Hi @Li_Chen
thanks for sharing your work on compas_ifc and the installation instructions. I run into this error despite updating my microsoft built tools, pip, wheel. didn’t get any leads from chatGPT either. Any suggestions would help, thanks 
Collecting compas_ifc
Using cached compas_ifc-0.4.1-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (5.4 kB)
Collecting ifcopenshell (from compas_ifc)
Using cached ifcopenshell-0.7.0.240521-py39-none-win_amd64.whl.metadata (8.9 kB)
Collecting lark (from compas_ifc)
Using cached lark-1.1.9-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (1.9 kB)
Collecting mathutils (from ifcopenshell->compas_ifc)
Using cached mathutils-3.3.0.tar.gz (245 kB)
Preparing metadata (setup.py) ... done
Collecting shapely (from ifcopenshell->compas_ifc)
Using cached shapely-2.0.4-cp39-cp39-win_amd64.whl.metadata (7.2 kB)
Requirement already satisfied: numpy in c:\programdata\anaconda3\envs\sbp_academy_24\lib\site-packages (from ifcopenshell->compas_ifc) (1.26.4)
Collecting isodate (from ifcopenshell->compas_ifc)
Using cached isodate-0.6.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl.metadata (9.6 kB)
Requirement already satisfied: python-dateutil in c:\programdata\anaconda3\envs\sbp_academy_24\lib\site-packages (from ifcopenshell->compas_ifc) (2.8.2)
Requirement already satisfied: six in c:\programdata\anaconda3\envs\sbp_academy_24\lib\site-packages (from isodate->ifcopenshell->compas_ifc) (1.16.0)
Using cached compas_ifc-0.4.1-py3-none-any.whl (48 kB)
Using cached ifcopenshell-0.7.0.240521-py39-none-win_amd64.whl (25.1 MB)
Using cached lark-1.1.9-py3-none-any.whl (111 kB)
Using cached isodate-0.6.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl (41 kB)
Using cached shapely-2.0.4-cp39-cp39-win_amd64.whl (1.4 MB)
Building wheels for collected packages: mathutils
Building wheel for mathutils (setup.py) ... error
error: subprocess-exited-with-error
× python setup.py bdist_wheel did not run successfully.
│ exit code: 1
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running bdist_wheel
running build
running build_ext
building 'mathutils' extension
creating build
creating build\temp.win-amd64-cpython-39
creating build\temp.win-amd64-cpython-39\Release
creating build\temp.win-amd64-cpython-39\Release\src
creating build\temp.win-amd64-cpython-39\Release\src\blenlib
creating build\temp.win-amd64-cpython-39\Release\src\blenlib\intern
creating build\temp.win-amd64-cpython-39\Release\src\generic
creating build\temp.win-amd64-cpython-39\Release\src\mathutils
creating build\temp.win-amd64-cpython-39\Release\src\stubs
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.40.33807\bin\HostX86\x64\cl.exe" /c /nologo /O2 /W3 /GL /DNDEBUG /MD -DMATH_STANDALONE -DWITH_ASSERT_ABORT -Isrc/stubs -Isrc/blenlib -Isrc/makesdna -IC:\ProgramData\anaconda3\envs\sbp_academy_24\include -IC:\ProgramData\anaconda3\envs\sbp_academy_24\Include "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.40.33807\include" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\VC\Auxiliary\VS\include" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.22621.0\ucrt" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\\include\10.0.22621.0\\um" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\\include\10.0.22621.0\\shared" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\\include\10.0.22621.0\\winrt" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\\include\10.0.22621.0\\cppwinrt" /Tcsrc/blenlib/intern/BLI_assert.c /Fobuild\temp.win-amd64-cpython-39\Release\src/blenlib/intern/BLI_assert.obj /J
BLI_assert.c
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.40.33807\bin\HostX86\x64\cl.exe" /c /nologo /O2 /W3 /GL /DNDEBUG /MD -DMATH_STANDALONE -DWITH_ASSERT_ABORT -Isrc/stubs -Isrc/blenlib -Isrc/makesdna -IC:\ProgramData\anaconda3\envs\sbp_academy_24\include -IC:\ProgramData\anaconda3\envs\sbp_academy_24\Include "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.40.33807\include" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\VC\Auxiliary\VS\include" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.22621.0\ucrt" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\\include\10.0.22621.0\\um" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\\include\10.0.22621.0\\shared" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\\include\10.0.22621.0\\winrt" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\\include\10.0.22621.0\\cppwinrt" /Tcsrc/blenlib/intern/math_base.c /Fobuild\temp.win-amd64-cpython-39\Release\src/blenlib/intern/math_base.obj /J
math_base.c
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.40.33807\bin\HostX86\x64\cl.exe" /c /nologo /O2 /W3 /GL /DNDEBUG /MD -DMATH_STANDALONE -DWITH_ASSERT_ABORT -Isrc/stubs -Isrc/blenlib -Isrc/makesdna -IC:\ProgramData\anaconda3\envs\sbp_academy_24\include -IC:\ProgramData\anaconda3\envs\sbp_academy_24\Include "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.40.33807\include" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\VC\Auxiliary\VS\include" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.22621.0\ucrt" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\\include\10.0.22621.0\\um" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\\include\10.0.22621.0\\shared" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\\include\10.0.22621.0\\winrt" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\\include\10.0.22621.0\\cppwinrt" /Tcsrc/blenlib/intern/math_color.c /Fobuild\temp.win-amd64-cpython-39\Release\src/blenlib/intern/math_color.obj /J
math_color.c
src/blenlib/intern/math_color.c(185): warning C4996: 'sscanf': This function or variable may be unsafe. Consider using sscanf_s instead. To disable deprecation, use _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS. See online help for details.
src/blenlib/intern/math_color.c(188): warning C4996: 'sscanf': This function or variable may be unsafe. Consider using sscanf_s instead. To disable deprecation, use _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS. See online help for details.
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.40.33807\bin\HostX86\x64\cl.exe" /c /nologo /O2 /W3 /GL /DNDEBUG /MD -DMATH_STANDALONE -DWITH_ASSERT_ABORT -Isrc/stubs -Isrc/blenlib -Isrc/makesdna -IC:\ProgramData\anaconda3\envs\sbp_academy_24\include -IC:\ProgramData\anaconda3\envs\sbp_academy_24\Include "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.40.33807\include" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\VC\Auxiliary\VS\include" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.22621.0\ucrt" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\\include\10.0.22621.0\\um" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\\include\10.0.22621.0\\shared" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\\include\10.0.22621.0\\winrt" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\\include\10.0.22621.0\\cppwinrt" /Tcsrc/blenlib/intern/math_geom.c /Fobuild\temp.win-amd64-cpython-39\Release\src/blenlib/intern/math_geom.obj /J
math_geom.c
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.40.33807\bin\HostX86\x64\cl.exe" /c /nologo /O2 /W3 /GL /DNDEBUG /MD -DMATH_STANDALONE -DWITH_ASSERT_ABORT -Isrc/stubs -Isrc/blenlib -Isrc/makesdna -IC:\ProgramData\anaconda3\envs\sbp_academy_24\include -IC:\ProgramData\anaconda3\envs\sbp_academy_24\Include "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.40.33807\include" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\VC\Auxiliary\VS\include" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.22621.0\ucrt" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\\include\10.0.22621.0\\um" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\\include\10.0.22621.0\\shared" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\\include\10.0.22621.0\\winrt" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\\include\10.0.22621.0\\cppwinrt" /Tcsrc/blenlib/intern/math_matrix.c /Fobuild\temp.win-amd64-cpython-39\Release\src/blenlib/intern/math_matrix.obj /J
math_matrix.c
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.40.33807\bin\HostX86\x64\cl.exe" /c /nologo /O2 /W3 /GL /DNDEBUG /MD -DMATH_STANDALONE -DWITH_ASSERT_ABORT -Isrc/stubs -Isrc/blenlib -Isrc/makesdna -IC:\ProgramData\anaconda3\envs\sbp_academy_24\include -IC:\ProgramData\anaconda3\envs\sbp_academy_24\Include "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.40.33807\include" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\VC\Auxiliary\VS\include" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.22621.0\ucrt" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\\include\10.0.22621.0\\um" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\\include\10.0.22621.0\\shared" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\\include\10.0.22621.0\\winrt" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\\include\10.0.22621.0\\cppwinrt" /Tcsrc/blenlib/intern/math_rotation.c /Fobuild\temp.win-amd64-cpython-39\Release\src/blenlib/intern/math_rotation.obj /J
math_rotation.c
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.40.33807\bin\HostX86\x64\cl.exe" /c /nologo /O2 /W3 /GL /DNDEBUG /MD -DMATH_STANDALONE -DWITH_ASSERT_ABORT -Isrc/stubs -Isrc/blenlib -Isrc/makesdna -IC:\ProgramData\anaconda3\envs\sbp_academy_24\include -IC:\ProgramData\anaconda3\envs\sbp_academy_24\Include "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.40.33807\include" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\VC\Auxiliary\VS\include" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.22621.0\ucrt" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\\include\10.0.22621.0\\um" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\\include\10.0.22621.0\\shared" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\\include\10.0.22621.0\\winrt" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\\include\10.0.22621.0\\cppwinrt" /Tcsrc/blenlib/intern/math_vector.c /Fobuild\temp.win-amd64-cpython-39\Release\src/blenlib/intern/math_vector.obj /J
math_vector.c
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.40.33807\bin\HostX86\x64\cl.exe" /c /nologo /O2 /W3 /GL /DNDEBUG /MD -DMATH_STANDALONE -DWITH_ASSERT_ABORT -Isrc/stubs -Isrc/blenlib -Isrc/makesdna -IC:\ProgramData\anaconda3\envs\sbp_academy_24\include -IC:\ProgramData\anaconda3\envs\sbp_academy_24\Include "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.40.33807\include" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\VC\Auxiliary\VS\include" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.22621.0\ucrt" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\\include\10.0.22621.0\\um" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\\include\10.0.22621.0\\shared" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\\include\10.0.22621.0\\winrt" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\\include\10.0.22621.0\\cppwinrt" /Tcsrc/generic/py_capi_utils.c /Fobuild\temp.win-amd64-cpython-39\Release\src/generic/py_capi_utils.obj /J
py_capi_utils.c
src/generic/py_capi_utils.c(80): warning C4244: "=": Konvertierung von "double" in "float", m”glicher Datenverlust
src/generic/py_capi_utils.c(370): warning C4018: "<": Konflikt zwischen "signed" und "unsigned"
src/generic/py_capi_utils.c(394): warning C4018: "<": Konflikt zwischen "signed" und "unsigned"
src/generic/py_capi_utils.c(418): warning C4018: "<": Konflikt zwischen "signed" und "unsigned"
src/generic/py_capi_utils.c(442): warning C4018: "<": Konflikt zwischen "signed" und "unsigned"
src/generic/py_capi_utils.c(461): warning C4244: "Initialisierung": Konvertierung von "Py_ssize_t" in "const uint", m”glicher Datenverlust
src/generic/py_capi_utils.c(472): warning C4244: "Initialisierung": Konvertierung von "Py_ssize_t" in "const uint", m”glicher Datenverlust
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.40.33807\bin\HostX86\x64\cl.exe" /c /nologo /O2 /W3 /GL /DNDEBUG /MD -DMATH_STANDALONE -DWITH_ASSERT_ABORT -Isrc/stubs -Isrc/blenlib -Isrc/makesdna -IC:\ProgramData\anaconda3\envs\sbp_academy_24\include -IC:\ProgramData\anaconda3\envs\sbp_academy_24\Include "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.40.33807\include" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\VC\Auxiliary\VS\include" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.22621.0\ucrt" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\\include\10.0.22621.0\\um" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\\include\10.0.22621.0\\shared" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\\include\10.0.22621.0\\winrt" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\\include\10.0.22621.0\\cppwinrt" /Tcsrc/mathutils/mathutils.c /Fobuild\temp.win-amd64-cpython-39\Release\src/mathutils/mathutils.obj /J
mathutils.c
src/mathutils/mathutils.c(50): warning C4244: "=": Konvertierung von "double" in "float", m”glicher Datenverlust
src/mathutils/mathutils.c(79): error C2440: "Funktion": "void *" kann nicht in "double" konvertiert werden
src/mathutils/mathutils.c(79): warning C4024: "_Py_HashDouble": unterschiedliche Typen f\x81r formalen und \x81bergebenen Parameter 1
src/mathutils/mathutils.c(79): warning C4020: "_Py_HashDouble": zu viele \x81bergebene Parameter
src/mathutils/mathutils.c(147): warning C4244: "=": Konvertierung von "Py_ssize_t" in "int", m”glicher Datenverlust
src/mathutils/mathutils.c(231): warning C4244: "=": Konvertierung von "Py_ssize_t" in "int", m”glicher Datenverlust
src/mathutils/mathutils.c(270): warning C4244: "=": Konvertierung von "Py_ssize_t" in "int", m”glicher Datenverlust
src/mathutils/mathutils.c(306): warning C4244: "=": Konvertierung von "Py_ssize_t" in "int", m”glicher Datenverlust
src/mathutils/mathutils.c(344): warning C4244: "=": Konvertierung von "Py_ssize_t" in "int", m”glicher Datenverlust
src/mathutils/mathutils.c(383): warning C4244: "=": Konvertierung von "Py_ssize_t" in "int", m”glicher Datenverlust
error: command 'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio\\2022\\BuildTools\\VC\\Tools\\MSVC\\14.40.33807\\bin\\HostX86\\x64\\cl.exe' failed with exit code 2
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note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
ERROR: Failed building wheel for mathutils
Running setup.py clean for mathutils
Failed to build mathutils
ERROR: Could not build wheels for mathutils, which is required to install pyproject.toml-based projects