[vtkusers] new to vtk / python - some probs

[David Gobbi]

>From the error that was reported, python seems to have located
vtkCommonPython.pyd but was not able to load vtkCommon.dll.
The VTK python install assumes that VTK itself has already been
installed, i.e. that the VTK DLLs are somewhere in the PATH.
You can copy the DLLsl into site-packages/vtk if you want the
python install of VTK to be fully self-contained.

Let me know what your experiences are when you try VTK/wxpython.
I'm not sure if it still works.

 - David

On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 11:51 AM, Dean Inglis <dean.inglis at camris.ca> wrote:
> I am exploring use of python and wxWidgets with VTK.
> I have downloaded and installed Python 2.6 and wxWidgets 2.83 on Win7
> with the following installers:
>
> python-2.6.4.msi
> numpy-1.3.0-win32-superpack-python2.6.exe
> scipy-0.7.1-win32-superpack-python2.6.exe
> wxPython2.8-win32-ansi-2.8.10.1-py26.exe
>
> I have compiled VTK latest git shared build, debug,
> 32 bit with VS 2010.  In my build dir, vtk/Wrapping/Python
> I ran
> python setup.py install --prefix=C:\Python26 BUILD_TYPE=Debug
> swtiched to my source dir
> VTK/Examples/Tutorial/Step1/Python
> ran
> python Cone.py
> and I get the following
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>  File "Cone.py", line 13, in <module>
>   import vtk
>  File "C:\Python26\lib\site-packages\vtk\__init__.py", line 41, in <module>
>   from vtkCommonPython import *
> ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found.
>
> are there other path or envars that need setting?
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