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igmit/FreeCAD - compile python script to exe on Win

Created May 25, 2018 16:15
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I had to generate set of spheres that had to be placed within cylinder to simulate some CFD. The algorithm was quite easy, but it was tricky to convert the resulting scene into one of the popular CAD formats. Ansys Fluent could eat *.step file, so here we go!
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FreeCAD - compile python script to exe on Win
# FreeCAD_dir/bin/python.exe -m pip install pyinstaller
# FreeCAD_dir/bin/python.exe -m pip install pywin32
Now we have to go to "FreeCAD_dir/bin/" dir
# \Scripts\pyinstaller.exe file.py -p "FreeCAD_dir\Mod" -p "FreeCAD_dir\lib" -p "FreeCAD_dir\bin" -F
"file.exe" will be generated in dist folder.
An example of file.py
import FreeCAD
import Part
import pkgutil
import importlib
import platform
#adding one sphere
sphere0 = Part.makeSphere(2);
sphere0.translate(FreeCAD.Vector(float(0), float(0), float(-50 )));
Part.show(sphere0);
#generate *.step file to use it later on in CFD software
__objs__=[]
__objs__.append(FreeCAD.getDocument("Unnamed").getObject("Shape"))
Part.export(__objs__, u"667.step")
del __objs__
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