Python package for 3D CAD/BIM/PLM/CAM
pythonocc provides 3D modeling and dataexchange features. It is intended to CAD/PDM/PLM and BIM related development. It is based on the OpenCascade Technology modeling kernel.
Latest release: pythonocc-core 7.7.2 (October 2023)
pythonocc provides the following features:
Click to open a jupyter notebook running the latest pythonocc-core 7.7.2, gmesh (http://gmsh.info/) and latest IfcOpenshell (https://github.com/IfcOpenShell/IfcOpenShell/tree/v0.6.0) dev branch.
pythonocc provides precompiled conda packages (they depend on third part libraries made available from the conda-forge channel) for python 3.8, 3.9 and 3.10. This will get you up and running in minutes whether you run win32/win64/linux64/osx64. Here is an example for python 3.9:
# first create an environment
conda create --name=pyoccenv python=3.9
source activate pyoccenv
conda install -c conda-forge pythonocc-core=7.7.2
Other conda channels may provide pythonocc-core packages, check https://anaconda.org/search?q=pythonocc-core.
Read the INSTALL.md instructions where you find compilation instructions for all platforms.
pythonocc is widely used in the industrial and academic communities. It is registered as a Zenodo open caccess software (https://zenodo.org/record/7471333) and should be cited as:
Thomas Paviot. (2022). pythonocc (7.7.2). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3605364
You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 as published by the Free Software Foundation.