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Ivan_Ryger
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problem installing the drawing-dimensioning workbench

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Dear all,
I am a relatively new user of Freecad. Recently I needed to generate drawings with dimensions. For this reason, I downloaded a drawing dimensioning workbench from Github https://github.com/hamish2014/FreeCAD_d ... mensioning .
However, I am not able to make it working.
According to this article https://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/Sandbox ... mensioning I tried to make a directory called DrawingDimension in the Freecad/mod subdirectory and copy the respective files there.

When I opened the Freecad environment, I got the following error message:

During initialization the error DLL load failed: The application has failed to start because its side-by-side configuration is incorrect. Please see the application event log or use the command-line sxstrace.exe tool for more detail. occurred in C:\Program Files (x86)\FreeCAD 0.16\Mod\DrawingDimension\InitGui.py

When I looked into Event log, I saw this:

Activation context generation failed for "C:\Program Files (x86)\FreeCAD 0.16\bin\lib\site-packages\numpy\core\multiarray.pyd". Dependent Assembly Microsoft.VC90.DebugCRT,processorArchitecture="x86",publicKeyToken="1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b",type="win32",version="9.0.21022.8" could not be found. Please use sxstrace.exe for detailed diagnosis.

It looks like multiarray.pyd file is missing. Now, I do not know, what to do next. I appreciate any help. Thank you.
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Re: problem installing the drawing-dimensioning workbench

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Hello Ivan.

Welcome to FreeCAD and he forum.
If i read you correct it depends on your FreeCAD version and operating system
how this problem needs to be resolved.

Please provide your FreeCAD info like describd here.

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Re: problem installing the drawing-dimensioning workbench

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dear r-frank
this is the information:

OS: Windows 7
Word size of OS: 64-bit
Word size of FreeCAD: 32-bit
Version: 0.16.6704 (Git)
Build type: Release
Branch: releases/FreeCAD-0-16
Hash: 0c449d7e8f9b2b1fb93e3f8d1865e2f59d7ed253
Python version: 2.7.8
Qt version: 4.8.6
Coin version: 4.0.0a
OCC version: 6.8.0.oce-0.17
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Re: problem installing the drawing-dimensioning workbench

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Hello Ivan.

1) please de-install your FreeCAD Version, download 0.16.6706 for Windows 32 bit from Download-page and install (0.16.6704 has several Bugs)
2) with 0.16.6706 there is a buggy Version of NUMPY (needed by drawing dimensioning)
3) replace this Version manually like described here
4) install addon-manager
5) install drawing dimensioning

Now everything should be fine ...

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Re: problem installing the drawing-dimensioning workbench

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dear r-Frank.
Thank you for guidance, i reinstalled Freecad with the abovementioned release and now everything works fine.
Ivan
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Re: problem installing the drawing-dimensioning workbench

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Hello!
Don't want to multiply threads, so writing here. If i'm wrong please move it.
Have similar problem with assembly2 and drawing-dimensioning workbenches, suspect with all mods. But i don't see the reason cause message looks like that:
During initialization the error DLL load failed: ���������� �� ���� ��������, ��������� ��� ����������� ���������. ��������� ��������� ���������� ����� ������ ������ ��������. occurred in C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\FreeCAD\Mod\assembly2\InitGui.py

Same problem on PC and laptop (win XP SP3 and win7 SP1 respectively, 32-bit both).
On both:
Word size of OS: 32-bit
Word size of FreeCAD: 32-bit
Version: 0.16.6706 (Git)
Build type: Release
Branch: releases/FreeCAD-0-16
Hash: f86a4e411ff7848dea98d7242f43b7774bee8fa0
Python version: 2.7.8
Qt version: 4.8.7
Coin version: 4.0.0a
OCC version: 6.8.0.oce-0.17
Ivan_Ryger, please tell me where can i find Event log?
Thanks!
Have a nice day!
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Re: problem installing the drawing-dimensioning workbench

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Problem solved like discribed by the link given r-frank
Sorry for disturbing and my inattention.
However, could you tell me where to find the application Event log?
Best regards!
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Re: problem installing the drawing-dimensioning workbench

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sol82 wrote:However, could you tell me where to find the application Event log?
And as a general tip to get some more information about crashes with FreeCAD you can start it with the program parameter --write-log. This will create the file FreeCAD.log in $HOME/.FreeCAD on Linux and Mac OS X or %APPDATA\FreeCAD% on Windows systems.
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Re: problem installing the drawing-dimensioning workbench

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Thank you, Roland!
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