Remote editor possible ?

[supa5000]

Hello from future (as this is old thread). But i stumbled here while finding out how to do this. For fellow googlers, this is how i have it running smoothly:

1) Start Web server in FreeCad - create macro called 'freecad_start.py':

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import Web

FREECAD_PORT = 5000
Web.startServer( "127.0.0.1", FREECAD_PORT )

2) Create your own python stuff, and create a "push" client that sends wanted file content to Freecad - (to be runned for example when you press ctrl+F8 in your favorite IDE):

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import socket
import os
import argparse
import sys


FREECAD_PORT = 5000
FREECAD_IP = "127.0.0.1"




def client( message,  prefix = None ):
    sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
    sock.connect((FREECAD_IP, FREECAD_PORT))
    
    try:
        if prefix:
           sock.sendall( prefix )
        sock.sendall( message )
        response_raw = sock.recv(1024).decode("utf-8")
        response = "\n".join( ["Received: '%s'" % x for x in response_raw.split("\n")] )
        if response_raw == "None":
            print("All good, bye!")
            return 0
        print("Something went wrong:")
        print(response)
        return 1
        
        
    finally:
        print("Closing socket")
        sock.close()



def main(config):
   with open( config.input_file, 'rb' ) as fid:
       return client( fid.read()  )
       
    
    
def cmd_config():
   parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Execute code in remote FreeCad')
   parser.add_argument( "input_file", help="Set the job description file")
   cmd =  parser.parse_args()
   return cmd
   
if __name__=="__main__":
    sys.exit( main( cmd_config() ) )

And on the file to be executed one has proper init that closes old documents, like:

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def init( name ="Unnamed" ):
    try:
        App.closeDocument("Unnamed")
    except NameError:
        pass
    App.newDocument("Unnamed")
    App.setActiveDocument("Unnamed")
    App.ActiveDocument=App.getDocument("Unnamed")
    Gui.ActiveDocument=Gui.getDocument("Unnamed")
    Gui.activeDocument().activeView().viewDefaultOrientation()

And to prevent copy pasting some personal utility functions i have the 'prefix' on the code for pusher as follows:

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def reload_my_lib( path ):
    reloads =  """
import sys
sys.path.append( "%s" )
import supalib
importlib.reload( supalib )
supalib.init()
""" % (path)
    return reloads.encode("Utf-8")

That allows my own .py files (that create single part) to use common "library" called here as supalib (note the username).

For the full source code - to be taken as example - check my Github (https://github.com/susundberg/zephyr-ro ... r/3d_parts)
Cheers to the create team behind this wonderful CAD!



Br,
Pauli

[onekk]

No nedd to copy and paste.

if you open a file in FreeCAD says, pyhton.py and then modify it in an external editor, qhen you save it in the external editor, FreeCAD is smart enough to detect the changes, and ask you if you would reload the file.

Hoping no to have misunderstand your question.

Regards

Carlo D.

[Kunda1]

Also relevant:
https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic. ... 3&p=356739
https://pythoncvc.net/?p=869 (FreeCAD external editor with Code – OSS)