status "vtk libs: ${vtk_LIBS}")
+
+# independent tool
+ADD_SUBDIRECTORY( nf2ff )
+
+# libs
+ADD_SUBDIRECTORY( tools )
+ADD_SUBDIRECTORY( FDTD )
+ADD_SUBDIRECTORY( FDTD/extensions )
+
+# depend on CSXCAD
+ADD_SUBDIRECTORY( Common )
+
+# main program
+set(SOURCES
+  main.cpp
+  openems.cpp
+)
+
+
+INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES( ${openEMS_SOURCE_DIR} )    #find tools
+INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES( ${CSXCAD_SOURCE_DIR}/src ) #find ContinuousStructure.h
+
+
+ADD_EXECUTABLE( openEMS ${SOURCES} )
+
+TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES( openEMS
+  fparser
+  CSXCAD
+  FDTD
+  Common
+  tools
+  extensions
+  tinyxml
+  hdf5
+  hdf5_hl
+  #${HDF_LIBRARIES}
+  ${Boost_LIBRARIES}
+  #${VTK_LIBRARIES}
+  ${vtk_LIBS}
+)
+
+INSTALL( TARGETS openEMS DESTINATION bin )
+
+INSTALL( DIRECTORY matlab DESTINATION share/openEMS )
+
+# TODO mpi, tarball, debug, release
diff --git a/Common/CMakeLists.txt b/Common/CMakeLists.txt
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+
+INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES( ${openEMS_SOURCE_DIR} )
+INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES( ${CSXCAD_SOURCE_DIR}/src )
+
+set( SOURCES
+  engine_interface_base.cpp
+  operator_base.cpp
+  processcurrent.cpp
+  processfieldprobe.cpp
+  processfields.cpp
+  processfields_fd.cpp
+  processfields_sar.cpp
+  processfields_td.cpp
+  processing.cpp
+  processintegral.cpp
+  processmodematch.cpp
+  processvoltage.cpp
+)
+
+# Common lib
+add_library( Common ${SOURCES} )
+
diff --git a/FDTD/CMakeLists.txt b/FDTD/CMakeLists.txt
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+++ b/FDTD/CMakeLists.txt
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+
+INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES( ${openEMS_SOURCE_DIR} )
+INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES( ${CSXCAD_SOURCE_DIR}/src )
+
+set(SOURCES
+  engine.cpp
+  operator.cpp
+  engine_multithread.cpp
+  operator_cylinder.cpp
+  engine_cylinder.cpp
+  engine_sse.cpp
+  operator_sse.cpp
+  operator_sse_compressed.cpp
+  engine_sse_compressed.cpp
+  operator_multithread.cpp
+  excitation.cpp
+  operator_cylindermultigrid.cpp
+  engine_cylindermultigrid.cpp
+  engine_interface_fdtd.cpp
+  engine_interface_sse_fdtd.cpp
+  engine_interface_cylindrical_fdtd.cpp
+)
+
+# FDTD lib
+add_library( FDTD ${SOURCES} )
+
diff --git a/FDTD/extensions/CMakeLists.txt b/FDTD/extensions/CMakeLists.txt
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+++ b/FDTD/extensions/CMakeLists.txt
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+
+INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES( ${openEMS_SOURCE_DIR} )
+INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES( ${CSXCAD_SOURCE_DIR}/src )
+
+set(SOURCES
+  engine_extension.cpp
+  operator_ext_dispersive.cpp
+  operator_ext_lorentzmaterial.cpp
+  operator_ext_conductingsheet.cpp
+  engine_ext_dispersive.cpp
+  engine_ext_lorentzmaterial.cpp
+  engine_ext_cylindermultigrid.cpp
+  operator_ext_upml.cpp
+  engine_ext_upml.cpp
+  operator_extension.cpp
+  engine_ext_mur_abc.cpp
+  operator_ext_mur_abc.cpp
+  operator_ext_cylinder.cpp
+  engine_ext_cylinder.cpp
+  operator_ext_excitation.cpp
+  engine_ext_excitation.cpp
+  operator_ext_tfsf.cpp
+  engine_ext_tfsf.cpp
+)
+
+# FDTD/extensions lib
+add_library( extensions ${SOURCES} )
+
diff --git a/cmake/Modules/FindTinyXML.cmake b/cmake/Modules/FindTinyXML.cmake
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+++ b/cmake/Modules/FindTinyXML.cmake
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+##################################################################################################
+# 
+# CMake script for finding TinyXML.
+# 
+# Input variables:
+# 
+# - TinyXML_ROOT_DIR (optional): When specified, header files and libraries will be searched for in
+#     ${TinyXML_ROOT_DIR}/include
+#     ${TinyXML_ROOT_DIR}/libs
+#   respectively, and the default CMake search order will be ignored. When unspecified, the default
+#   CMake search order is used.
+#   This variable can be specified either as a CMake or environment variable. If both are set,
+#   preference is given to the CMake variable.
+#   Use this variable for finding packages installed in a nonstandard location, or for enforcing
+#   that one of multiple package installations is picked up.
+# 
+# 
+# Cache variables (not intended to be used in CMakeLists.txt files)
+# 
+# - TinyXML_INCLUDE_DIR: Absolute path to package headers.
+# - TinyXML_LIBRARY: Absolute path to library.
+# 
+# 
+# Output variables:
+# 
+# - TinyXML_FOUND: Boolean that indicates if the package was found
+# - TinyXML_INCLUDE_DIRS: Paths to the necessary header files
+# - TinyXML_LIBRARIES: Package libraries
+# 
+# 
+# Example usage:
+# 
+#  find_package(TinyXML)
+#  if(NOT TinyXML_FOUND)
+#    # Error handling
+#  endif()
+#  ...
+#  include_directories(${TinyXML_INCLUDE_DIRS} ...)
+#  ...
+#  target_link_libraries(my_target ${TinyXML_LIBRARIES})
+# 
+##################################################################################################
+
+# Get package location hint from environment variable (if any)
+if(NOT TinyXML_ROOT_DIR AND DEFINED ENV{TinyXML_ROOT_DIR})
+  set(TinyXML_ROOT_DIR "$ENV{TinyXML_ROOT_DIR}" CACHE PATH
+      "TinyXML base directory location (optional, used for nonstandard installation paths)")
+endif()
+
+# Search path for nonstandard package locations
+if(TinyXML_ROOT_DIR)
+  set(TinyXML_INCLUDE_PATH PATHS "${TinyXML_ROOT_DIR}/include" NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
+  set(TinyXML_LIBRARY_PATH PATHS "${TinyXML_ROOT_DIR}/lib"     NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
+endif()
+
+# Find headers and libraries
+find_path(TinyXML_INCLUDE_DIR NAMES tinyxml.h PATH_SUFFIXES "tinyxml" ${TinyXML_INCLUDE_PATH})
+find_library(TinyXML_LIBRARY  NAMES tinyxml   PATH_SUFFIXES "tinyxml" ${TinyXML_LIBRARY_PATH})
+
+mark_as_advanced(TinyXML_INCLUDE_DIR
+                 TinyXML_LIBRARY)
+
+# Output variables generation
+include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
+find_package_handle_standard_args(TinyXML DEFAULT_MSG TinyXML_LIBRARY
+                                                      TinyXML_INCLUDE_DIR)
+
+set(TinyXML_FOUND ${TINYXML_FOUND}) # Enforce case-correctness: Set appropriately cased variable...
+unset(TINYXML_FOUND) # ...and unset uppercase variable generated by find_package_handle_standard_args
+
+if(TinyXML_FOUND)
+  set(TinyXML_INCLUDE_DIRS ${TinyXML_INCLUDE_DIR})
+  set(TinyXML_LIBRARIES ${TinyXML_LIBRARY})
+endif()
diff --git a/nf2ff/CMakeLists.txt b/nf2ff/CMakeLists.txt
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+++ b/nf2ff/CMakeLists.txt
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+
+PROJECT(nf2ff CXX)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
+
+set(SOURCES
+  main.cpp
+	nf2ff.cpp
+	nf2ff_calc.cpp
+)
+
+set(HEADERS
+  nf2ff.h
+  nf2ff_calc.h
+)
+
+ADD_EXECUTABLE( nf2ff ${SOURCES} )
+
+TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES( nf2ff
+  tools
+  tinyxml
+  ${HDF5_LIBRARIES}
+  ${Boost_LIBRARIES}
+)
+
+INSTALL(TARGETS nf2ff DESTINATION bin)
+
+
+#TODO tarball, debug, release
diff --git a/tools/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/CMakeLists.txt
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+++ b/tools/CMakeLists.txt
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+
+set(SOURCES
+  AdrOp.cpp
+  ErrorMsg.cpp
+  ExpenseLog.cpp
+  array_ops.cpp
+  global.cpp
+  hdf5_file_reader.cpp
+  hdf5_file_writer.cpp
+  sar_calculation.cpp
+  useful.cpp
+  vtk_file_writer.cpp
+)
+
+#set(HEADERS
+#  constants.h
+#  array_ops.h
+#  global.h
+#  useful.h
+#  aligned_allocator.h
+#  hdf5_file_reader.h
+#  hdf5_file_writer.h
+#)
+
+# tools lib
+add_library(tools ${SOURCES} )
+