Gmsh 4 outputs the new "version 4" mesh format by default. SfePy probably 
expects an the older "version 2" file format? Just select the appropriate 
version when you export your file (File->Export) ; or set 
Mesh.MshFileVersion=2; in your geo script.

> On 6 Sep 2018, at 20:41, Sean Gullette <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to create a finite element mesh in Gmsh by following this tutorial 
> http://sfepy.org/doc-devel/primer.html. But when I try to run the example 
> file from the tutorial 'script/simple.py 
> examples/linear_elasticity/its2D_1.py', I get the following error: 
> "FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory". The filename and 
> pathname are definitely correct (I'm typing these commands from the top level 
> SfePy directory), so I don't understand why the program doesn't recognize it. 
> 
> I do not get this error when I use the example mesh given by the tutorial. It 
> solves the finite element problem and I can visualize the result using 
> postproc.py without any issues.
> 
> Aside from the minor, unavoidable differences that appear to be a result of 
> different versions of Gmsh (I think the tutorial is based on an older 
> version), my mesh is nearly identical to the one in the tutorial. The ruled 
> surface feature seems to be absent from my version so I created a plane 
> surface instead. Also my mesh contains 76 vertices and 122 triangles instead 
> of 55 vertices and 83 triangles used in the tutorial.
> 
> Any suggestions would be appreciated, thanks.
> 
> Sean
> [email protected]
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