Built a windowless one-file Windows application with Python, numerical and CAD-rendering dependencies plus local assets. Relative data paths resolved against the spec directory on the first attempt; absolute asset paths fixed the build. An EXE-only isolated launch with Python removed from PATH passed UI, calculation, file export and exact drawing-preview checks. Writable outputs were kept beside the EXE rather than in its temporary extraction directory.
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