RfemPythonWsClient

Python client (or high-level functions) for RFEM 6 using Web Services (WS), SOAP and WSDL. Available Python SOAP pkgs can be found on wiki.python.org.

Table of Contents

• RfemPythonWsClient
  • Description
  • Architecture
    • Data Structure
  • Getting started
    • Dependencies
    • Step by step
    • Examples
  • License
  • Contribute

Description

This Python project is focused on opening RFEM 6 to all of our customers, enabling them to interact with RFEM 6 on a much higher level. If you are looking for a tool to help you solve parametric models or optimization tasks, you have come to the right place. This community serves as a support portal and base for all of your future projects. The goal is to create an easily expandable Python library, which communicates instructions to RFEM 6 through WebServices (WS). WS enables access to RFEM 6 either via a local instance or a remote internet connection.

Architecture

Data Structure

• main.py: setting of individual objects by one line entry
• window.py: definition of GUI layer; called first
• initModel.py: runs after window and initializes suds.Client by connecting to http://localhost:8081/wsdl and active model in RFEM
• enums.py: definition of enums
• dataTypes.py: definition of special data types
• RFEM: folder following structure of RFEM 6 navigator containing individual types of objects

Getting started

Dependencies

Dependency check is implemented inside initModel.py with option to install during execution.

• libraries: SUDS, requests, and suds_requests
• RFEM 6 application

Step by step

1. Clone this repository (if you have GitHub account) or download actual release
2. Open RFEM 6 application
3. Check if there are no opened dialogues in RFEM and server port range under Options-Web Services corresponds to the one set in initModel
4. Update main.py and run from the same file

Examples

Examples can be found under Examples folder.

API Documentation

Visit our GitHub page

License

Contribute

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