To use or contribute to the Overture Tool project the build invironment must be setup with the required tools. The projects is based on Java with Maven2 which enable development on most platforms.
DevelopmentEnvironmentSetup
Overture Tool Project structure
The Overture Tool Project is build around a set of core components such as an AST, Parser, Interpeter, etc. Additionally to the core components a set of Eclipse Plug-in projects exists which enables the Overture core components to be wrapped and used directly from whithin Eclipse.
Guide for building the core subset of the Overture Tool. BuildOvertureToolCore
Guide for building the complete tool set with Eclipse integration. BuildOvertureToolCompleteToolSet