geom/doc/docutils/overview.rst

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General presentation of the GEOM python package
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The GEOM python package essentially contains:
* Utility functions to handle GEOM items in Salome study.
* Wrapping functions to help the usage of existing tools:
- a sketcher module to create sketches from the python API
* The visualization of structural elements: a function to create
geometrical 3D representations of mechanical models called
"structural elements".
The functions are distributed in the python package
``salome.geom``. For example, the usage of the visualization of
structural elements can be appreciated with this set of instructions:
.. code-block:: python
from salome.geom.structelem import TEST_StructuralElement
TEST_StructuralElement()
This creates the geometrical objects displayed in the study below:
.. image:: /images/salome-geom-structuralelements.png
:align: center
The specification of the programming interface of this package is
detailled in the part :doc:`Documentation of the programming interface
(API)</docapi>` of this documentation.
.. note::
The main package ``salome`` contains other sub-packages that are
distributed with the other SALOME modules. For example, the KERNEL
module provides the python package ``salome.kernel`` and SMESH the
package ``salome.smesh``.