How to run the freecad-python scripts in the command line?

[Tom28]

Hi,

I have a pyhton script which works well in the FreeCad Python console.

But I want to run it through the command-line in order to get it automated.

I searched a lot and tried so far two things:
- opening the FreeCadCmd.exe but there seems no python scripts working
- opening the python.exe in the /bin folder of Freecad. This seems also not to work when I put there the python code ... or do I need to load some librarys first?

Does anyone have experience with that?

Many thanks

Tom

[GSR]

Hi Tom28,

On my machine, all I need to do is add the path to the FreeCAD libraries to the system path and then import FreeCAD from there. I add the following code block at the top of my scripts with the rest of my module imports.

-GSR

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# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
# FreeCAD related modules
# For 0.16 stable
sys.path.append('/usr/lib/freecad/lib')
# For 0.17 daily developmental
# sys.path.append('/usr/lib/freecad-daily/lib')
import FreeCAD
import Part
import Sketcher

[Leatherman]

Hi Tom28,

On my machine, all I need to do is add the path to the FreeCAD libraries to the system path and then import FreeCAD from there. I add the following code block at the top of my scripts with the rest of my module imports.

-GSR

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# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
# FreeCAD related modules
# For 0.16 stable
sys.path.append('/usr/lib/freecad/lib')
# For 0.17 daily developmental
# sys.path.append('/usr/lib/freecad-daily/lib')
import FreeCAD
import Part
import Sketcher

That's a good one. Thank you.

[ickby]

Normally all you need to do is to pass the script as command line argument, like

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FreeCADcmd.exe myScript.py

(syntax is for windows, but the principle holds for all Operating Systems)

[Tom28]

Hi,
thanks a lot I will try both and inform you if it is working

Many thanks

Tom

[triplus]

There is one more option available from the FreeCAD GUI:

https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic. ... 76#p180338

[Tom28]

Normally all you need to do is to pass the script as command line argument, like

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FreeCADcmd.exe myScript.py

(syntax is for windows, but the principle holds for all Operating Systems)

This works for me and seems for me a very easy way to accomplish this

Many thanks to all

Tom

[ajarivas72]

Hello

In Linux use the following command:

freecadcmd myscript.py

[luimuyi]

Hello

In Linux use the following command:

freecadcmd myscript.py

I tried this command on Linux, but it will report an error:'[Cannot load Gui module in console application.]'

[openBrain]

Hello

In Linux use the following command:

freecadcmd myscript.py

I tried this command on Linux, but it will report an error:'[Cannot load Gui module in console application.]'

Which seems logical. 'freecadcmd' is the CLI command so it has no awareness of the GUI part.
If your script is UI based, you have to run 'freecad my script.py'.