How to make work Python with BRIQPY / BIMPYTHON ?

o314
o314
in Programming and customization

While reading https://www.bricsys.com/common/releasenotes.jsp (and after viewing the bricsys 2021 conf, if my memory is correct),
I saw that a new command was provided which enable python scripting

BRIQPY
This new command allows Python Scripting and Querying of a BIM model.
The distance calculation for directed bounding boxes has been improved.

Currently BRIQPY is not recognized at my commandline in BCAD ultimate v2021.
However BIMPYTHON / BIMACTIVATEPYTHON are.

Is that the same stuff that deserve the same intent ?
Where can i find additional information about this feature (doc, sample) ?
Do we need to call at python the BRX api, the COM api ?

Docs are quite terse about this today.
Cordially

Comments

  • Jacob
    Jacob

    Hi,

    The mention of BRIQPY was a mistake in the release notes; BRIQPY was the name of the command during the development, but shortly before the release it was renamed to BIMPYTHON. So you are right, BIMPYTHON is the same as BRIQPY.

    The documentation of this command will be created soon, we haven't been able to catch up fully with all new features yet unfortunately.

    Thank you for your patience,
    Jacob

  • o314
    o314

    Thanks for the quick feedback.

    Impatient to see python in bcad in action...

  • Christoph
    Christoph

    I am trying to activate python according to the current documentation at https://help.bricsys.com/hc/en-us/articles/360017572220-Using-Python-Scripts-beta-.

    It does not find a module "briqpy" and also not "bimpython", the module does not exist.

    Where could the error be?