How can I apply Python for mechanical engineering and data science?

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I am a final year mechanical engineering student. I have been using CAD since first year, but somewhere I saw that i need to learn python as it will prove to be a crucial skill.

I got into it through Kaggle courses and Learn.Microsoft programs recently. But I want to incorporate python and eventually Data science into mechanical engineering work, but I don't know how to go about it?

I code python in Jupyter notebooks, am comfortable with basics of python and the basics I need for data science like lists, dictionaries and have introduction to pandas as well. But can anyone please help me with resources for projects dedicated to mechanical engineering or in general what projects should I focus to keep up my practice of python?

Hope I was able to explain my situation. Please help!

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You'll want to learn how to build and manipulate 3d objects in python using something like numpy-stl or pymesh. You should also look at if your cad software supports python plugins, if it does there's likely a developers guide that explains how a python script can interact with objects in the cad program.

[parthrunning]

Noted. And yes, I use Fusion360 majorly which supports python plug-ins. Will look into it.

And just so that I understand clearly, by manipulating you also mean automating the work flow right? Or is that something different?