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pycam0.3 OS:XP visualization does not work

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2010-09-09
2013-03-08
  • Karl-Heinz Weidener

    hello,

    i have a problem running pycam0.3.

    when is start it ,there is a popup-window showing following message "Failed to initialize the interactive 3D model view.
    Please install 'python-gtkglext1' to enable it." 
    i can close the pop-up and the rest works .

    because i am an absolut noob,i searched a lot of pages in google to find an installerfile for this python-gtkglext1,but it only seem to exist for ubuntu users.

    before i installed pycam i read the requirements and followed the link to marco bonifazi with its all-in-one installers "gtk and pygtk" i also downloaded python2.6

    1.installed python2.6 2.installed gtk 3.installed pygtk (and all whats in the installerfile) last i installed pycam0.3
    everything is now installed with phython2.6

    i also found the install-text and tried to follow the instructions.altthough i am shure i did not do it right.(i think it does not mean just to copy an paste some directories,when it says manually add files ) i managed it meanwhile to do the import thing .but with the next complete installation this effekt was away and the only thing i can "import" is gtk.the rest of the modules is not found.

    what i guess is, that other users of this program have a requirement installed that is not mentioned on the list of requirements.
    but as i told before i am just a dump-user.
    i come to this conclusion,because i also tried the standalonesolution that is also not running (see the bug id 3061159 ).but i installed both on two different pc´s and it does not work on both with similar failures.and if other people would have the same problems google would have mentioned it ,i think.
    so i think there is nothing wrong with the files but probably with my preconditions .

    if you need further information please tell me .

    i would be very thankful or any hint or i hope easy-understandable solution.

    malcolmxiv

     
  • Lars

    Lars - 2010-10-20

    Hi Karl-Heinz,

    this issue should be resolved with the latest release (v0.4) of PyCAM.
    Please tell me, if you still encounter problems with this release!

    cheers,
    Lars

     
  • Isabel Bagudanch

    I had the same problem when I run pycam v0.3 as malcolmxiv. Now I'm trying the standalone latest release (v0.4) but I have problems when I want to generate the toolpath. When I click on the button appears the following message in the .exe:

    Usage: pycam 

    Start the PyCAM toolpath generator. Supplying one of the '-export-?' parameters will cause PyCAM to start in batch mode. Most parameters are useful only for batch mode.

    PyCAM: error: no such option: -multiprocessing-fork

    I would be very greatful if you could help me.

    Isabel.

     
  • Lars

    Lars - 2010-10-20

    Hi Isabel,

    thanks for trying the new release!

    I currently have no idea, how the option "-multiprocessing-fork" could appear anywhere. It is not mentioned in the code of PyCAM.
    Did you add it somehow?

    Anyway: could you please describe in more detail, where you click and what happens then?

    thanks!
    Lars

     
  • Lars

    Lars - 2010-10-24

    Hi Isabel,

    I now realized the source of the problem: the standalone executable does not work with multiple CPU cores on Windows. This is really a pity, but I don't see a quick fix for this.
    You can download the latest update of the standalone executable: it disables parallel processing und thus should work without problems.

    thanks for your report!
    Lars

     

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