To check your cmf installation, start an interactive python console and type in the following:

import cmf
project = cmf.project()
cell = project.NewCell(0,0,0,1000)

If you get an error message on the import statement, cmf is not correctly installed or you have started the console in the source directory of cmf. Refer to InstallCmf as a guidance.

A typical problem using the binary files in Windows, an error called something like "Wrong Side-by-Side configuration". This happens by a wrong Microsoft C++ Runtime environment. For Python 2, you need the 2008 version. Search the web for "vcredist.exe 2008" and add a x64 if you are using a 64 bit Python.

If you have still problems, ask for guidance by e-mail. Please send the exact steps you have been taking for installation together with a system description (OS, Python interpreter, C++ compiler). If you don't get an error message, you have created your first empty cmf-cell.