From Python to FeatureScript - best practice?

martin_simon

Hello guys!

I am new to OnShape. I plan to use it inside an optimization algorithm and would like to know the cleanest way to do parametric modeling from a Python script.

Thanks!

ilya_baran

If you want to do regeneration as part of an optimization loop, then you can write your optimization in Python and use the API rather than FeatureScript. (I think https://www.onshape.com/api-access will get you there and there are python examples)  If you want to do optimization *inside* the regeneration, you can do some in FeatureScript, but it is not currently suitable for heavy computation.

brian_brady

ilya_baran said:

If you want to do regeneration as part of an optimization loop, then you can write your optimization in Python and use the API rather than FeatureScript. (I think https://www.onshape.com/api-access will get you there and there are python examples)  If you want to do optimization *inside* the regeneration, you can do some in FeatureScript, but it is not currently suitable for heavy computation.

@ilya_baran,

The link you gave doesn't take you to anything to do with api-access. Is there a different url that will?

ilya_baran

Sorry, that link was removed since I posted it.  The API start point is https://dev-portal.onshape.com/ but we have not yet made it particularly user-friendly...  There is some amount of documentation here: https://dev-portal.onshape.com/help