GiD uses Tcl/Tk as scripting language and to create its GUI
Python is other scripting language, with simple syntax and very popular (and exists a lot of modules implementing features)
It is very interesting to allow call Python code from GiD, and interact with GiD (asking data, or doing actions), and this is now possible using the tohil package.
- It is possible to re-use our current Python code in GiD without need to be re-written in Tcl language.
- It is possible to use a lot of Python modules to expand the current possibilities of GiD, (e.g. numpy, scipy, TensorFlow, matplotlib, ...)
- Developer users with experience in Python can develop code without need to learn Tcl language (except the minimum to call the Python code)
- GiD-problemtypes and plugins Python-based become self-contained and will use a known Python version (without the need to globally install Python or use other incompatible version)