Running geovar for the first time

There are two ways of running/executing/using geovar:

• Command line
• Python IDE (e.g. IDLE3)

NOTES:

• A default input file and document are provided for demonstration/testing
• The Onshape domcument is called permute
• The corresponding input XML matches the document name /input/permute.xml

Command line

Execution through the command line or terminal allows the user to use the program flags

NOTE: For more information go to the flags wiki page

1. Go to the geovar directory

2. Execute using Python 3.x

   python -m geovar -m [mode] -i [filename]
   

   IF using permute, you may use;

   python -m geovar -m 1 -i permute
   

   Using mode = 1, geovar will generate 27 geometric variants

   ELSE using;

   python -m geovar -m 2 -i permute
   

   Using mode = 2, geovar will generate 27 geometric variants and meshes

Table: Output files by mode and type
----------------------------------------
Mode | File Type | # of files
-----|-----------|---------------------- 
1-3    STL         27
2-3    EDGE        27
2-3    ELE         27
2-3    FACE        27
2-3    MESH        27
2-3    SMESH       27
2-3    VTK         27

Python IDE

Execution through the Python IDE allows full editing control of geovar, but input parameters may have to be hard-coded as defaults

1. Open your Python 3.x IDE

2. Open the geovar.py script or module

3. Press F5 or Run > Run Module