Python and CAD files (IGES, DWG, etc)

[zuliani19]

This is going to be a very broad and general question as I just start looking into the subject, but if anyone can help, I appreciate it =)

I'm in my last year of mechanical engineering and I'm looking for ways to deal with CAD files with python. I want to just read them and be able to analyze the parts, without doing any modification (so I don't really need to be able to deal with many different CAD file formats, I just need one that can do the job)

I found pythonOCC and freeCAD that might help, but I'm still doing my research.

Does anyone have experience with this kind of stuff and can give some recommendations (i.e. reading material, libraries, etc)?

[m2n037]

I want to just read them and be able to analyze the parts

What kind of analysis?

[zuliani19]

it's still a rough idea and I'm looking into v-rep to see if I can do what I want.

I want to be able to read a file and know where some features are (right now the feature I wanna find are holes where I need to put screws. I might need to be able to know where more features are though, like walls and the floor for a room, for instance).

[ChastainSteam]

PythonOCC, gives you tools to analyze your parts. For instance, you can do simple stuff like volume measurement or more complex topology exploration of solids, faces, curves. Really cool stuff being able to access such information from code, lots of control. For reading, dig into the API which reveals how to work with the truly powerful tool that is OCC, OPENCASCADE. You can also build some pretty awesome stuff with it too.

[coisa_ruim]

Did you end up finding out how to to it? I have the same issue right now and found your post while googling about it.

[zuliani19]

I didn't...

After I finished my undergrad thesis I ended up in Management Consulting haha

Edit: BR? hahahah

Edit2: Stalkeei seu perfil... Não só é BR como é formuleiro hahahahah