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porosev
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GMSH lib folder missed in Windows version of installer.

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Hello all,

I am evaluation GDML addon for FreeCAD and during its installation I have troubles with a missing/not operational GMSH.

Evaluating the problem I have found that GDML-DEV version from https://gmsh.info/ has extra folder "LIB" which contains "gmsh-4.10.dll".
So, I manually copied "gmsh-4.10.dll" and "gmsh.py" from this "LIB" folder to "D:\FreeCAD 0.20\bin\Lib\site-packages" and after that the command "import gmsh" in Python console starts to work correctly.

Does it mean that FreeCAD installer have a forgotten LIB folder and/or a missed path to it or it is a problem with Python GMSH package manager?
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Re: GMSH lib folder missed in Windows version of installer.

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porosev
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Re: GMSH lib folder missed in Windows version of installer.

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Yes, of course I used this instruction.

Additionally, in Windows version of FreeCAD the file "..\FreeCAD 0.20\bin\Lib\site-packages\bin\gmsh.exe" is missing that exists in official https://gmsh.info/bin/Windows/gmsh-4.10 ... 64-sdk.zip ..\bin folder.

So, I just was confused why some important GMSH files are missed, because there are many questions in the forum about non-operational GMSH.
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