Adapting to other websites is very easy. The addon doesn't actually know anything about the site it's pointed at. It just opens whatever URL you give it.chrisb wrote: ↑Sun Sep 12, 2021 7:16 am Great addon, thanks for sharing!
Could you tell something about the implementation? I ask because it could be interesting to adapt it to other hardware shops, e.g. for people where McMaster-Carr is not available.
Until now I have seen basically two possibilities for such downloads: direct download as STEP or as zipped STEP.
QtWebTools is almost suspiciously good at getting this exact job done. It handles download requests and creates the files for us. We even get a nice Qt signal when a file finishes downloading. The addon connects that signal to a function that can import step files into FreeCAD
I threw together a new branch that can autogenerate Gui commands for a list of website URLs: https://github.com/alexneufeld/FreeCAD_ ... ultivendor
One caveat is that many suppliers just use CADENAS 3DFindIt (https://www.3dfindit.com/) to serve CAD models.
In this case, there is a dedicated addon that actually integrates with the 3DFindIt API here: https://github.com/cadenasgmbh/3dfindit ... ntegration