Python's IDLE shell in GiD

It is possible to open an IDLE shell, e.g. to try interactive Python commands, with the Tcl proc GiD_Python_Open_IDLE_Shell

In practice go to GiD top menu Utilities->Tools->Develop->Console Python…

Example:

The next picture shows the IDLE console, in which a Python command sets a variable with the current number of surfaces asked to GiD:

num_surfaces=tcl.GiD_Info("geometry","numsurfaces")

Then, it creates a new straight line in layer “Layer0” from point id ”1” to point id “2” and stores the returned new line id in a variable:

id_new_line=tcl.GiD_Geometry("create","line","append","stline","Layer0","1","2")

Note that the new line is not immediately shown until the model is redrawn. This can be done with with tcl.GiD_Redraw().

Note: The use of this console is recommended to interactively try several Python commands.

Note that GiD_ Tcl Commands are exposed in the python interpreter as tcl.GiD_.... . Visit GiD' Customization Manual to learn about GiD Tcl Commands .