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[Ganggui Guo]

I am using ANSYS Geometry to launch SpaceClaim. However, is there an API to open existing files, such as STP or X-T files, and perform operations on them?

[Atharv Joshi]

Hi Ganggui, 

Yes, you can open existing files using scripts. You need to launch Script Editor from the Design Tab and then use below script to open existing file in Ansys SpaceClaim. Please mention the file path (For e.g.: C:\Users\Downloads\Sample.x_t). 

# Open Document 
importOptions = ImportOptions.Create()
DocumentOpen.Execute(r"file path", importOptions)

Ansys SpaceClaim provides you the capability to record script for manual operation. Try opening the file with record button active.

Thanks and Regards

Atharv 

[Ganggui Guo]

from ansys.geometry.core import launch_modeler_with_spaceclaim

modeler_discovery = launch_modeler_with_spaceclaim()

 

I am using the Ansys.geometry API, not the internal Python script of SpaceClaim. I want to call SpaceClaim directly from an external VSCode or PyCharm. Do you have any methods to achieve this? Additionally, I would like to open SpaceClaim through VSCode, and then open geometric files such as STP or X_T formats.

 

[Atharv Joshi]

Let me check this and get back to you. 

[Atharv Joshi]

Hi Ganggui, 

You can import the geometry files and make basic geometry operations on them. Please refer to the documentation on different file formats currently supported in PyAnsys Geometry DesignFileFormat — PyAnsys Geometry

Thanks and Regards
Atharv

[Ganggui Guo]

Thank you for your response. The DesignFIleFormat enumeration provides the supported file formats that can be downloaded for designs. This means it might be used to specify the format of files being downloaded, rather than the format of files being imported.