Run NURBS-Python (geomdl) from the command line

geomdl.cli module provides a set of commands for using geomdl library from the command line.

Installation

From PyPI

Installing via pip is the easiest and the recommended method

$ pip install --user geomdl.cli

From the repository

• Clone the repository: git clone https://github.com/orbingol/geomdl-cli.git
• Inside the directory containing the cloned repository, run: pip install --user .
• The setup script will install all required dependencies

Using geomdl-cli

After the package installation, the command-line application geomdl-cli will be automatically available. If you are getting file not found errors, please make sure that Python and its scripts directory is listed under the PATH environmental variable.

The following structure explains the most basic usage of the command-line application.

geomdl-cli {command} {options}

{command} represents the functionality that geomdl-cli application will be running. Please refer to the list below for the commands which come with the package by default.

{options} represents the parameters that is being input to the command. Every command comes with a different set of options. Please refer to the individual command help for more details.

Available commands

• help: displays the package help text, e.g. available commands, how to use them, etc.
• version: displays the package version
• config: displays the configuration
• plot: plots single or multiple NURBS curves and surfaces using Matplotlib
• eval: evaluates NURBS shapes and exports the evaluated points in supported formats, e.g. csv, txt and vtk
• export: exports NURBS shapes in supported CAD exchange formats

Individual command help

geomdl-cli {command} --help

Documentation

https://geomdl-cli.readthedocs.io/

Author

• Onur Rauf Bingol (@orbingol)

License

geomdl-cli is licensed under the MIT License