embedding FreeCAD in VSC

[LorenzH]

Hello community,

maybe an easy to answer question, but i haven't figured it out yet with the available sources. I successfully installed FreeCAD v0.18. As i want to use FreeCAD with an external python script, i need to "import" FreeCAD in my Visual Studio Code, i tried two approaches:

1)
using the wiki post: https://wiki.freecadweb.org/Embedding_FreeCAD

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sys and sys.path.append(G:/Program Files/FreeCAD/lib) 
import FreeCAD as App 

(that didn't work)

2)
created a environment file .env and defined (as described in post https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?t=45919) the paths there as follows:

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FREECAD_LIB = G:/Program Files/FreeCAD/lib
FREECAD_MOD = G:/Program Files/FreeCAD/Mod
PYTHONPATH = ${FREECAD_LIB}:${FREECAD_MOD}:${PYTHONPATH}

reopened VSC but didn't work.

With both approaches, VSC does not find the FreeCAD to work with.

Thanks in advance

[Kunda1]

Install v0.19_pre instead of 0.18
Follow the instructions at:
See https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=40673

[wmayer]

sys.path.append(G:/Program Files/FreeCAD/lib)

You must use the path that contains the file FreeCAD.pyd.

[LorenzH]

Install v0.19_pre instead of 0.18
Follow the instructions at:
See https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=40673

Hi Kunda,
well i cannot tell you yet what the problem is, but it not working with this approach on my windows os. (as VSC indicates you have to change the : to ; in the path, however still it doesn't recognise the path.

When using the sys.path.append() command, i can at least import it without errors, but as soon as I try to create the simple GUI as in the tutorial by Cyril, it fails. And with the append command i don't get the "auto complete". It finds the modules for "FreeCAD" and "Part", but doesn't find anything for FreeCADGui. And if i try to import FreeCADGui.dll or .pyd it says that both aren't a package.

Any ideas to that?

[LorenzH]

sys.path.append(G:/Program Files/FreeCAD/lib)

You must use the path that contains the file FreeCAD.pyd.

i did so, and it does find the FreeCAD.pyd but not the FreeCADGui.pyd file (or at least it says, it isn't a module)

[Kunda1]

i did so, and it does find the FreeCAD.pyd but not the FreeCADGui.pyd file (or at least it says, it isn't a module)

@LorenzH did you figure this out eventually ?

[jox81]

Hi Lorenz,

The base exemple from where your code comes from is written for linux.

As your are on Windows (> you're using "Program Files"), the environnement variable path have to use ';' instead of ':' like this :

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PYTHONPATH = ${FREECAD_LIB};${FREECAD_MOD};${PYTHONPATH}

Also in windows be sure to have an environnement variable defined for PYTHONPATH pointing to python installation folder