pythonocc is a python package whose purpose is to provide 3D modeling features. It is intended to CAD/PDM/PLM and BIM related development.
Latest release : pythonocc-core 7.4.0 (february 2020)
pythonocc provides the following features:
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a full access from Python to almost all af the thousand OpenCascade C++ classes. Classes and methods/functions share the same names, and, as possible as it can be, the same signature
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3D visualization from the most famous Python Gui (pyQt, PySide1 and 2, wxPython)
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3D visualization in a web browser using WebGl and/or x3dom renderers
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3D visualization and work within a jupyter notebook
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Various utility Python classes/methods for DataExchange, Topology operations, intertia computations etc.
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pythonocc provides precompiled conda packages (they depend on third part libraries made available from the dlr-sc and conda-forge conda channels) for python 3.6 and 3.7. This will get you up and running in minutes whether you run win32/win64/linux64/osx64. Here is an example for python 3.7:
# first create an environment
conda create --name=whatever-name python=3.7
source activate whatever-name
conda install -c dlr-sc pythonocc-core=7.4.0Conda packages are provided for python 3.6 and 3.7 at dlr-sc channel. conda-forge provides 3.7 and 3.8 binaries:
# first create an environment
conda create --name=whatever-name python=3.8
source activate whatever-name
conda install -c conda-forge pythonocc-core=7.4.0Read the INSTALL.md instructions where you find compilation instructions for all platforms.
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Demos: python examples, as well as jupyter notebooks https://github.com/tpaviot/pythonocc-demos
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Docker, binderhub: docker and online jupyter notebooks https://github.com/tpaviot/pythonocc-binderhub
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Documentation: https://github.com/tpaviot/pythonocc-documentation
We use the following online resources:
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Homepage: http://www.pythonocc.org
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Mailing list: http://groups.google.com/group/pythonocc
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Twitter : https://twitter.com/pythonocc
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LGTM code quality review: https://lgtm.com/projects/g/tpaviot/honocc-core/
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Codacy quality checker: https://app.codacy.com/app/tpaviot/pythonocc-core
From release 7.4.0, pythonocc-core depends on the official OpenCascade-7.4.0 library (https://dev.opencascade.org)
Former releases rely on oce (OpenCascade Community Edition), available at
oce C++ library / CAD kernel.
You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 as published by the Free Software Foundation.