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In this page we will show how to build a simple Qt Dialog with [http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/designer-manual.html Qt Designer], Qt's official tool for designing interfaces, then convert it to python code, then use it inside FreeCAD. I'll assume in the example that you know how to edit and run python scripts already, and that you can do simple things in a terminal window such as navigate, etc. You must also have, of course, pyqt installed.
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== Designing the dialog ==
This page contains examples, pieces, chunks of FreeCAD python code collected from users experiences and discussions on the forums. Read and use it as a start for your own scripts...
In CAD applications, designing a good UI (User Interface) is very important. About everything the user will do will be through some piece of interface: reading dialog boxes, pressing buttons, choosing between icons, etc. So it is very important to think carefully to what you want to do, how you want the user to behave, and how will be the workflow of your action.


There are a couple of concepts to know when designing interface:
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modal_window Modal/non-modal dialogs]: A modal dialog appears in front of your screen, stopping the action of the main window, forcing the user to respond to the dialog, while a non-modal dialog doesn't stop you from working on the main window. In some case the first is better, in other cases not.
* Identifying what is required and what is optional: Make sure the user knows what he must do. Label everything with proper description, use tooltips, etc.
* Separating commands from parameters: This is usually done with buttons and text input fields. The user knows that clicking a button will produce an action while changing a value inside a text field will change a parameter somewhere. Nowadays, though, users usually know well what is a button, what is an input field, etc. The interface toolkit we are using, Qt, is a state-of-the-art toolkit, and we won't have to worry much about making things clear, since they will already be very clear by themselves.


So, now that we have well defined what we will do, it's time to open the qt designer. Let's design a very simple dialog, like this:
=== A typical InitGui.py file ===
Every module must contain, besides your main module file, an InitGui.py file, responsible for inserting the module in the main Gui. This is an example of a simple one.
{{Code|code=
class ScriptWorkbench (Workbench):
MenuText = "Scripts"
def Initialize(self):
import Scripts # assuming Scripts.py is your module
list = ["Script_Cmd"] # That list must contain command names, that can be defined in Scripts.py
self.appendToolbar("My Scripts",list)
Gui.addWorkbench(ScriptWorkbench())
}}


[[Image:Qttestdialog.jpg]]
=== A typical module file ===
This is an example of a main module file, containing everything your module does. It is the Scripts.py file invoked by the previous example. You can have all your custom commands here.
{{Code|code=
import FreeCAD, FreeCADGui
class ScriptCmd:
def Activated(self):
# Here your write what your ScriptCmd does...
FreeCAD.Console.PrintMessage('Hello, World!')
def GetResources(self):
return {'Pixmap' : 'path_to_an_icon/myicon.png', 'MenuText': 'Short text', 'ToolTip': 'More detailed text'}
FreeCADGui.addCommand('Script_Cmd', ScriptCmd())
}}


We will then use this dialog in FreeCAD to produce a nice rectangular plane. You might find it not very useful to produce nice rectangular planes, but it will be easy to change it later to do more complex things. When you open it, Qt Designer looks like this:
=== Import a new filetype ===
Making an importer for a new filetype in FreeCAD is easy. FreeCAD doesn't consider that you import data in an opened document, but rather that you simply can directly open the new filetype. So what you need to do is to add the new file extension to FreeCAD's list of known extensions, and write the code that will read the file and create the FreeCAD objects you want:


[[Image:Qtdesigner-screenshot.jpg]]
This line must be added to the InitGui.py file to add the new file extension to the list:

It is very simple to use. On the left bar you have elements that can be dragged on your widget. On the right side you have properties panels displaying all kinds of editable properties of selected elements. So, begin with creating a new widget. Select "Dialog without buttons", since we don't want the default Ok/Cancel buttons. Then, drag on your widget '''3 labels''', one for the title, one for writing "Height" and one for writing "Width". Labels are simple texts that appear on your widget, just to inform the user. If you select a label, on the right side will appear several properties that you can change if you want, such as font style, height, etc.

Then, add '''2 LineEdits''', which are text fields that the user can fill in, one for the height and one for the width. Here too, we can edit properties. For example, why not set a default value? For example 1.00 for each. This way, when the user will see the dialog, both values will be filled already and if he is satisfied he can directly press the button, saving precious time. Then, add a '''PushButton''', which is the button the user will need to press after he filled the 2 fields.

Note that I chose very simple controls here, but Qt has many more options, for example you could use Spinboxes instead of LineEdits, etc... Have a look at what is available, you will surely have other ideas.

That's about all we need to do in Qt Designer. One last thing, though, let's rename all our elements with easier names, so it will be easier to identify them in our scripts:

[[Image:Qtpropeditor.jpg]]

== Converting our dialog to python ==
Now, let's save our widget somewhere. It will be saved as an .ui file, that we will easily convert to python script with pyuic. On windows, the pyuic program is bundled with pyqt (to be verified), on linux you probably will need to install it separately from your package manager (on debian-based systems, it is part of the pyqt4-dev-tools package). To do the conversion, you'll need to open a terminal window (or a command prompt window on windows), navigate to where you saved your .ui file, and issue:
{{Code|code=
{{Code|code=
pyuic mywidget.ui > mywidget.py
# Assumes Import_Ext.py is the file that has the code for opening and reading .ext files
FreeCAD.addImportType("Your new File Type (*.ext)","Import_Ext")
}}
}}
In Windows pyuic.py is located in "C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\PyQt4\uic\pyuic.py"
Then in the Import_Ext.py file:
For conversion create a batch file called "compQt4.bat:
{{Code|code=
{{Code|code=
@"C:\Python27\python" "C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\PyQt4\uic\pyuic.py" -x %1.ui > %1.py
def open(filename):
doc=App.newDocument()
# here you do all what is needed with filename, read, classify data, create corresponding FreeCAD objects
doc.recompute()
}}
}}
In the DOS console type without extension
To export your document to some new filetype works the same way, except that you use:
FreeCAD.addExportType("Your new File Type (*.ext)","Export_Ext")

=== Adding a line ===
A line simply has 2 points.
{{Code|code=
{{Code|code=
compQt4 myUiFile

import Part,PartGui
doc=App.activeDocument()
# add a line element to the document and set its points
l=Part.LineSegment()
l.StartPoint=(0.0,0.0,0.0)
l.EndPoint=(1.0,1.0,1.0)
doc.addObject("Part::Feature","Line").Shape=l.toShape()
doc.recompute()
}}
}}
Into Linux : to do


<!--T:55-->
=== Adding a polygon ===
Since FreeCAD progressively moved away from PyQt after version 0.13, in favour of [http://qt-project.org/wiki/PySide PySide] (Choose your PySide install [http://pyside.readthedocs.org/en/latest/building/ building PySide]), to make the file based on PySide now you have to use:
A polygon is simply a set of connected line segments (a polyline in AutoCAD). It doesn't need to be closed.
{{Code|code=
import Part,PartGui
doc=App.activeDocument()
n=list()
# create a 3D vector, set its coordinates and add it to the list
v=App.Vector(0,0,0)
n.append(v)
v=App.Vector(10,0,0)
n.append(v)
#... repeat for all nodes
# Create a polygon object and set its nodes
p=doc.addObject("Part::Polygon","Polygon")
p.Nodes=n
doc.recompute()
}}


=== Adding and removing an object to a group ===
{{Code|code=
{{Code|code=
pyside-uic mywidget.ui -o mywidget.py
doc=App.activeDocument()
grp=doc.addObject("App::DocumentObjectGroup", "Group")
lin=doc.addObject("Part::Feature", "Line")
grp.addObject(lin) # adds the lin object to the group grp
grp.removeObject(lin) # removes the lin object from the group grp
}}
}}
In Windows uic.py are located in "C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\PySide\scripts\uic.py"
Note: You can even add other groups to a group...
For create batch file "compSide.bat":

=== Adding a Mesh ===
{{Code|code=
{{Code|code=
@"C:\Python27\python" "C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\PySide\scripts\uic.py" %1.ui > %1.py
import Mesh
doc=App.activeDocument()
# create a new empty mesh
m = Mesh.Mesh()
# build up box out of 12 facets
m.addFacet(0.0,0.0,0.0, 0.0,0.0,1.0, 0.0,1.0,1.0)
m.addFacet(0.0,0.0,0.0, 0.0,1.0,1.0, 0.0,1.0,0.0)
m.addFacet(0.0,0.0,0.0, 1.0,0.0,0.0, 1.0,0.0,1.0)
m.addFacet(0.0,0.0,0.0, 1.0,0.0,1.0, 0.0,0.0,1.0)
m.addFacet(0.0,0.0,0.0, 0.0,1.0,0.0, 1.0,1.0,0.0)
m.addFacet(0.0,0.0,0.0, 1.0,1.0,0.0, 1.0,0.0,0.0)
m.addFacet(0.0,1.0,0.0, 0.0,1.0,1.0, 1.0,1.0,1.0)
m.addFacet(0.0,1.0,0.0, 1.0,1.0,1.0, 1.0,1.0,0.0)
m.addFacet(0.0,1.0,1.0, 0.0,0.0,1.0, 1.0,0.0,1.0)
m.addFacet(0.0,1.0,1.0, 1.0,0.0,1.0, 1.0,1.0,1.0)
m.addFacet(1.0,1.0,0.0, 1.0,1.0,1.0, 1.0,0.0,1.0)
m.addFacet(1.0,1.0,0.0, 1.0,0.0,1.0, 1.0,0.0,0.0)
# scale to a edge langth of 100
m.scale(100.0)
# add the mesh to the active document
me=doc.addObject("Mesh::Feature","Cube")
me.Mesh=m
}}
}}
In the DOS console type without extension

=== Adding an arc or a circle ===
{{Code|code=
{{Code|code=
compSide myUiFile
import Part
doc = App.activeDocument()
c = Part.Circle()
c.Radius=10.0
f = doc.addObject("Part::Feature", "Circle") # create a document with a circle feature
f.Shape = c.toShape() # Assign the circle shape to the shape property
doc.recompute()
}}
}}
Into Linux : to do



=== Accessing and changing representation of an object ===
On some systems the program is called pyuic4 instead of pyuic. This will simply convert the .ui file into a python script. If we open the mywidget.py file, its contents is very easy to understand:
Each object in a FreeCAD document has an associated view representation object that stores all the parameters that define how the object appear, like color, linewidth, etc...
{{Code|code=
{{Code|code=
from PySide import QtCore, QtGui
gad=Gui.activeDocument() # access the active document containing all

# view representations of the features in the
class Ui_Dialog(object):
# corresponding App document
def setupUi(self, Dialog):
Dialog.setObjectName("Dialog")
Dialog.resize(187, 178)
self.title = QtGui.QLabel(Dialog)
self.title.setGeometry(QtCore.QRect(10, 10, 271, 16))
self.title.setObjectName("title")
self.label_width = QtGui.QLabel(Dialog)
...

self.retranslateUi(Dialog)
QtCore.QMetaObject.connectSlotsByName(Dialog)


def retranslateUi(self, Dialog):
v=gad.getObject("Cube") # access the view representation to the Mesh feature 'Cube'
Dialog.setWindowTitle(QtGui.QApplication.translate("Dialog", "Dialog", None, QtGui.QApplication.UnicodeUTF8))
v.ShapeColor # prints the color to the console
self.title.setText(QtGui.QApplication.translate("Dialog", "Plane-O-Matic", None, QtGui.QApplication.UnicodeUTF8))
v.ShapeColor=(1.0,1.0,1.0) # sets the shape color to white
...
}}
}}
As you see it has a very simple structure: a class named Ui_Dialog is created, that stores the interface elements of our widget. That class has two methods, one for setting up the widget, and one for translating its contents, which is part of the general Qt mechanism for translating interface elements. The setup method simply creates, one by one, the widgets as we defined them in Qt Designer, and sets their options as we decided earlier. Then, the whole interface gets translated, and finally, the slots get connected (we'll talk about that later).


We can now create a new widget and use this class to create its interface. We can already see our widget in action, by putting our mywidget.py file in a place where FreeCAD will find it (in the FreeCAD bin directory, or in any of the Mod subdirectories), and, in the FreeCAD python interpreter, issue:
=== Observing mouse events in the 3D viewer via Python ===
The Inventor framework allows to add one or more callback nodes to the scenegraph of the viewer. By default in FreeCAD one callback node is installed per viewer which allows to add global or static C++ functions. In the appropriate Python binding some methods are provided to make use of this technique from within Python code.
{{Code|code=
{{Code|code=
from PySide import QtGui
App.newDocument()
import mywidget
v=Gui.activeDocument().activeView()
d = QtGui.QWidget()
d.ui = mywidget.Ui_Dialog()
#This class logs any mouse button events. As the registered callback function fires twice for 'down' and
d.ui.setupUi(d)
#'up' events we need a boolean flag to handle this.
d.show()
class ViewObserver:
def logPosition(self, info):
down = (info["State"] == "DOWN")
pos = info["Position"]
if (down):
FreeCAD.Console.PrintMessage("Clicked on position: ("+str(pos[0])+", "+str(pos[1])+")\n")
o = ViewObserver()
c = v.addEventCallback("SoMouseButtonEvent",o.logPosition)
}}
}}
And our dialog will appear! Note that our Python interpreter is still working, we have a non-modal dialog. So, to close it, we can (apart from clicking its close icon, of course) issue:
Now, pick somewhere on the area in the 3D viewer and observe the messages in the output window. To finish the observation just call
{{Code|code=
{{Code|code=
d.hide()
v.removeEventCallback("SoMouseButtonEvent",c)
}}
}}
The following event types are supported
* SoEvent -- all kind of events
* SoButtonEvent -- all mouse button and key events
* SoLocation2Event -- 2D movement events (normally mouse movements)
* SoMotion3Event -- 3D movement events (normally spaceball)
* SoKeyboardEvent -- key down and up events
* SoMouseButtonEvent -- mouse button down and up events
* SoSpaceballButtonEvent -- spaceball button down and up events


== Making our dialog do something ==
The Python function that can be registered with addEventCallback() expects a dictionary. Depending on the watched event the dictionary can contain different keys.
Now that we can show and hide our dialog, we just need to add one last part: To make it do something! If you play a bit with Qt designer, you'll quickly discover a whole section called "signals and slots". Basically, it works like this: elements on your widgets (in Qt terminology, those elements are themselves widgets) can send signals. Those signals differ according to the widget type. For example, a button can send a signal when it is pressed and when it is released. Those signals can be connected to slots, which can be special functionality of other widgets (for example a dialog has a "close" slot to which you can connect the signal from a close button), or can be custom functions. The [http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/static/Docs/PyQt4/html/classes.html PyQt Reference Documentation] lists all the qt widgets, what they can do, what signals they can send, etc...
For all events it has the keys:
* Type -- the name of the event type i.e. SoMouseEvent, SoLocation2Event, ...
* Time -- the current time as string
* Position -- a tuple of two integers, mouse position
* ShiftDown -- a boolean, true if Shift was pressed otherwise false
* CtrlDown -- a boolean, true if Ctrl was pressed otherwise false
* AltDown -- a boolean, true if Alt was pressed otherwise false
For all button events, i.e. keyboard, mouse or spaceball events
* State -- A string 'UP' if the button was up, 'DOWN' if it was down or 'UNKNOWN' for all other cases
For keyboard events:
* Key -- a character of the pressed key
For mouse button event
* Button -- The pressed button, could be BUTTON1, ..., BUTTON5 or ANY
For spaceball events:
* Button -- The pressed button, could be BUTTON1, ..., BUTTON7 or ANY
And finally motion events:
* Translation -- a tuple of three floats
* Rotation -- a quaternion for the rotation, i.e. a tuple of four floats


What we will do here, is to create a new function that will create a plane based on height and width, and to connect that function to the pressed signal emitted by our "Create!" button. So, let's begin with importing our FreeCAD modules, by putting the following line at the top of the script, where we already import QtCore and QtGui:
===Display keys pressed and Events command===
This macro displays in the report view the keys pressed and all events command
<syntaxhighlight>
App.newDocument()
v=Gui.activeDocument().activeView()
class ViewObserver:
def logPosition(self, info):
try:
down = (info["Key"])
FreeCAD.Console.PrintMessage(str(down)+"\n") # here the character pressed
FreeCAD.Console.PrintMessage(str(info)+"\n") # list all events command
FreeCAD.Console.PrintMessage("_______________________________________"+"\n")
except Exception:
None
o = ViewObserver()
c = v.addEventCallback("SoEvent",o.logPosition)

#v.removeEventCallback("SoEvent",c) # remove ViewObserver
</syntaxhighlight>
=== Manipulate the scenegraph in Python ===
It is also possible to get and change the scenegraph in Python, with the 'pivy' module -- a Python binding for Coin.
{{Code|code=
{{Code|code=
import FreeCAD, Part
from pivy.coin import * # load the pivy module
view = Gui.ActiveDocument.ActiveView # get the active viewer
root = view.getSceneGraph() # the root is an SoSeparator node
root.addChild(SoCube())
view.fitAll()
}}
}}
Then, let's add a new function to our Ui_Dialog class:
The Python API of pivy is created by using the tool SWIG. As we use in FreeCAD some self-written nodes you cannot create them directly in Python.
However, it is possible to create a node by its internal name. An instance of the type 'SoFCSelection' can be created with
{{Code|code=
{{Code|code=
def createPlane(self):
type = SoType.fromName("SoFCSelection")
try:
node = type.createInstance()
# first we check if valid numbers have been entered
w = float(self.width.text())
h = float(self.height.text())
except ValueError:
print "Error! Width and Height values must be valid numbers!"
else:
# create a face from 4 points
p1 = FreeCAD.Vector(0,0,0)
p2 = FreeCAD.Vector(w,0,0)
p3 = FreeCAD.Vector(w,h,0)
p4 = FreeCAD.Vector(0,h,0)
pointslist = [p1,p2,p3,p4,p1]
mywire = Part.makePolygon(pointslist)
myface = Part.Face(mywire)
Part.show(myface)
self.hide()
}}
}}
Then, we need to inform Qt to connect the button to the function, by placing the following line just before QtCore.QMetaObject.connectSlotsByName(Dialog):

=== Adding and removing objects to/from the scenegraph ===
Adding new nodes to the scenegraph can be done this way. Take care of always adding a SoSeparator to contain the geometry, coordinates and material info of a same object. The following example adds a red line from (0,0,0) to (10,0,0):
{{Code|code=
{{Code|code=
QtCore.QObject.connect(self.create,QtCore.SIGNAL("pressed()"),self.createPlane)
from pivy import coin
sg = Gui.ActiveDocument.ActiveView.getSceneGraph()
co = coin.SoCoordinate3()
pts = [[0,0,0],[10,0,0]]
co.point.setValues(0,len(pts),pts)
ma = coin.SoBaseColor()
ma.rgb = (1,0,0)
li = coin.SoLineSet()
li.numVertices.setValue(2)
no = coin.SoSeparator()
no.addChild(co)
no.addChild(ma)
no.addChild(li)
sg.addChild(no)
}}
}}
This, as you see, connects the pressed() signal of our create object (the "Create!" button), to a slot named createPlane, which we just defined. That's it! Now, as a final touch, we can add a little function to create the dialog, it will be easier to call. Outside the Ui_Dialog class, let's add this code:
To remove it, simply issue:
{{Code|code=
{{Code|code=
class plane():
sg.removeChild(no)
def __init__(self):
self.d = QtGui.QWidget()
self.ui = Ui_Dialog()
self.ui.setupUi(self.d)
self.d.show()
}}
}}
(Python reminder: the __init__ method of a class is automatically executed whenever a new object is created!)
===Saves the sceneGraph with a rotation in a series of 36 files in the X Y Z axis===
Then, from FreeCAD, we only need to do:
{{Code|code=
import mywidget
myDialog = mywidget.plane()
}}
That's all Folks... Now you can try all kinds of things, like for example inserting your widget in the FreeCAD interface (see the [[Code snippets]] page), or making much more advanced custom tools, by using other elements on your widget.


== The complete script ==
This is the complete script, for reference:
{{Code|code=
{{Code|code=
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import math
import time
from FreeCAD import Base
from pivy import coin


# Form implementation generated from reading ui file 'mywidget.ui'
size=(1000,1000)
#
dirname = "C:/Temp/animation/"
# Created: Mon Jun 1 19:09:10 2009
steps=36
# by: PyQt4 UI code generator 4.4.4
angle=2*math.pi/steps
# Modified for PySide 16:02:2015
# WARNING! All changes made in this file will be lost!


from PySide import QtCore, QtGui
matX=Base.Matrix()
import FreeCAD, Part
matX.rotateX(angle)
stepsX=Base.Placement(matX).Rotation


class Ui_Dialog(object):
matY=Base.Matrix()
def setupUi(self, Dialog):
matY.rotateY(angle)
Dialog.setObjectName("Dialog")
stepsY=Base.Placement(matY).Rotation
Dialog.resize(187, 178)
self.title = QtGui.QLabel(Dialog)
self.title.setGeometry(QtCore.QRect(10, 10, 271, 16))
self.title.setObjectName("title")
self.label_width = QtGui.QLabel(Dialog)
self.label_width.setGeometry(QtCore.QRect(10, 50, 57, 16))
self.label_width.setObjectName("label_width")
self.label_height = QtGui.QLabel(Dialog)
self.label_height.setGeometry(QtCore.QRect(10, 90, 57, 16))
self.label_height.setObjectName("label_height")
self.width = QtGui.QLineEdit(Dialog)
self.width.setGeometry(QtCore.QRect(60, 40, 111, 26))
self.width.setObjectName("width")
self.height = QtGui.QLineEdit(Dialog)
self.height.setGeometry(QtCore.QRect(60, 80, 111, 26))
self.height.setObjectName("height")
self.create = QtGui.QPushButton(Dialog)
self.create.setGeometry(QtCore.QRect(50, 140, 83, 26))
self.create.setObjectName("create")


self.retranslateUi(Dialog)
matZ=Base.Matrix()
QtCore.QObject.connect(self.create,QtCore.SIGNAL("pressed()"),self.createPlane)
matZ.rotateZ(angle)
QtCore.QMetaObject.connectSlotsByName(Dialog)
stepsZ=Base.Placement(matZ).Rotation


def retranslateUi(self, Dialog):
view=Gui.ActiveDocument.ActiveView
Dialog.setWindowTitle(QtGui.QApplication.translate("Dialog", "Dialog", None, QtGui.QApplication.UnicodeUTF8))
cam=view.getCameraNode()
self.title.setText(QtGui.QApplication.translate("Dialog", "Plane-O-Matic", None, QtGui.QApplication.UnicodeUTF8))
rotCamera=Base.Rotation(*cam.orientation.getValue().getValue())
self.label_width.setText(QtGui.QApplication.translate("Dialog", "Width", None, QtGui.QApplication.UnicodeUTF8))
self.label_height.setText(QtGui.QApplication.translate("Dialog", "Height", None, QtGui.QApplication.UnicodeUTF8))
self.create.setText(QtGui.QApplication.translate("Dialog", "Create!", None, QtGui.QApplication.UnicodeUTF8))


def createPlane(self):
# this sets the lookat point to the center of circumsphere of the global bounding box
try:
view.fitAll()
# first we check if valid numbers have been entered
w = float(self.width.text())
h = float(self.height.text())
except ValueError:
print "Error! Width and Height values must be valid numbers!"
else:
# create a face from 4 points
p1 = FreeCAD.Vector(0,0,0)
p2 = FreeCAD.Vector(w,0,0)
p3 = FreeCAD.Vector(w,h,0)
p4 = FreeCAD.Vector(0,h,0)
pointslist = [p1,p2,p3,p4,p1]
mywire = Part.makePolygon(pointslist)
myface = Part.Face(mywire)
Part.show(myface)


class plane():
# the camera's position, i.e. the user's eye point
def __init__(self):
position=Base.Vector(*cam.position.getValue().getValue())
self.d = QtGui.QWidget()
distance=cam.focalDistance.getValue()
self.ui = Ui_Dialog()
self.ui.setupUi(self.d)
self.d.show()
}}
==Creation of a dialog with buttons==


===Method 1===
# view direction
An example of a dialog box complete with its connections.
vec=rotCamera.multVec(Base.Vector(0,0,-1))
{{Code|code=
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# Create by flachyjoe


from PySide import QtCore, QtGui
# this is the point on the screen the camera looks at
# when rotating the camera we should make this point fix
lookat=position+vec*distance


try:
# around x axis
_fromUtf8 = QtCore.QString.fromUtf8
for i in range(steps):
except AttributeError:
rotCamera=stepsX.multiply(rotCamera)
def _fromUtf8(s):
cam.orientation.setValue(*rotCamera.Q)
return s
vec=rotCamera.multVec(Base.Vector(0,0,-1))
pos=lookat-vec*distance
cam.position.setValue(pos.x,pos.y,pos.z)
Gui.updateGui()
time.sleep(0.3)
view.saveImage(dirname+"x-%d.png" % i,*size)


try:
# around y axis
_encoding = QtGui.QApplication.UnicodeUTF8
for i in range(steps):
def _translate(context, text, disambig):
rotCamera=stepsY.multiply(rotCamera)
return QtGui.QApplication.translate(context, text, disambig, _encoding)
cam.orientation.setValue(*rotCamera.Q)
except AttributeError:
vec=rotCamera.multVec(Base.Vector(0,0,-1))
def _translate(context, text, disambig):
pos=lookat-vec*distance
return QtGui.QApplication.translate(context, text, disambig)
cam.position.setValue(pos.x,pos.y,pos.z)
Gui.updateGui()
time.sleep(0.3)
view.saveImage(dirname+"y-%d.png" % i,*size)


# around z axis
for i in range(steps):
rotCamera=stepsZ.multiply(rotCamera)
cam.orientation.setValue(*rotCamera.Q)
vec=rotCamera.multVec(Base.Vector(0,0,-1))
pos=lookat-vec*distance
cam.position.setValue(pos.x,pos.y,pos.z)
Gui.updateGui()
time.sleep(0.3)
view.saveImage(dirname+"z-%d.png" % i,*size)
}}


class Ui_MainWindow(object):
===Adding custom widgets to the interface===
You can create custom widgets with Qt designer, transform them into a python script, and then load them into the FreeCAD interface with PySide.


def __init__(self, MainWindow):
The python code produced by the Ui python compiler (the tool that converts qt-designer .ui files into python code) generally looks like this (it is simple, you can also code it directly in python):
self.window = MainWindow
{{Code|code=
class myWidget_Ui(object):
def setupUi(self, myWidget):
myWidget.setObjectName("my Nice New Widget")
myWidget.resize(QtCore.QSize(QtCore.QRect(0,0,300,100).size()).expandedTo(myWidget.minimumSizeHint())) # sets size of the widget
self.label = QtGui.QLabel(myWidget) # creates a label
self.label.setGeometry(QtCore.QRect(50,50,200,24)) # sets its size
self.label.setObjectName("label") # sets its name, so it can be found by name


MainWindow.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("MainWindow"))
def retranslateUi(self, draftToolbar): # built-in QT function that manages translations of widgets
MainWindow.resize(400, 300)
myWidget.setWindowTitle(QtGui.QApplication.translate("myWidget", "My Widget", None, QtGui.QApplication.UnicodeUTF8))
self.centralWidget = QtGui.QWidget(MainWindow)
self.label.setText(QtGui.QApplication.translate("myWidget", "Welcome to my new widget!", None, QtGui.QApplication.UnicodeUTF8))
self.centralWidget.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("centralWidget"))
}}
Then, all you need to do is to create a reference to the FreeCAD Qt window, insert a custom widget into it, and "transform" this widget into yours with the Ui code we just made:
{{Code|code=
app = QtGui.qApp
FCmw = app.activeWindow() # the active qt window, = the freecad window since we are inside it
# FCmw = FreeCADGui.getMainWindow() # use this line if the 'addDockWidget' error is declared
myNewFreeCADWidget = QtGui.QDockWidget() # create a new dckwidget
myNewFreeCADWidget.ui = myWidget_Ui() # load the Ui script
myNewFreeCADWidget.ui.setupUi(myNewFreeCADWidget) # setup the ui
FCmw.addDockWidget(QtCore.Qt.RightDockWidgetArea,myNewFreeCADWidget) # add the widget to the main window
}}


self.pushButton = QtGui.QPushButton(self.centralWidget)
===Adding a Tab to the Combo View===
self.pushButton.setGeometry(QtCore.QRect(30, 170, 93, 28))
The following code allows you to add a tab to the FreeCAD ComboView, besides the "Project" and "Tasks" tabs. It also uses the uic module to load an ui file directly in that tab.
self.pushButton.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("pushButton"))
{{Code|code=
self.pushButton.clicked.connect(self.on_pushButton_clicked) #connection pushButton
# create new Tab in ComboView
from PySide import QtGui,QtCore
#from PySide import uic


self.lineEdit = QtGui.QLineEdit(self.centralWidget)
def getMainWindow():
self.lineEdit.setGeometry(QtCore.QRect(30, 40, 211, 22))
"returns the main window"
self.lineEdit.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("lineEdit"))
# using QtGui.qApp.activeWindow() isn't very reliable because if another
self.lineEdit.returnPressed.connect(self.on_lineEdit_clicked) #connection lineEdit
# widget than the mainwindow is active (e.g. a dialog) the wrong widget is
# returned
toplevel = QtGui.qApp.topLevelWidgets()
for i in toplevel:
if i.metaObject().className() == "Gui::MainWindow":
return i
raise Exception("No main window found")


self.checkBox = QtGui.QCheckBox(self.centralWidget)
def getComboView(mw):
self.checkBox.setGeometry(QtCore.QRect(30, 90, 81, 20))
dw=mw.findChildren(QtGui.QDockWidget)
self.checkBox.setChecked(True)
for i in dw:
self.checkBox.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("checkBoxON"))
if str(i.objectName()) == "Combo View":
self.checkBox.clicked.connect(self.on_checkBox_clicked) #connection checkBox
return i.findChild(QtGui.QTabWidget)
elif str(i.objectName()) == "Python Console":
return i.findChild(QtGui.QTabWidget)
raise Exception ("No tab widget found")


self.radioButton = QtGui.QRadioButton(self.centralWidget)
mw = getMainWindow()
self.radioButton.setGeometry(QtCore.QRect(30, 130, 95, 20))
tab = getComboView(getMainWindow())
self.radioButton.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("radioButton"))
tab2=QtGui.QDialog()
self.radioButton.clicked.connect(self.on_radioButton_clicked) #connection radioButton
tab.addTab(tab2,"A Special Tab")


MainWindow.setCentralWidget(self.centralWidget)
#uic.loadUi("/myTaskPanelforTabs.ui",tab2)
tab2.show()
#tab.removeTab(2)


self.menuBar = QtGui.QMenuBar(MainWindow)
}}
self.menuBar.setGeometry(QtCore.QRect(0, 0, 400, 26))
===Enable or disable a window===
self.menuBar.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("menuBar"))
{{Code|code=
MainWindow.setMenuBar(self.menuBar)
from PySide import QtGui
mw=FreeCADGui.getMainWindow()
dws=mw.findChildren(QtGui.QDockWidget)


self.mainToolBar = QtGui.QToolBar(MainWindow)
# objectName may be :
self.mainToolBar.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("mainToolBar"))
# "Report view"
MainWindow.addToolBar(QtCore.Qt.TopToolBarArea, self.mainToolBar)
# "Tree view"
# "Property view"
# "Selection view"
# "Combo View"
# "Python console"
# "draftToolbar"


self.statusBar = QtGui.QStatusBar(MainWindow)
for i in dws:
self.statusBar.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("statusBar"))
if i.objectName() == "Report view":
MainWindow.setStatusBar(self.statusBar)
dw=i
break


self.retranslateUi(MainWindow)
va=dw.toggleViewAction()
va.setChecked(True) # True or False
dw.setVisible(True) # True or False
}}


def retranslateUi(self, MainWindow):
===Opening a custom webpage===
MainWindow.setWindowTitle(_translate("MainWindow", "MainWindow", None))
{{Code|code=
self.pushButton.setText(_translate("MainWindow", "OK", None))
import WebGui
self.lineEdit.setText(_translate("MainWindow", "tyty", None))
WebGui.openBrowser("http://www.example.com")
self.checkBox.setText(_translate("MainWindow", "CheckBox", None))
}}
self.radioButton.setText(_translate("MainWindow", "RadioButton", None))


def on_checkBox_clicked(self):
===Getting the HTML contents of an opened webpage===
if self.checkBox.checkState()==0:
{{Code|code=
App.Console.PrintMessage(str(self.checkBox.checkState())+" CheckBox KO\r\n")
from PySide import QtGui,QtWebKit
else:
a = QtGui.qApp
App.Console.PrintMessage(str(self.checkBox.checkState())+" CheckBox OK\r\n")
mw = a.activeWindow()
# App.Console.PrintMessage(str(self.lineEdit.setText("tititi"))+" LineEdit\r\n") #write text to the lineEdit window !
v = mw.findChild(QtWebKit.QWebFrame)
# str(self.lineEdit.setText("tititi")) #écrit le texte dans la fenêtre lineEdit
html = unicode(v.toHtml())
App.Console.PrintMessage(str(self.lineEdit.displayText())+" LineEdit\r\n")
print html
}}


def on_radioButton_clicked(self):
===Retrieve and use the coordinates of 3 selected points or objects===
if self.radioButton.isChecked():
{{Code|code=
App.Console.PrintMessage(str(self.radioButton.isChecked())+" Radio OK\r\n")
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
else:
# the line above to put the accentuated in the remarks
App.Console.PrintMessage(str(self.radioButton.isChecked())+" Radio KO\r\n")
# If this line is missing, an error will be returned
# extract and use the coordinates of 3 objects selected
import Part, FreeCAD, math, PartGui, FreeCADGui
from FreeCAD import Base, Console
sel = FreeCADGui.Selection.getSelection() # " sel " contains the items selected
if len(sel)!=3 :
# If there are no 3 objects selected, an error is displayed in the report view
# The \r and \n at the end of line mean return and the newline CR + LF.
Console.PrintError("Select 3 points exactly\r\n")
else :
points=[]
for obj in sel:
points.append(obj.Shape.BoundBox.Center)


def on_lineEdit_clicked(self):
for pt in points:
# if self.lineEdit.textChanged():
# display of the coordinates in the report view
Console.PrintMessage(str(pt.x)+"\r\n")
App.Console.PrintMessage(str(self.lineEdit.displayText())+" LineEdit Display\r\n")
Console.PrintMessage(str(pt.y)+"\r\n")
Console.PrintMessage(str(pt.z)+"\r\n")


def on_pushButton_clicked(self):
Console.PrintMessage(str(pt[1]) + "\r\n")
App.Console.PrintMessage("Terminé\r\n")
self.window.hide()

MainWindow = QtGui.QMainWindow()
ui = Ui_MainWindow(MainWindow)
MainWindow.show()
}}
}}
Here the same window but with an icon on each button.

Download associated icons (click right "Copy the image below ...)"

[[File:Icone01.png]] [[File:Icone02.png]] [[File:Icone03.png]]


===List all objects===
{{Code|code=
{{Code|code=
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import FreeCAD,Draft
# List all objects of the document
doc = FreeCAD.ActiveDocument
objs = FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.Objects
#App.Console.PrintMessage(str(objs) + "\n")
#App.Console.PrintMessage(str(len(FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.Objects)) + " Objects" + "\n")


from PySide import QtCore, QtGui
for obj in objs:
a = obj.Name # list the Name of the object (not modifiable)
b = obj.Label # list the Label of the object (modifiable)
try:
c = obj.LabelText # list the LabeText of the text (modifiable)
App.Console.PrintMessage(str(a) +" "+ str(b) +" "+ str(c) + "\n") # Displays the Name the Label and the text
except:
App.Console.PrintMessage(str(a) +" "+ str(b) + "\n") # Displays the Name and the Label of the object


try:
#doc.removeObject("Box") # Clears the designated object
_fromUtf8 = QtCore.QString.fromUtf8
}}
except AttributeError:
===List the dimensions of an object, given its name===
def _fromUtf8(s):
<syntaxhighlight>
return s
for edge in FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.MyObjectName.Shape.Edges: # replace "MyObjectName" for list
print edge.Length
</syntaxhighlight>


try:
_encoding = QtGui.QApplication.UnicodeUTF8
def _translate(context, text, disambig):
return QtGui.QApplication.translate(context, text, disambig, _encoding)
except AttributeError:
def _translate(context, text, disambig):
return QtGui.QApplication.translate(context, text, disambig)


===Function resident with the mouse click action===
Here with '''SelObserver''' on a object select
{{Code|code=
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# causes an action to the mouse click on an object
# This function remains resident (in memory) with the function "addObserver(s)"
# "removeObserver(s) # Uninstalls the resident function
class SelObserver:
def setPreselection(self,doc,obj,sub): # Preselection object
App.Console.PrintMessage(str(sub)+ "\n") # The part of the object name


class Ui_MainWindow(object):
def addSelection(self,doc,obj,sub,pnt): # Selection object
App.Console.PrintMessage("addSelection"+ "\n")
App.Console.PrintMessage(str(doc)+ "\n") # Name of the document
App.Console.PrintMessage(str(obj)+ "\n") # Name of the object
App.Console.PrintMessage(str(sub)+ "\n") # The part of the object name
App.Console.PrintMessage(str(pnt)+ "\n") # Coordinates of the object
App.Console.PrintMessage("______"+ "\n")


def __init__(self, MainWindow):
def removeSelection(self,doc,obj,sub): # Delete the selected object
self.window = MainWindow
App.Console.PrintMessage("removeSelection"+ "\n")
path = FreeCAD.ConfigGet("UserAppData")
# path = FreeCAD.ConfigGet("AppHomePath")


MainWindow.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("MainWindow"))
def setSelection(self,doc): # Selection in ComboView
MainWindow.resize(400, 300)
App.Console.PrintMessage("setSelection"+ "\n")
self.centralWidget = QtGui.QWidget(MainWindow)
self.centralWidget.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("centralWidget"))


self.pushButton = QtGui.QPushButton(self.centralWidget)
def clearSelection(self,doc): # If click on the screen, clear the selection
self.pushButton.setGeometry(QtCore.QRect(30, 170, 93, 28))
App.Console.PrintMessage("clearSelection"+ "\n") # If click on another object, clear the previous object
self.pushButton.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("pushButton"))
s =SelObserver()
self.pushButton.clicked.connect(self.on_pushButton_clicked) #connection pushButton
FreeCADGui.Selection.addObserver(s) # install the function mode resident
#FreeCADGui.Selection.removeObserver(s) # Uninstall the resident function
}}


self.lineEdit = QtGui.QLineEdit(self.centralWidget)
Other example with '''ViewObserver''' on a object select or view
self.lineEdit.setGeometry(QtCore.QRect(30, 40, 211, 22))
<syntaxhighlight>
self.lineEdit.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("lineEdit"))
App.newDocument()
self.lineEdit.returnPressed.connect(self.on_lineEdit_clicked) #connection lineEdit
v=Gui.activeDocument().activeView()
#This class logs any mouse button events. As the registered callback function fires twice for 'down' and
#'up' events we need a boolean flag to handle this.
class ViewObserver:
def __init__(self, view):
self.view = view
def logPosition(self, info):
down = (info["State"] == "DOWN")
pos = info["Position"]
if (down):
FreeCAD.Console.PrintMessage("Clicked on position: ("+str(pos[0])+", "+str(pos[1])+")\n")
pnt = self.view.getPoint(pos)
FreeCAD.Console.PrintMessage("World coordinates: " + str(pnt) + "\n")
info = self.view.getObjectInfo(pos)
FreeCAD.Console.PrintMessage("Object info: " + str(info) + "\n")


self.checkBox = QtGui.QCheckBox(self.centralWidget)
o = ViewObserver(v)
self.checkBox.setGeometry(QtCore.QRect(30, 90, 100, 20))
c = v.addEventCallback("SoMouseButtonEvent",o.logPosition)
self.checkBox.setChecked(True)
self.checkBox.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("checkBoxON"))
self.checkBox.clicked.connect(self.on_checkBox_clicked) #connection checkBox


self.radioButton = QtGui.QRadioButton(self.centralWidget)
</syntaxhighlight>
self.radioButton.setGeometry(QtCore.QRect(30, 130, 95, 20))
===Finding-selecting all elements below cursor===
self.radioButton.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("radioButton"))
{{Code|code=
self.radioButton.clicked.connect(self.on_radioButton_clicked) #connection radioButton
from pivy import coin
import FreeCADGui


MainWindow.setCentralWidget(self.centralWidget)
def mouse_over_cb( event_callback):
event = event_callback.getEvent()
pos = event.getPosition().getValue()
listObjects = FreeCADGui.ActiveDocument.ActiveView.getObjectsInfo((int(pos[0]),int(pos[1])))
obj = []
if listObjects:
FreeCAD.Console.PrintMessage("\n *** Objects under mouse pointer ***")
for o in listObjects:
label = str(o["Object"])
if not label in obj:
obj.append(label)
FreeCAD.Console.PrintMessage("\n"+str(obj))


self.menuBar = QtGui.QMenuBar(MainWindow)
self.menuBar.setGeometry(QtCore.QRect(0, 0, 400, 26))
self.menuBar.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("menuBar"))
MainWindow.setMenuBar(self.menuBar)


self.mainToolBar = QtGui.QToolBar(MainWindow)
view = FreeCADGui.ActiveDocument.ActiveView
self.mainToolBar.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("mainToolBar"))
MainWindow.addToolBar(QtCore.Qt.TopToolBarArea, self.mainToolBar)


self.statusBar = QtGui.QStatusBar(MainWindow)
mouse_over = view.addEventCallbackPivy( coin.SoLocation2Event.getClassTypeId(), mouse_over_cb )
self.statusBar.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("statusBar"))
MainWindow.setStatusBar(self.statusBar)


self.retranslateUi(MainWindow)
# to remove Callback :
#view.removeEventCallbackPivy( coin.SoLocation2Event.getClassTypeId(), mouse_over)


# Affiche un icone sur le bouton PushButton
####
# self.image_01 = "C:\Program Files\FreeCAD0.13\Icone01.png" # adapt the icon name
#The easy way is probably to use FreeCAD's selection.
self.image_01 = path+"Icone01.png" # adapt the name of the icon
#FreeCADGui.ActiveDocument.ActiveView.getObjectsInfo(mouse_coords)
icon01 = QtGui.QIcon()
icon01.addPixmap(QtGui.QPixmap(self.image_01),QtGui.QIcon.Normal, QtGui.QIcon.Off)
self.pushButton.setIcon(icon01)
self.pushButton.setLayoutDirection(QtCore.Qt.RightToLeft) # This command reverses the direction of the button


# Affiche un icone sur le bouton RadioButton
####
# self.image_02 = "C:\Program Files\FreeCAD0.13\Icone02.png" # adapt the name of the icon
#you get that kind of result :
self.image_02 = path+"Icone02.png" # adapter le nom de l'icone
#'Document': 'Unnamed', 'Object': 'Box', 'Component': 'Face2', 'y': 8.604081153869629, 'x': 21.0, 'z': 8.553047180175781
icon02 = QtGui.QIcon()
icon02.addPixmap(QtGui.QPixmap(self.image_02),QtGui.QIcon.Normal, QtGui.QIcon.Off)
self.radioButton.setIcon(icon02)
# self.radioButton.setLayoutDirection(QtCore.Qt.RightToLeft) # This command reverses the direction of the button


# Affiche un icone sur le bouton CheckBox
####
# self.image_03 = "C:\Program Files\FreeCAD0.13\Icone03.png" # the name of the icon
#You can use this data to add your element to FreeCAD's selection :
self.image_03 = path+"Icone03.png" # adapter le nom de l'icone
#FreeCADGui.Selection.addSelection(FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.Box,'Face2',21.0,8.604081153869629,8.553047180175781)
icon03 = QtGui.QIcon()
icon03.addPixmap(QtGui.QPixmap(self.image_03),QtGui.QIcon.Normal, QtGui.QIcon.Off)
self.checkBox.setIcon(icon03)
# self.checkBox.setLayoutDirection(QtCore.Qt.RightToLeft) # This command reverses the direction of the button


def retranslateUi(self, MainWindow):
MainWindow.setWindowTitle(_translate("MainWindow", "FreeCAD", None))
self.pushButton.setText(_translate("MainWindow", "OK", None))
self.lineEdit.setText(_translate("MainWindow", "tyty", None))
self.checkBox.setText(_translate("MainWindow", "CheckBox", None))
self.radioButton.setText(_translate("MainWindow", "RadioButton", None))

def on_checkBox_clicked(self):
if self.checkBox.checkState()==0:
App.Console.PrintMessage(str(self.checkBox.checkState())+" CheckBox KO\r\n")
else:
App.Console.PrintMessage(str(self.checkBox.checkState())+" CheckBox OK\r\n")
# App.Console.PrintMessage(str(self.lineEdit.setText("tititi"))+" LineEdit\r\n") # write text to the lineEdit window !
# str(self.lineEdit.setText("tititi")) #écrit le texte dans la fenêtre lineEdit
App.Console.PrintMessage(str(self.lineEdit.displayText())+" LineEdit\r\n")

def on_radioButton_clicked(self):
if self.radioButton.isChecked():
App.Console.PrintMessage(str(self.radioButton.isChecked())+" Radio OK\r\n")
else:
App.Console.PrintMessage(str(self.radioButton.isChecked())+" Radio KO\r\n")

def on_lineEdit_clicked(self):
# if self.lineEdit.textChanged():
App.Console.PrintMessage(str(self.lineEdit.displayText())+" LineEdit Display\r\n")

def on_pushButton_clicked(self):
App.Console.PrintMessage("Terminé\r\n")
self.window.hide()

MainWindow = QtGui.QMainWindow()
ui = Ui_MainWindow(MainWindow)
MainWindow.show()
}}
Here the code to display the icon on the '''pushButton''', change the name for another button, ('''radioButton, checkBox''') and the path to the icon.
{{Code|code=
# Affiche un icône sur le bouton PushButton
# self.image_01 = "C:\Program Files\FreeCAD0.13\icone01.png" # the name of the icon
self.image_01 = path+"icone01.png" # the name of the icon
icon01 = QtGui.QIcon()
icon01.addPixmap(QtGui.QPixmap(self.image_01),QtGui.QIcon.Normal, QtGui.QIcon.Off)
self.pushButton.setIcon(icon01)
self.pushButton.setLayoutDirection(QtCore.Qt.RightToLeft) # This command reverses the direction of the button
}}
The command
'''UserAppData''' gives the user path
'''AppHomePath''' gives the installation path of FreeCAD
{{Code|code=
# path = FreeCAD.ConfigGet("UserAppData")
path = FreeCAD.ConfigGet("AppHomePath")
}}
This command reverses the horizontal button, right to left.
{{Code|code=
self.pushButton.setLayoutDirection(QtCore.Qt.RightToLeft) # This command reverses the direction of the button
}}
}}


===Method 2===
===List the components of an object===
Another method to display a window, here by creating a file '''QtForm.py''' which contains the header program (module called with '''import QtForm'''), and a second module that contains the code window all these accessories, and your code (the calling module).

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# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# Create by flachyjoe
# This function list the components of an object
from PySide import QtCore, QtGui
# and extract this object its XYZ coordinates,
# its edges and their lengths center of mass and coordinates
# its faces and their center of mass
# its faces and their surfaces and coordinates
# 8/05/2014


try:
import Draft,Part
_fromUtf8 = QtCore.QString.fromUtf8
def detail():
except AttributeError:
sel = FreeCADGui.Selection.getSelection() # Select an object
def _fromUtf8(s):
if len(sel) != 0: # If there is a selection then
Vertx=[]
return s
Edges=[]
Faces=[]
compt_V=0
compt_E=0
compt_F=0
pas =0
perimetre = 0.0
EdgesLong = []


try:
# Displays the "Name" and the "Label" of the selection
_encoding = QtGui.QApplication.UnicodeUTF8
App.Console.PrintMessage("Selection > " + str(sel[0].Name) + " " + str(sel[0].Label) +"\n"+"\n")
def _translate(context, text, disambig):
return QtGui.QApplication.translate(context, text, disambig, _encoding)
except AttributeError:
def _translate(context, text, disambig):
return QtGui.QApplication.translate(context, text, disambig)


class Form(object):
for j in enumerate(sel[0].Shape.Edges): # Search the "Edges" and their lengths
def __init__(self, title, width, height):
compt_E+=1
self.window = QtGui.QMainWindow()
Edges.append("Edge%d" % (j[0]+1))
self.title=title
EdgesLong.append(str(sel[0].Shape.Edges[compt_E-1].Length))
self.window.setObjectName(_fromUtf8(title))
perimetre += (sel[0].Shape.Edges[compt_E-1].Length) # calculates the perimeter
self.window.setWindowTitle(_translate(self.title, self.title, None))
self.window.resize(width, height)


def show(self):
# Displays the "Edge" and its length
self.createUI()
App.Console.PrintMessage("Edge"+str(compt_E)+" Length > "+str(sel[0].Shape.Edges[compt_E-1].Length)+"\n")
self.retranslateUI()
self.window.show()
def setText(self, control, text):
control.setText(_translate(self.title, text, None))
}}
The calling file that contains the window and your code.


The file my_file.py
# Displays the "Edge" and its center mass
App.Console.PrintMessage("Edge"+str(compt_E)+" Center > "+str(sel[0].Shape.Edges[compt_E-1].CenterOfMass)+"\n")


The connections are to do, a good exercise.
num = sel[0].Shape.Edges[compt_E-1].Vertexes[0]
{{Code|code=
Vertx.append("X1: "+str(num.Point.x))
Vertx.append("Y1: "+str(num.Point.y))
Vertx.append("Z1: "+str(num.Point.z))
# Displays the coordinates 1
App.Console.PrintMessage("X1: "+str(num.Point[0])+" Y1: "+str(num.Point[1])+" Z1: "+str(num.Point[2])+"\n")


# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
try:
# Create by flachyjoe
num = sel[0].Shape.Edges[compt_E-1].Vertexes[1]
from PySide import QtCore, QtGui
Vertx.append("X2: "+str(num.Point.x))
import QtForm
Vertx.append("Y2: "+str(num.Point.y))
Vertx.append("Z2: "+str(num.Point.z))
except:
Vertx.append("-")
Vertx.append("-")
Vertx.append("-")
# Displays the coordinates 2
App.Console.PrintMessage("X2: "+str(num.Point[0])+" Y2: "+str(num.Point[1])+" Z2: "+str(num.Point[2])+"\n")


class myForm(QtForm.Form):
App.Console.PrintMessage("\n")
def createUI(self):
App.Console.PrintMessage("Perimeter of the form : "+str(perimetre)+"\n")
self.centralWidget = QtGui.QWidget(self.window)
self.window.setCentralWidget(self.centralWidget)
self.pushButton = QtGui.QPushButton(self.centralWidget)
self.pushButton.setGeometry(QtCore.QRect(30, 170, 93, 28))
self.pushButton.clicked.connect(self.on_pushButton_clicked)
self.lineEdit = QtGui.QLineEdit(self.centralWidget)
self.lineEdit.setGeometry(QtCore.QRect(30, 40, 211, 22))
self.checkBox = QtGui.QCheckBox(self.centralWidget)
self.checkBox.setGeometry(QtCore.QRect(30, 90, 81, 20))
self.checkBox.setChecked(True)
self.radioButton = QtGui.QRadioButton(self.centralWidget)
self.radioButton.setGeometry(QtCore.QRect(30, 130, 95, 20))
def retranslateUI(self):
self.setText(self.pushButton, "Fermer")
self.setText(self.lineEdit, "essai de texte")
self.setText(self.checkBox, "CheckBox")
self.setText(self.radioButton, "RadioButton")
def on_pushButton_clicked(self):
self.window.hide()


myWindow=myForm("Fenetre de test",400,300)
App.Console.PrintMessage("\n")
myWindow.show()
FacesSurf = []
}}
for j in enumerate(sel[0].Shape.Faces): # Search the "Faces" and their surface
compt_F+=1
Faces.append("Face%d" % (j[0]+1))
FacesSurf.append(str(sel[0].Shape.Faces[compt_F-1].Area))


'''Other example'''
# Displays 'Face' and its surface
<center>
App.Console.PrintMessage("Face"+str(compt_F)+" > Surface "+str(sel[0].Shape.Faces[compt_F-1].Area)+"\n")
<gallery widths="400" heights="200">
Image:Qt_Example_00.png|Qt example 1
Image:Qt_Example_01.png|Qt example details
</gallery>
</center>
{{clear}}


Are treated :
# Displays 'Face' and its CenterOfMass
App.Console.PrintMessage("Face"+str(compt_F)+" > Center "+str(sel[0].Shape.Faces[compt_F-1].CenterOfMass)+"\n")


# icon for window
# Displays 'Face' and its Coordinates
# horizontalSlider
FacesCoor = []
# progressBar horizontal
fco = 0
# verticalSlider
for f0 in sel[0].Shape.Faces[compt_F-1].Vertexes: # Search the Vertexes of the face
# progressBar vertical
fco += 1
# lineEdit
FacesCoor.append("X"+str(fco)+": "+str(f0.Point.x))
# lineEdit
FacesCoor.append("Y"+str(fco)+": "+str(f0.Point.y))
# doubleSpinBox
FacesCoor.append("Z"+str(fco)+": "+str(f0.Point.z))
# doubleSpinBox
# doubleSpinBox
# button
# button
# radioButton with icons
# checkBox with icon checked and unchecked
# textEdit
# graphicsView with 2 graphes
The code page and the icons [[Qt_Example|Qt_Example]]


==Icon personalised in ComboView==
# Displays 'Face' and its Coordinates
App.Console.PrintMessage("Face"+str(compt_F)+" > Coordinate"+str(FacesCoor)+"\n")


Here an example to create an object with properties and icon personalised in ComboView
# Displays 'Face' and its Volume
App.Console.PrintMessage("Face"+str(compt_F)+" > Volume "+str(sel[0].Shape.Faces[compt_F-1].Volume)+"\n")
App.Console.PrintMessage("\n")


Download the example icon to the same directory as the macro [[File:FreeCADIco.png|icon Example for the macro|24px]]
# Displays the total surface of the form
App.Console.PrintMessage("Surface of the form : "+str(sel[0].Shape.Area)+"\n")


Use of an icon for three different use cases: icon_in_file_disk (format .png), icon_XPM_in_macro (format .XPM) and icon_resource_FreeCAD
# Displays the total Volume of the form
App.Console.PrintMessage("Volume of the form : "+str(sel[0].Shape.Volume)+"\n")


[[File:Qt_Example_02.png|icon personalised]]
detail()
}}
{{clear}}


===List the PropertiesList===
{{Code|code=
import FreeCADGui
from FreeCAD import Console
o = App.ActiveDocument.ActiveObject
op = o.PropertiesList
for p in op:
Console.PrintMessage("Property: "+ str(p)+ " Value: " + str(o.getPropertyByName(p))+"\r\n")
}}
===Adding one Property "Comment"===
{{Code|code=
{{Code|code=
import PySide
import FreeCAD, FreeCADGui, Part
from pivy import coin
from PySide import QtGui ,QtCore
from PySide.QtGui import *
from PySide.QtCore import *
import Draft
import Draft
obj = FreeCADGui.Selection.getSelection()[0]
obj.addProperty("App::PropertyString","GComment","Draft","Font name").GComment = "Comment here"
App.activeDocument().recompute()
}}


global path
===Search and data extraction===
param = FreeCAD.ParamGet("User parameter:BaseApp/Preferences/Macro")# macro path in FreeCAD preferences
path = param.GetString("MacroPath","") + "/" # macro path
path = path.replace("\\","/") # convert the "\" to "/"


Examples of research and decoding information on an object.


class IconViewProviderToFile: # Class ViewProvider create Property view of object
Each section is independently and is separated by "############" can be copied directly into the Python console, or in a macro or use this macro. The description of the macro in the commentary.
def __init__( self, obj, icon):
self.icone = icon
def getIcon(self): # GetIcon
return self.icone
def attach(self, obj): # Property view of object
self.modes = []
self.modes.append("Flat Lines")
self.modes.append("Shaded")
self.modes.append("Wireframe")
self.modes.append("Points")
obj.addDisplayMode( coin.SoGroup(),"Flat Lines" ) # Display Mode
obj.addDisplayMode( coin.SoGroup(),"Shaded" )
obj.addDisplayMode( coin.SoGroup(),"Wireframe" )
obj.addDisplayMode( coin.SoGroup(),"Points" )
return self.modes


def getDisplayModes(self,obj):
Displaying it in the "View Report" window (View > Views > View report)
return self.modes
{{Code|code=

#####################################################
########## Example with icon to file # begin ########
#####################################################


object1 = FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.addObject("App::FeaturePython", "Icon_In_File_Disk") # create your object
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
object1.addProperty("App::PropertyString","Identity", "ExampleTitle0", "Identity of object").Identity = "FCSpring" # Identity of object
from __future__ import unicode_literals
object1.addProperty("App::PropertyFloat" ,"Pitch", "ExampleTitle0", "Pitch betwen 2 heads").Pitch = 2.0 # other Property Data
object1.addProperty("App::PropertyBool" ,"View", "ExampleTitle1", "Hello world").View = True # ...
# Exemples de recherche et de decodage d'informations sur un objet
object1.addProperty("App::PropertyColor" ,"LineColor","ExampleTitle2", "Color to choice").LineColor = (0.13,0.15,0.37) # ...
# Chaque section peut etre copiee directement dans la console Python ou dans une macro ou utilisez la macro tel quel
#...other Property Data
# Certaines commandes se repetent seul l'approche est differente
#...other Property Data
# L'affichage se fait dans la Vue rapport : Menu Affichage > Vues > Vue rapport
#
object1.ViewObject.Proxy = IconViewProviderToFile( object1, path + "FreeCADIco.png") # icon download to file
App.ActiveDocument.recompute()
#
#
#__Detail__:
# Examples of research and decoding information on an object
# FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.addObject( = create now object personalized
# Each section can be copied directly into the Python console, or in a macro or uses this macro
# "App::FeaturePython", = object as FeaturePython
# Certain commands as repeat alone approach is different
# "Icon_In_File_Disk") = internal name of your object
# Displayed on Report view : Menu View > Views > report view
#
#
#
# rev:30/08/2014:29/09/2014:17/09/2015
# "App::PropertyString", = type of Property , availlable : PropertyString, PropertyFloat, PropertyBool, PropertyColor
# "Identity", = name of the feature
from FreeCAD import Base
# "ExampleTitle0", = title of the "section"
import DraftVecUtils, Draft, Part
# "Identity of object") = tooltip displayed on mouse
mydoc = FreeCAD.activeDocument().Name # Name of active Document
# .Identity = variable (same of name of the feature)
# object1.ViewObject.Proxy = create the view object and gives the icon
App.Console.PrintMessage("Active docu : "+(mydoc)+"\n")
#
##################################################################################
########## example with icon to file end
sel = FreeCADGui.Selection.getSelection() # select object with getSelection()
object_Label = sel[0].Label # Label of the object (modifiable)
App.Console.PrintMessage("object_Label : "+(object_Label)+"\n")
##################################################################################
sel = FreeCADGui.Selection.getSelection() # select object with getSelection()
App.Console.PrintMessage("sel : "+str(sel[0])+"\n\n") # sel[0] first object selected
##################################################################################
sel = FreeCADGui.Selection.getSelection() # select object with getSelection()
object_Name = sel[0].Name # Name of the object (not modifiable)
App.Console.PrintMessage("object_Name : "+str(object_Name)+"\n\n")
##################################################################################
try:
SubElement = FreeCADGui.Selection.getSelectionEx() # sub element name with getSelectionEx()
element_ = SubElement[0].SubElementNames[0] # name of 1 element selected
App.Console.PrintMessage("elementSelec : "+str(element_)+"\n\n")
except:
App.Console.PrintMessage("Oups"+"\n\n")
##################################################################################
sel = FreeCADGui.Selection.getSelection() # select object with getSelection()
App.Console.PrintMessage("sel : "+str(sel[0])+"\n\n") # sel[0] first object selected
##################################################################################
SubElement = FreeCADGui.Selection.getSelectionEx() # sub element name with getSelectionEx()
App.Console.PrintMessage("SubElement : "+str(SubElement[0])+"\n\n") # name of sub element
##################################################################################
sel = FreeCADGui.Selection.getSelection() # select object with getSelection()
i = 0
for j in enumerate(sel[0].Shape.Edges): # list all Edges
i += 1
App.Console.PrintMessage("Edges n : "+str(i)+"\n")
a = sel[0].Shape.Edges[j[0]].Vertexes[0]
App.Console.PrintMessage("X1 : "+str(a.Point.x)+"\n") # coordinate XYZ first point
App.Console.PrintMessage("Y1 : "+str(a.Point.y)+"\n")
App.Console.PrintMessage("Z1 : "+str(a.Point.z)+"\n")
try:
a = sel[0].Shape.Edges[j[0]].Vertexes[1]
App.Console.PrintMessage("X2 : "+str(a.Point.x)+"\n") # coordinate XYZ second point
App.Console.PrintMessage("Y2 : "+str(a.Point.y)+"\n")
App.Console.PrintMessage("Z2 : "+str(a.Point.z)+"\n")
except:
App.Console.PrintMessage("Oups"+"\n")
App.Console.PrintMessage("\n")
##################################################################################
try:
SubElement = FreeCADGui.Selection.getSelectionEx() # sub element name with getSelectionEx()
subElementName = Gui.Selection.getSelectionEx()[0].SubElementNames[0] # sub element name with getSelectionEx()
App.Console.PrintMessage("subElementName : "+str(subElementName)+"\n")
subObjectLength = Gui.Selection.getSelectionEx()[0].SubObjects[0].Length # sub element Length
App.Console.PrintMessage("subObjectLength: "+str(subObjectLength)+"\n\n")
subObjectX1 = Gui.Selection.getSelectionEx()[0].SubObjects[0].Vertexes[0].Point.x # sub element coordinate X1
App.Console.PrintMessage("subObject_X1 : "+str(subObjectX1)+"\n")
subObjectY1 = Gui.Selection.getSelectionEx()[0].SubObjects[0].Vertexes[0].Point.y # sub element coordinate Y1
App.Console.PrintMessage("subObject_Y1 : "+str(subObjectY1)+"\n")
subObjectZ1 = Gui.Selection.getSelectionEx()[0].SubObjects[0].Vertexes[0].Point.z # sub element coordinate Z1
App.Console.PrintMessage("subObject_Z1 : "+str(subObjectZ1)+"\n\n")
subObjectX2 = Gui.Selection.getSelectionEx()[0].SubObjects[0].Vertexes[1].Point.x # sub element coordinate X2
App.Console.PrintMessage("subObject_X2 : "+str(subObjectX2)+"\n")
subObjectY2 = Gui.Selection.getSelectionEx()[0].SubObjects[0].Vertexes[1].Point.y # sub element coordinate Y2
App.Console.PrintMessage("subObject_Y2 : "+str(subObjectY2)+"\n")
subObjectZ2 = Gui.Selection.getSelectionEx()[0].SubObjects[0].Vertexes[1].Point.z # sub element coordinate Z2
App.Console.PrintMessage("subObject_Z2 : "+str(subObjectZ2)+"\n\n")
subObjectBoundBox = Gui.Selection.getSelectionEx()[0].SubObjects[0].BoundBox # sub element BoundBox coordinates
App.Console.PrintMessage("subObjectBBox : "+str(subObjectBoundBox)+"\n")
subObjectBoundBoxCenter = Gui.Selection.getSelectionEx()[0].SubObjects[0].BoundBox.Center # sub element BoundBoxCenter
App.Console.PrintMessage("subObjectBBoxCe: "+str(subObjectBoundBoxCenter)+"\n")
surfaceFace = Gui.Selection.getSelectionEx()[0].SubObjects[0].Area # Area of the face selected
App.Console.PrintMessage("surfaceFace : "+str(surfaceFace)+"\n\n")
except:
App.Console.PrintMessage("Oups"+"\n\n")
##################################################################################
sel = FreeCADGui.Selection.getSelection() # select object with getSelection()
surface = sel[0].Shape.Area # Area object complete
App.Console.PrintMessage("surfaceObjet : "+str(surface)+"\n\n")
##################################################################################
sel = FreeCADGui.Selection.getSelection() # select object with getSelection()
CenterOfMass = sel[0].Shape.CenterOfMass # Center of Mass of the object
App.Console.PrintMessage("CenterOfMass : "+str(CenterOfMass)+"\n")
App.Console.PrintMessage("CenterOfMassX : "+str(CenterOfMass[0])+"\n") # coordinates [0]=X [1]=Y [2]=Z
App.Console.PrintMessage("CenterOfMassY : "+str(CenterOfMass[1])+"\n")
App.Console.PrintMessage("CenterOfMassZ : "+str(CenterOfMass[2])+"\n\n")
##################################################################################
sel = FreeCADGui.Selection.getSelection() # select object with getSelection()
for j in enumerate(sel[0].Shape.Faces): # List alles faces of the object
App.Console.PrintMessage("Face : "+str("Face%d" % (j[0]+1))+"\n")
App.Console.PrintMessage("\n\n")
##################################################################################
sel = FreeCADGui.Selection.getSelection() # select object with getSelection()
volume_ = sel[0].Shape.Volume # Volume of the object
App.Console.PrintMessage("volume_ : "+str(volume_)+"\n\n")
##################################################################################
sel = FreeCADGui.Selection.getSelection() # select object with getSelection()
boundBox_= sel[0].Shape.BoundBox # BoundBox of the object
App.Console.PrintMessage("boundBox_ : "+str(boundBox_)+"\n")
boundBoxLX = boundBox_.XLength # Length x boundBox rectangle
boundBoxLY = boundBox_.YLength # Length y boundBox rectangle
boundBoxLZ = boundBox_.ZLength # Length z boundBox rectangle
boundBoxDiag= boundBox_.DiagonalLength # Diagonal Length boundBox rectangle


App.Console.PrintMessage("boundBoxLX : "+str(boundBoxLX)+"\n")
App.Console.PrintMessage("boundBoxLY : "+str(boundBoxLY)+"\n")
App.Console.PrintMessage("boundBoxLZ : "+str(boundBoxLZ)+"\n")
App.Console.PrintMessage("boundBoxDiag : "+str(boundBoxDiag)+"\n\n")
##################################################################################
sel = FreeCADGui.Selection.getSelection() # select object with getSelection()
pl = sel[0].Shape.Placement # Placement Vector XYZ and Yaw-Pitch-Roll
App.Console.PrintMessage("Placement : "+str(pl)+"\n")
##################################################################################
sel = FreeCADGui.Selection.getSelection() # select object with getSelection()
pl = sel[0].Shape.Placement.Base # Placement Vector XYZ
App.Console.PrintMessage("PlacementBase : "+str(pl)+"\n\n")
##################################################################################
sel = FreeCADGui.Selection.getSelection() # select object with getSelection()
Yaw = sel[0].Shape.Placement.Rotation.toEuler()[0] # decode angle Euler Yaw
App.Console.PrintMessage("Yaw : "+str(Yaw)+"\n")
Pitch = sel[0].Shape.Placement.Rotation.toEuler()[1] # decode angle Euler Pitch
App.Console.PrintMessage("Pitch : "+str(Pitch)+"\n")
Roll = sel[0].Shape.Placement.Rotation.toEuler()[2] # decode angle Euler Yaw
App.Console.PrintMessage("Roll : "+str(Roll)+"\n\n")
##################################################################################
sel = FreeCADGui.Selection.getSelection() # select object with getSelection()
oripl_X = sel[0].Placement.Base[0] # decode Placement X
oripl_Y = sel[0].Placement.Base[1] # decode Placement Y
oripl_Z = sel[0].Placement.Base[2] # decode Placement Z
App.Console.PrintMessage("oripl_X : "+str(oripl_X)+"\n")
App.Console.PrintMessage("oripl_Y : "+str(oripl_Y)+"\n")
App.Console.PrintMessage("oripl_Z : "+str(oripl_Z)+"\n\n")
##################################################################################
sel = FreeCADGui.Selection.getSelection() # select object with getSelection()
rotation = sel[0].Placement.Rotation # decode Placement Rotation
App.Console.PrintMessage("rotation : "+str(rotation)+"\n\n")
##################################################################################
sel = FreeCADGui.Selection.getSelection() # select object with getSelection()
pl = sel[0].Shape.Placement.Rotation # decode Placement Rotation other method
App.Console.PrintMessage("Placement Rot : "+str(pl)+"\n\n")
##################################################################################
sel = FreeCADGui.Selection.getSelection() # select object with getSelection()
pl = sel[0].Shape.Placement.Rotation.Angle # decode Placement Rotation Angle
App.Console.PrintMessage("Placement Rot Angle : "+str(pl)+"\n\n")
##################################################################################
sel = FreeCADGui.Selection.getSelection() # select object with getSelection()
Rot_0 = sel[0].Placement.Rotation.Q[0] # decode Placement Rotation 0
App.Console.PrintMessage("Rot_0 : "+str(Rot_0)+ " rad , "+str(180 * Rot_0 / 3.1416)+" deg "+"\n")
Rot_1 = sel[0].Placement.Rotation.Q[1] # decode Placement Rotation 1
App.Console.PrintMessage("Rot_1 : "+str(Rot_1)+ " rad , "+str(180 * Rot_1 / 3.1416)+" deg "+"\n")
Rot_2 = sel[0].Placement.Rotation.Q[2] # decode Placement Rotation 2
App.Console.PrintMessage("Rot_2 : "+str(Rot_2)+ " rad , "+str(180 * Rot_2 / 3.1416)+" deg "+"\n")
Rot_3 = sel[0].Placement.Rotation.Q[3] # decode Placement Rotation 3
App.Console.PrintMessage("Rot_3 : "+str(Rot_3)+"\n\n")
##################################################################################


}}
===Manual search of an element with label===
{{Code|code=
# Extract the coordinate X,Y,Z and Angle giving the label
App.Console.PrintMessage("Base.x : "+str(FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.getObjectsByLabel("Cylindre")[0].Placement.Base.x)+"\n")
App.Console.PrintMessage("Base.y : "+str(FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.getObjectsByLabel("Cylindre")[0].Placement.Base.y)+"\n")
App.Console.PrintMessage("Base.z : "+str(FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.getObjectsByLabel("Cylindre")[0].Placement.Base.z)+"\n")
App.Console.PrintMessage("Base.Angle : "+str(FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.getObjectsByLabel("Cylindre")[0].Placement.Rotation.Angle)+"\n\n")
##################################################################################


#####################################################
}}
########## Example with icon in macro # begin #######
#####################################################


def setIconInMacro(self): # def contener the icon in format .xpm
'''PS:''' Usually the angles are given in Radian to convert :
# File format XPM created by Gimp "https://www.gimp.org/"
# Choice palette Tango
# Create your masterwork ...
# For export the image in XPM format
# Menu File > Export as > .xpm
# (For convert image true color in Tango color palette :
# Menu Image > Mode > Indexed ... > Use custom palette > Tango Icon Theme > Convert)
return """
/* XPM */
static char * XPM[] = {
"22 24 5 1",
" c None",
". c #CE5C00",
"+ c #EDD400",
"@ c #F57900",
"# c #8F5902",
" ",
" ",
" .... ",
" ..@@@@.. ",
" . ...@...... ",
" .+++++++++... ",
" . ....++... ",
" .@..@@@@@@.+++++.. ",
" .@@@@@..# ++++ .. ",
" . ++++ .@.. ",
" .++++++++ .@@@.+. ",
" . ..@@@@@. ++. ",
" ..@@@@@@@@@. +++ . ",
" ....@...# +++++ @.. ",
" . ++++++++ .@. . ",
" .++++++++ .@@@@ . ",
" . #....@@@@. ++. ",
" .@@@@@@@@@.. +++ . ",
" ........ +++++... ",
" ... ..+++++ ..@.. ",
" ...... .@@@ +. ",
" ......++. ",
" ... ",
" "};
"""


object2 = FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.addObject("App::FeaturePython", "Icon_XPM_In_Macro") #
#angle in Degrees to Radians :
object2.addProperty("App::PropertyString","Identity","ExampleTitle","Identity of object").Identity = "FCSpring"
#*Angle in radian = '''pi * (angle in degree) / 180'''
#...other Property Data
#*Angle in radian = math.radians(angle in degree)
#...other Property Data
#angle in Radians to Degrees :
#
#*Angle in degree = '''180 * (angle in radian) / pi'''
object2.ViewObject.Proxy = IconViewProviderToFile( object2, setIconInMacro("")) # icon in macro (.XPM)
#*Angle in degree = math.degrees(angle in radian)
App.ActiveDocument.recompute()
########## example with icon in macro end


===Cartesian coordinates ===


This code displays the Cartesian coordinates of the selected item.


####################################################################
Change the value of "numberOfPoints" if you want a different number of points (precision)
########## Example with icon to FreeCAD ressource # begin ##########
{{Code|code=
####################################################################
numberOfPoints = 100 # Decomposition number (or precision you can change)

selectedEdge = FreeCADGui.Selection.getSelectionEx()[0].SubObjects[0].copy() # select one element
points = selectedEdge.discretize(numberOfPoints) # discretize the element
object3 = FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.addObject("App::FeaturePython", "Icon_Ressource_FreeCAD") #
object3.addProperty("App::PropertyString","Identity","ExampleTitle","Identity of object").Identity = "FCSpring"
i=0
#...other Property Data
for p in points: # list and display the coordinates
#...other Property Data
i+=1
#
print i, " X", p.x, " Y", p.y, " Z", p.z
object3.ViewObject.Proxy = IconViewProviderToFile( object3, ":/icons/Draft_Draft.svg") # icon to FreeCAD ressource
App.ActiveDocument.recompute()
########## example with icon to FreeCAD ressource end

}}
}}

Other method display on "Int" and "Float"
Complete example creating a cube and its icon

{{Code|code=
{{Code|code=
#https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?t=10255#p83319
import Part
import FreeCAD, Part, math
from FreeCAD import Base
from FreeCAD import Base
from PySide import QtGui


global path
c=Part.makeCylinder(2,10) # create the circle
param = FreeCAD.ParamGet("User parameter:BaseApp/Preferences/Macro")# macro path in FreeCAD preferences
Part.show(c) # display the shape
path = param.GetString("MacroPath","") + "/" # macro path
path = path.replace("\\","/") # convert the "\" to "/"


def setIconInMacro(self):
# slice accepts two arguments:
return """
#+ the normal of the cross section plane
/* XPM */
#+ the distance from the origin to the cross section plane. Here you have to find a value so that the plane intersects your object
static char * xpm[] = {
s=c.slice(Base.Vector(0,1,0),0) #
"22 22 12 1",
" c None",
". c #A40000",
"+ c #2E3436",
"@ c #CE5C00",
"# c #F57900",
"$ c #FCAF3E",
"% c #5C3566",
"& c #204A87",
"* c #555753",
"= c #3465A4",
"- c #4E9A06",
"; c #729FCF",
" ",
" ",
" ",
" .. .. ",
" +@#+++.$$ ",
" +.#+%..$$ ",
" &*$ &*#* ",
" & =&= = ",
" ++& +.== %= ",
" ++$@ ..$ %= & ",
" ..-&%.#$$ &## +=$ ",
" .# ..$ ..#%%.#$$ ",
" ; =+=## %-$# ",
" &= ;& %= ",
" ;+ &=; %= ",
" ++$- +*$- ",
" .#&&+.@$$ ",
" ..$# ..$# ",
" .. .. ",
" ",
" ",
" "};
"""


class PartFeature:
# here the result is a single wire
def __init__(self, obj):
# depending on the source object this can be several wires
obj.Proxy = self
s=s[0]


class Box(PartFeature):
# if you only need the vertexes of the shape you can use
def __init__(self, obj):
v=[]
PartFeature.__init__(self, obj)
for i in s.Vertexes:
obj.addProperty("App::PropertyLength", "Length", "Box", "Length of the box").Length = 1.0
v.append(i.Point)
obj.addProperty("App::PropertyLength", "Width", "Box", "Width of the box" ).Width = 1.0
obj.addProperty("App::PropertyLength", "Height", "Box", "Height of the box").Height = 1.0


def onChanged(self, fp, prop):
# but you can also sub-sample the section to have a certain number of points (int) ...
try:
p1=s.discretize(20)
if prop == "Length" or prop == "Width" or prop == "Height":
ii=0
fp.Shape = Part.makeBox(fp.Length,fp.Width,fp.Height)
for i in p1:
ii+=1
except:
pass
print i # Vector()
print ii, ": X:", i.x, " Y:", i.y, " Z:", i.z # Vector decode
Draft.makeWire(p1,closed=False,face=False,support=None) # to see the difference accuracy (20)


def execute(self, fp):
## uncomment to use
fp.Shape = Part.makeBox(fp.Length,fp.Width,fp.Height)
#import Draft
#Draft.downgrade(App.ActiveDocument.ActiveObject,delete=True) # first transform the DWire in Wire "downgrade"
#Draft.downgrade(App.ActiveDocument.ActiveObject,delete=True) # second split the Wire in single objects "downgrade"
#
##Draft.upgrade(FreeCADGui.Selection.getSelection(),delete=True) # to attach lines contiguous SELECTED use "upgrade"


class ViewProviderBox:
def __init__(self, obj, icon):
obj.Proxy = self
self.icone = icon
def getIcon(self):
return self.icone


def attach(self, obj):
# ... or define a sampling distance (float)
return
p2=s.discretize(0.5)

ii=0
def setupContextMenu(self, obj, menu):
for i in p2:
action = menu.addAction("Set default height")
ii+=1
action.triggered.connect(lambda f=self.setDefaultHeight, arg=obj:f(arg))
print i # Vector()

print ii, ": X:", i.x, " Y:", i.y, " Z:", i.z # Vector decode
action = menu.addAction("Hello World")
Draft.makeWire(p2,closed=False,face=False,support=None) # to see the difference accuracy (0.5)
action.triggered.connect(self.showHelloWorld)

def setDefaultHeight(self, view):
view.Object.Height = 15.0

def showHelloWorld(self):
QtGui.QMessageBox.information(None, "Hi there", "Hello World")

def makeBox():
FreeCAD.newDocument()
a=FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.addObject("Part::FeaturePython","Box")
Box(a)
# ViewProviderBox(a.ViewObject, path + "FreeCADIco.png") # icon download to file
# ViewProviderBox(a.ViewObject, ":/icons/Draft_Draft.svg") # icon to FreeCAD ressource
ViewProviderBox(a.ViewObject, setIconInMacro("")) # icon in macro (.XPM)
App.ActiveDocument.recompute()

makeBox()


## uncomment to use
#import Draft
#Draft.downgrade(App.ActiveDocument.ActiveObject,delete=True) # first transform the DWire in Wire "downgrade"
#Draft.downgrade(App.ActiveDocument.ActiveObject,delete=True) # second split the Wire in single objects "downgrade"
#
##Draft.upgrade(FreeCADGui.Selection.getSelection(),delete=True) # to attach lines contiguous SELECTED use "upgrade"


}}
}}

===Select all objects in the document===
==Use QFileDialog for writing to a file==
Complete code:
{{Code|code=
{{Code|code=
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import FreeCAD
import PySide
for obj in FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.Objects:
from PySide import QtGui ,QtCore
print obj.Name # display the object Name
from PySide.QtGui import *
objName = obj.Name
from PySide.QtCore import *
obj = App.ActiveDocument.getObject(objName)
path = FreeCAD.ConfigGet("UserAppData")
Gui.Selection.addSelection(obj) # select the object

try:
SaveName = QFileDialog.getSaveFileName(None,QString.fromLocal8Bit("Save a file txt"),path, "*.txt") # PyQt4
# "here the text displayed on windows" "here the filter (extension)"
except Exception:
SaveName, Filter = PySide.QtGui.QFileDialog.getSaveFileName(None, "Save a file txt", path, "*.txt") # PySide
# "here the text displayed on windows" "here the filter (extension)"
if SaveName == "": # if the name file are not selected then Abord process
App.Console.PrintMessage("Process aborted"+"\n")
else: # if the name file are selected or created then
App.Console.PrintMessage("Registration of "+SaveName+"\n") # text displayed to Report view (Menu > View > Report view checked)
try: # detect error ...
file = open(SaveName, 'w') # open the file selected to write (w)
try: # if error detected to write ...
# here your code
print "here your code"
file.write(str(1)+"\n") # write the number convert in text with (str())
file.write("FreeCAD the best") # write the the text with (" ")
except Exception: # if error detected to write
App.Console.PrintError("Error write file "+"\n") # detect error ... display the text in red (PrintError)
finally: # if error detected to write ... or not the file is closed
file.close() # if error detected to write ... or not the file is closed
except Exception:
App.Console.PrintError("Error Open file "+SaveName+"\n") # detect error ... display the text in red (PrintError)

}}
}}

===Selecting a face of an object===
==Use QFileDialog to read a file==
{{Code|code=
Complete code:
# select one face of the object
import FreeCAD, Draft
App=FreeCAD
nameObject = "Box" # objet
faceSelect = "Face3" # face to selection
loch=App.ActiveDocument.getObject(nameObject) # objet
Gui.Selection.clearSelection() # clear all selection
Gui.Selection.addSelection(loch,faceSelect) # select the face specified
s = Gui.Selection.getSelectionEx()
#Draft.makeFacebinder(s) #
}}
===Create one object to the position of the Camera===
{{Code|code=
{{Code|code=
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# create one object of the position to camera with "getCameraOrientation()"
import PySide
# the object is still facing the screen
import Draft
from PySide import QtGui ,QtCore
from PySide.QtGui import *
from PySide.QtCore import *
path = FreeCAD.ConfigGet("UserAppData")


OpenName = ""
plan = FreeCADGui.ActiveDocument.ActiveView.getCameraOrientation()
try:
plan = str(plan)
OpenName = QFileDialog.getOpenFileName(None,QString.fromLocal8Bit("Read a file txt"),path, "*.txt") # PyQt4
###### extract data
# "here the text displayed on windows" "here the filter (extension)"
a = ""
except Exception:
for i in plan:
OpenName, Filter = PySide.QtGui.QFileDialog.getOpenFileName(None, "Read a file txt", path, "*.txt") #PySide
if i in ("0123456789e.- "):
# "here the text displayed on windows" "here the filter (extension)"
a+=i
if OpenName == "": # if the name file are not selected then Abord process
a = a.strip(" ")
App.Console.PrintMessage("Process aborted"+"\n")
a = a.split(" ")
else:
####### extract data
App.Console.PrintMessage("Read "+OpenName+"\n") # text displayed to Report view (Menu > View > Report view checked)
try: # detect error to read file
file = open(OpenName, "r") # open the file selected to read (r) # (rb is binary)
try: # detect error ...
# here your code
print "here your code"
op = OpenName.split("/") # decode the path
op2 = op[-1].split(".") # decode the file name
nomF = op2[0] # the file name are isolated


App.Console.PrintMessage(str(nomF)+"\n") # the file name are displayed
#print a
#print a[0]
#print a[1]
#print a[2]
#print a[3]


for ligne in file: # read the file
xP = float(a[0])
X = ligne.rstrip('\n\r') #.split() # decode the line
yP = float(a[1])
print X # print the line in report view other method
zP = float(a[2])
# (Menu > Edit > preferences... > Output window > Redirect internal Python output (and errors) to report view checked)
qP = float(a[3])
except Exception: # if error detected to read
App.Console.PrintError("Error read file "+"\n") # detect error ... display the text in red (PrintError)
finally: # if error detected to read ... or not error the file is closed
file.close() # if error detected to read ... or not error the file is closed
except Exception: # if one error detected to read file
App.Console.PrintError("Error in Open the file "+OpenName+"\n") # if one error detected ... display the text in red (PrintError)


pl = FreeCAD.Placement()
pl.Rotation.Q = (xP,yP,zP,qP) # rotation of object
pl.Base = FreeCAD.Vector(0.0,0.0,0.0) # here coordinates XYZ of Object
rec = Draft.makeRectangle(length=10.0,height=10.0,placement=pl,face=False,support=None) # create rectangle
#rec = Draft.makeCircle(radius=5,placement=pl,face=False,support=None) # create circle
print rec.Name
}}
}}

here same code simplified
==Use QColorDialog to get the color==
Complete code:
{{Code|code=
{{Code|code=
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import Draft
# https://deptinfo-ensip.univ-poitiers.fr/ENS/pyside-docs/PySide/QtGui/QColor.html
pl = FreeCAD.Placement()
import PySide
pl.Rotation = FreeCADGui.ActiveDocument.ActiveView.getCameraOrientation()
from PySide import QtGui ,QtCore
pl.Base = FreeCAD.Vector(0.0,0.0,0.0)
from PySide.QtGui import *
rec = Draft.makeRectangle(length=10.0,height=10.0,placement=pl,face=False,support=None)
from PySide.QtCore import *
}}
path = FreeCAD.ConfigGet("UserAppData")


couleur = QtGui.QColorDialog.getColor()
=== Find normal vector on the surface ===
if couleur.isValid():
red = int(str(couleur.name()[1:3]),16) # decode hexadecimal to int()
green = int(str(couleur.name()[3:5]),16) # decode hexadecimal to int()
blue = int(str(couleur.name()[5:7]),16) # decode hexadecimal to int()

print couleur #
print "hexadecimal ",couleur.name() # color format hexadecimal mode 16
print "Red color ",red # color format decimal
print "Green color ",green # color format decimal
print "Blue color ",blue # color format decimal


This example show how to find normal vector on the surface by find the u,v parameters of one point on the surface and use u,v parameters to find normal vector
{{Code|code=
def normal(self):
ss=FreeCADGui.Selection.getSelectionEx()[0].SubObjects[0].copy()#SubObjects[0] is the edge list
points = ss.discretize(3.0)#points on the surface edge,
#this example just use points on the edge for example.
#However point is not necessary on the edge, it can be anywhere on the surface.
face=FreeCADGui.Selection.getSelectionEx()[0].SubObjects[1]
for pp in points:
pt=FreeCAD.Base.Vector(pp.x,pp.y,pp.z)#a point on the surface edge
uv=face.Surface.parameter(pt)# find the surface u,v parameter of a point on the surface edge
u=uv[0]
v=uv[1]
normal=face.normalAt(u,v)#use u,v to find normal vector
print normal
line=Part.makeLine((pp.x,pp.y,pp.z), (normal.x,normal.y,normal.z))
Part.show(line)
}}
}}

===Read And write one Expression===
==Some useful commands==
{{Code|code=
{{Code|code=
# Here the code to display the icon on the '''pushButton''',
import Draft
# change the name to another button, ('''radioButton, checkBox''') as well as the path to the icon,
doc = FreeCAD.ActiveDocument


# Displays an icon on the button PushButton
pl=FreeCAD.Placement()
# self.image_01 = "C:\Program Files\FreeCAD0.13\icone01.png" # he name of the icon
pl.Rotation.Q=(0.0,-0.0,-0.0,1.0)
self.image_01 = path+"icone01.png" # the name of the icon
pl.Base=FreeCAD.Vector(0.0,0.0,0.0)
icon01 = QtGui.QIcon()
obj = Draft.makeCircle(radius=1.0,placement=pl,face=False,support=None) # create circle
icon01.addPixmap(QtGui.QPixmap(self.image_01),QtGui.QIcon.Normal, QtGui.QIcon.Off)
self.pushButton.setIcon(icon01)
self.pushButton.setLayoutDirection(QtCore.Qt.RightToLeft) # This command reverses the direction of the button


print obj.PropertiesList # properties disponible in the obj


# path = FreeCAD.ConfigGet("UserAppData") # gives the user path
doc.getObject(obj.Name).setExpression('Radius', u'2mm') # modify the radius
path = FreeCAD.ConfigGet("AppHomePath") # gives the installation path of FreeCAD
doc.getObject(obj.Name).setExpression('Placement.Base.x', u'10mm') # modify the placement
doc.getObject(obj.Name).setExpression('FirstAngle', u'90') # modify the first angle
doc.recompute()


# This command reverses the horizontal button, right to left
expressions = obj.ExpressionEngine # read the expression list
self.pushButton.setLayoutDirection(QtCore.Qt.RightToLeft) # This command reverses the horizontal button
print expressions


# Displays an info button
for i in expressions: # list and separate the data expression
self.pushButton.setToolTip(_translate("MainWindow", "Quitter la fonction", None)) # Displays an info button
print i[0]," = ",i[1]


# This function gives a color button
self.pushButton.setStyleSheet("background-color: red") # This function gives a color button

# This function gives a color to the text of the button
self.pushButton.setStyleSheet("color : #ff0000") # This function gives a color to the text of the button

# combinaison des deux, bouton et texte
self.pushButton.setStyleSheet("color : #ff0000; background-color : #0000ff;" ) # combination of the two, button, and text

# replace the icon in the main window
MainWindow.setWindowIcon(QtGui.QIcon('C:\Program Files\FreeCAD0.13\View-C3P.png'))

# connects a lineEdit on execute
self.lineEdit.returnPressed.connect(self.execute) # connects a lineEdit on "def execute" after validation on enter
# self.lineEdit.textChanged.connect(self.execute) # connects a lineEdit on "def execute" with each keystroke on the keyboard

# display text in a lineEdit
self.lineEdit.setText(str(val_X)) # Displays the value in the lineEdit (convert to string)

# extract the string contained in a lineEdit
val_X = self.lineEdit.text() # extract the (string) string contained in lineEdit
val_X = float(val_X0) # converted the string to an floating
val_X = int(val_X0) # convert the string to an integer

# This code allows you to change the font and its attributes
font = QtGui.QFont()
font.setFamily("Times New Roman")
font.setPointSize(10)
font.setWeight(10)
font.setBold(True) # same result with tags "<b>your text</b>" (in quotes)
self.label_6.setFont(font)
self.label_6.setObjectName("label_6")
self.label_6.setStyleSheet("color : #ff0000") # This function gives a color to the text
self.label_6.setText(_translate("MainWindow", "Select a view", None))
}}
}}


By using the characters with accents, where you get the error :


<FONT COLOR="#FF0000">'''UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf8' codec can't decode bytes in position 0-2: invalid data'''</FONT>
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Several solutions are possible.
[[Category:Poweruser Documentation/cs]]
{{Code|code=
[[Category:Python Code/cs]]
# conversion from a lineEdit
[[Category:Tutorials/cs]]
App.activeDocument().CopyRight.Text = str(unicode(self.lineEdit_20.text() , 'ISO-8859-1').encode('UTF-8'))
DESIGNED_BY = unicode(self.lineEdit_01.text(), 'ISO-8859-1').encode('UTF-8')
}}
or with the procedure
{{Code|code=
def utf8(unio):
return unicode(unio).encode('UTF8')
}}

<FONT COLOR="#FF0000">'''UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode character u'\xe9' in position 9: ordinal not in range(128)'''</FONT>

{{Code|code=
# conversion
a = u"Nom de l'élément : "
f.write('''a.encode('iso-8859-1')'''+str(element_)+"\n")
}}
or with the procedure
{{Code|code=
def iso8859(encoder):
return unicode(encoder).encode('iso-8859-1')
}}
or
{{Code|code=
iso8859(unichr(176))
}}
or
{{Code|code=
unichr(ord(176))
}}
or
{{Code|code=
uniteSs = "mm"+iso8859(unichr(178))
print unicode(uniteSs, 'iso8859')
}}


{{docnav|Line drawing function|Licence}}

[[Category:Poweruser Documentation]]
[[Category:Python Code]]


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Revision as of 14:10, 27 January 2019

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In this page we will show how to build a simple Qt Dialog with Qt Designer, Qt's official tool for designing interfaces, then convert it to python code, then use it inside FreeCAD. I'll assume in the example that you know how to edit and run python scripts already, and that you can do simple things in a terminal window such as navigate, etc. You must also have, of course, pyqt installed.

Designing the dialog

In CAD applications, designing a good UI (User Interface) is very important. About everything the user will do will be through some piece of interface: reading dialog boxes, pressing buttons, choosing between icons, etc. So it is very important to think carefully to what you want to do, how you want the user to behave, and how will be the workflow of your action.

There are a couple of concepts to know when designing interface:

  • Modal/non-modal dialogs: A modal dialog appears in front of your screen, stopping the action of the main window, forcing the user to respond to the dialog, while a non-modal dialog doesn't stop you from working on the main window. In some case the first is better, in other cases not.
  • Identifying what is required and what is optional: Make sure the user knows what he must do. Label everything with proper description, use tooltips, etc.
  • Separating commands from parameters: This is usually done with buttons and text input fields. The user knows that clicking a button will produce an action while changing a value inside a text field will change a parameter somewhere. Nowadays, though, users usually know well what is a button, what is an input field, etc. The interface toolkit we are using, Qt, is a state-of-the-art toolkit, and we won't have to worry much about making things clear, since they will already be very clear by themselves.

So, now that we have well defined what we will do, it's time to open the qt designer. Let's design a very simple dialog, like this:

We will then use this dialog in FreeCAD to produce a nice rectangular plane. You might find it not very useful to produce nice rectangular planes, but it will be easy to change it later to do more complex things. When you open it, Qt Designer looks like this:

It is very simple to use. On the left bar you have elements that can be dragged on your widget. On the right side you have properties panels displaying all kinds of editable properties of selected elements. So, begin with creating a new widget. Select "Dialog without buttons", since we don't want the default Ok/Cancel buttons. Then, drag on your widget 3 labels, one for the title, one for writing "Height" and one for writing "Width". Labels are simple texts that appear on your widget, just to inform the user. If you select a label, on the right side will appear several properties that you can change if you want, such as font style, height, etc.

Then, add 2 LineEdits, which are text fields that the user can fill in, one for the height and one for the width. Here too, we can edit properties. For example, why not set a default value? For example 1.00 for each. This way, when the user will see the dialog, both values will be filled already and if he is satisfied he can directly press the button, saving precious time. Then, add a PushButton, which is the button the user will need to press after he filled the 2 fields.

Note that I chose very simple controls here, but Qt has many more options, for example you could use Spinboxes instead of LineEdits, etc... Have a look at what is available, you will surely have other ideas.

That's about all we need to do in Qt Designer. One last thing, though, let's rename all our elements with easier names, so it will be easier to identify them in our scripts:

Converting our dialog to python

Now, let's save our widget somewhere. It will be saved as an .ui file, that we will easily convert to python script with pyuic. On windows, the pyuic program is bundled with pyqt (to be verified), on linux you probably will need to install it separately from your package manager (on debian-based systems, it is part of the pyqt4-dev-tools package). To do the conversion, you'll need to open a terminal window (or a command prompt window on windows), navigate to where you saved your .ui file, and issue: 

pyuic mywidget.ui > mywidget.py

In Windows pyuic.py is located in "C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\PyQt4\uic\pyuic.py" For conversion create a batch file called "compQt4.bat: 

@"C:\Python27\python" "C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\PyQt4\uic\pyuic.py" -x %1.ui > %1.py

In the DOS console type without extension 

compQt4 myUiFile

Into Linux : to do

Since FreeCAD progressively moved away from PyQt after version 0.13, in favour of PySide (Choose your PySide install building PySide), to make the file based on PySide now you have to use: 

pyside-uic mywidget.ui -o mywidget.py

In Windows uic.py are located in "C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\PySide\scripts\uic.py" For create batch file "compSide.bat": 

@"C:\Python27\python" "C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\PySide\scripts\uic.py" %1.ui > %1.py

In the DOS console type without extension 

compSide myUiFile

Into Linux : to do


On some systems the program is called pyuic4 instead of pyuic. This will simply convert the .ui file into a python script. If we open the mywidget.py file, its contents is very easy to understand: 

from PySide import QtCore, QtGui

class Ui_Dialog(object):
    def setupUi(self, Dialog):
        Dialog.setObjectName("Dialog")
        Dialog.resize(187, 178)
        self.title = QtGui.QLabel(Dialog)
        self.title.setGeometry(QtCore.QRect(10, 10, 271, 16))
        self.title.setObjectName("title")
        self.label_width = QtGui.QLabel(Dialog)
        ...

        self.retranslateUi(Dialog)
        QtCore.QMetaObject.connectSlotsByName(Dialog)

   def retranslateUi(self, Dialog):
        Dialog.setWindowTitle(QtGui.QApplication.translate("Dialog", "Dialog", None, QtGui.QApplication.UnicodeUTF8))
        self.title.setText(QtGui.QApplication.translate("Dialog", "Plane-O-Matic", None, QtGui.QApplication.UnicodeUTF8))
        ...

As you see it has a very simple structure: a class named Ui_Dialog is created, that stores the interface elements of our widget. That class has two methods, one for setting up the widget, and one for translating its contents, which is part of the general Qt mechanism for translating interface elements. The setup method simply creates, one by one, the widgets as we defined them in Qt Designer, and sets their options as we decided earlier. Then, the whole interface gets translated, and finally, the slots get connected (we'll talk about that later).

We can now create a new widget and use this class to create its interface. We can already see our widget in action, by putting our mywidget.py file in a place where FreeCAD will find it (in the FreeCAD bin directory, or in any of the Mod subdirectories), and, in the FreeCAD python interpreter, issue: 

from PySide import QtGui
import mywidget
d = QtGui.QWidget()
d.ui = mywidget.Ui_Dialog()
d.ui.setupUi(d)
d.show()

And our dialog will appear! Note that our Python interpreter is still working, we have a non-modal dialog. So, to close it, we can (apart from clicking its close icon, of course) issue: 

d.hide()

Making our dialog do something

Now that we can show and hide our dialog, we just need to add one last part: To make it do something! If you play a bit with Qt designer, you'll quickly discover a whole section called "signals and slots". Basically, it works like this: elements on your widgets (in Qt terminology, those elements are themselves widgets) can send signals. Those signals differ according to the widget type. For example, a button can send a signal when it is pressed and when it is released. Those signals can be connected to slots, which can be special functionality of other widgets (for example a dialog has a "close" slot to which you can connect the signal from a close button), or can be custom functions. The PyQt Reference Documentation lists all the qt widgets, what they can do, what signals they can send, etc...

What we will do here, is to create a new function that will create a plane based on height and width, and to connect that function to the pressed signal emitted by our "Create!" button. So, let's begin with importing our FreeCAD modules, by putting the following line at the top of the script, where we already import QtCore and QtGui: 

import FreeCAD, Part

Then, let's add a new function to our Ui_Dialog class: 

def createPlane(self):
    try:
        # first we check if valid numbers have been entered
        w = float(self.width.text())
        h = float(self.height.text())
    except ValueError:
        print "Error! Width and Height values must be valid numbers!"
    else:
        # create a face from 4 points
        p1 = FreeCAD.Vector(0,0,0)
        p2 = FreeCAD.Vector(w,0,0)
        p3 = FreeCAD.Vector(w,h,0)
        p4 = FreeCAD.Vector(0,h,0)
        pointslist = [p1,p2,p3,p4,p1]
        mywire = Part.makePolygon(pointslist)
        myface = Part.Face(mywire)
        Part.show(myface)
        self.hide()

Then, we need to inform Qt to connect the button to the function, by placing the following line just before QtCore.QMetaObject.connectSlotsByName(Dialog): 

QtCore.QObject.connect(self.create,QtCore.SIGNAL("pressed()"),self.createPlane)

This, as you see, connects the pressed() signal of our create object (the "Create!" button), to a slot named createPlane, which we just defined. That's it! Now, as a final touch, we can add a little function to create the dialog, it will be easier to call. Outside the Ui_Dialog class, let's add this code: 

class plane():
   def __init__(self):
       self.d = QtGui.QWidget()
       self.ui = Ui_Dialog()
       self.ui.setupUi(self.d)
       self.d.show()

(Python reminder: the __init__ method of a class is automatically executed whenever a new object is created!) Then, from FreeCAD, we only need to do: 

import mywidget
myDialog = mywidget.plane()

That's all Folks... Now you can try all kinds of things, like for example inserting your widget in the FreeCAD interface (see the Code snippets page), or making much more advanced custom tools, by using other elements on your widget.

The complete script

This is the complete script, for reference: 

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

# Form implementation generated from reading ui file 'mywidget.ui'
#
# Created: Mon Jun  1 19:09:10 2009
#      by: PyQt4 UI code generator 4.4.4
# Modified for PySide 16:02:2015 
# WARNING! All changes made in this file will be lost!

from PySide import QtCore, QtGui
import FreeCAD, Part 

class Ui_Dialog(object):
   def setupUi(self, Dialog):
       Dialog.setObjectName("Dialog")
       Dialog.resize(187, 178)
       self.title = QtGui.QLabel(Dialog)
       self.title.setGeometry(QtCore.QRect(10, 10, 271, 16))
       self.title.setObjectName("title")
       self.label_width = QtGui.QLabel(Dialog)
       self.label_width.setGeometry(QtCore.QRect(10, 50, 57, 16))
       self.label_width.setObjectName("label_width")
       self.label_height = QtGui.QLabel(Dialog)
       self.label_height.setGeometry(QtCore.QRect(10, 90, 57, 16))
       self.label_height.setObjectName("label_height")
       self.width = QtGui.QLineEdit(Dialog)
       self.width.setGeometry(QtCore.QRect(60, 40, 111, 26))
       self.width.setObjectName("width")
       self.height = QtGui.QLineEdit(Dialog)
       self.height.setGeometry(QtCore.QRect(60, 80, 111, 26))
       self.height.setObjectName("height")
       self.create = QtGui.QPushButton(Dialog)
       self.create.setGeometry(QtCore.QRect(50, 140, 83, 26))
       self.create.setObjectName("create")

       self.retranslateUi(Dialog)
       QtCore.QObject.connect(self.create,QtCore.SIGNAL("pressed()"),self.createPlane)
       QtCore.QMetaObject.connectSlotsByName(Dialog)

   def retranslateUi(self, Dialog):
       Dialog.setWindowTitle(QtGui.QApplication.translate("Dialog", "Dialog", None, QtGui.QApplication.UnicodeUTF8))
       self.title.setText(QtGui.QApplication.translate("Dialog", "Plane-O-Matic", None, QtGui.QApplication.UnicodeUTF8))
       self.label_width.setText(QtGui.QApplication.translate("Dialog", "Width", None, QtGui.QApplication.UnicodeUTF8))
       self.label_height.setText(QtGui.QApplication.translate("Dialog", "Height", None, QtGui.QApplication.UnicodeUTF8))
       self.create.setText(QtGui.QApplication.translate("Dialog", "Create!", None, QtGui.QApplication.UnicodeUTF8))

   def createPlane(self):
       try:
           # first we check if valid numbers have been entered
           w = float(self.width.text())
           h = float(self.height.text())
       except ValueError:
           print "Error! Width and Height values must be valid numbers!"
       else:
           # create a face from 4 points
           p1 = FreeCAD.Vector(0,0,0)
           p2 = FreeCAD.Vector(w,0,0)
           p3 = FreeCAD.Vector(w,h,0)
           p4 = FreeCAD.Vector(0,h,0)
           pointslist = [p1,p2,p3,p4,p1]
           mywire = Part.makePolygon(pointslist)
           myface = Part.Face(mywire)
           Part.show(myface)

class plane():
   def __init__(self):
       self.d = QtGui.QWidget()
       self.ui = Ui_Dialog()
       self.ui.setupUi(self.d)
       self.d.show()

Creation of a dialog with buttons

Method 1

An example of a dialog box complete with its connections. 

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# Create by flachyjoe

from PySide import QtCore, QtGui

try:
    _fromUtf8 = QtCore.QString.fromUtf8
except AttributeError:
    def _fromUtf8(s):
        return s

try:
    _encoding = QtGui.QApplication.UnicodeUTF8
    def _translate(context, text, disambig):
        return QtGui.QApplication.translate(context, text, disambig, _encoding)
except AttributeError:
    def _translate(context, text, disambig):
        return QtGui.QApplication.translate(context, text, disambig)


class Ui_MainWindow(object):

     def __init__(self, MainWindow):
        self.window = MainWindow

        MainWindow.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("MainWindow"))
        MainWindow.resize(400, 300)
        self.centralWidget = QtGui.QWidget(MainWindow)
        self.centralWidget.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("centralWidget"))

        self.pushButton = QtGui.QPushButton(self.centralWidget)
        self.pushButton.setGeometry(QtCore.QRect(30, 170, 93, 28))
        self.pushButton.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("pushButton"))
        self.pushButton.clicked.connect(self.on_pushButton_clicked) #connection pushButton

        self.lineEdit = QtGui.QLineEdit(self.centralWidget)
        self.lineEdit.setGeometry(QtCore.QRect(30, 40, 211, 22))
        self.lineEdit.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("lineEdit"))
        self.lineEdit.returnPressed.connect(self.on_lineEdit_clicked) #connection lineEdit

        self.checkBox = QtGui.QCheckBox(self.centralWidget)
        self.checkBox.setGeometry(QtCore.QRect(30, 90, 81, 20))
        self.checkBox.setChecked(True)
        self.checkBox.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("checkBoxON"))
        self.checkBox.clicked.connect(self.on_checkBox_clicked) #connection checkBox

        self.radioButton = QtGui.QRadioButton(self.centralWidget)
        self.radioButton.setGeometry(QtCore.QRect(30, 130, 95, 20))
        self.radioButton.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("radioButton"))
        self.radioButton.clicked.connect(self.on_radioButton_clicked) #connection radioButton

        MainWindow.setCentralWidget(self.centralWidget)

        self.menuBar = QtGui.QMenuBar(MainWindow)
        self.menuBar.setGeometry(QtCore.QRect(0, 0, 400, 26))
        self.menuBar.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("menuBar"))
        MainWindow.setMenuBar(self.menuBar)

        self.mainToolBar = QtGui.QToolBar(MainWindow)
        self.mainToolBar.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("mainToolBar"))
        MainWindow.addToolBar(QtCore.Qt.TopToolBarArea, self.mainToolBar)

        self.statusBar = QtGui.QStatusBar(MainWindow)
        self.statusBar.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("statusBar"))
        MainWindow.setStatusBar(self.statusBar)

        self.retranslateUi(MainWindow)

     def retranslateUi(self, MainWindow):
        MainWindow.setWindowTitle(_translate("MainWindow", "MainWindow", None))
        self.pushButton.setText(_translate("MainWindow", "OK", None))
        self.lineEdit.setText(_translate("MainWindow", "tyty", None))
        self.checkBox.setText(_translate("MainWindow", "CheckBox", None))
        self.radioButton.setText(_translate("MainWindow", "RadioButton", None))

     def on_checkBox_clicked(self):
        if self.checkBox.checkState()==0:
            App.Console.PrintMessage(str(self.checkBox.checkState())+"  CheckBox KO\r\n")
        else:     
            App.Console.PrintMessage(str(self.checkBox.checkState())+" CheckBox OK\r\n")
#        App.Console.PrintMessage(str(self.lineEdit.setText("tititi"))+" LineEdit\r\n") #write text to the lineEdit window !
#        str(self.lineEdit.setText("tititi")) #écrit le texte dans la fenêtre lineEdit
        App.Console.PrintMessage(str(self.lineEdit.displayText())+" LineEdit\r\n")

     def on_radioButton_clicked(self):
        if self.radioButton.isChecked():
             App.Console.PrintMessage(str(self.radioButton.isChecked())+" Radio OK\r\n")
        else:
             App.Console.PrintMessage(str(self.radioButton.isChecked())+"  Radio KO\r\n")

     def on_lineEdit_clicked(self):
#        if self.lineEdit.textChanged():
             App.Console.PrintMessage(str(self.lineEdit.displayText())+" LineEdit Display\r\n")

     def on_pushButton_clicked(self):
        App.Console.PrintMessage("Terminé\r\n")
        self.window.hide()

MainWindow = QtGui.QMainWindow()
ui = Ui_MainWindow(MainWindow)
MainWindow.show()

Here the same window but with an icon on each button.

Download associated icons (click right "Copy the image below ...)" 

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

from PySide import QtCore, QtGui

try:
    _fromUtf8 = QtCore.QString.fromUtf8
except AttributeError:
    def _fromUtf8(s):
        return s

try:
    _encoding = QtGui.QApplication.UnicodeUTF8
    def _translate(context, text, disambig):
        return QtGui.QApplication.translate(context, text, disambig, _encoding)
except AttributeError:
    def _translate(context, text, disambig):
        return QtGui.QApplication.translate(context, text, disambig)


class Ui_MainWindow(object):

     def __init__(self, MainWindow):
        self.window = MainWindow
        path = FreeCAD.ConfigGet("UserAppData")
#        path = FreeCAD.ConfigGet("AppHomePath")

        MainWindow.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("MainWindow"))
        MainWindow.resize(400, 300)
        self.centralWidget = QtGui.QWidget(MainWindow)
        self.centralWidget.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("centralWidget"))

        self.pushButton = QtGui.QPushButton(self.centralWidget)
        self.pushButton.setGeometry(QtCore.QRect(30, 170, 93, 28))
        self.pushButton.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("pushButton"))
        self.pushButton.clicked.connect(self.on_pushButton_clicked) #connection pushButton

        self.lineEdit = QtGui.QLineEdit(self.centralWidget)
        self.lineEdit.setGeometry(QtCore.QRect(30, 40, 211, 22))
        self.lineEdit.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("lineEdit"))
        self.lineEdit.returnPressed.connect(self.on_lineEdit_clicked) #connection lineEdit

        self.checkBox = QtGui.QCheckBox(self.centralWidget)
        self.checkBox.setGeometry(QtCore.QRect(30, 90, 100, 20))
        self.checkBox.setChecked(True)
        self.checkBox.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("checkBoxON"))
        self.checkBox.clicked.connect(self.on_checkBox_clicked) #connection checkBox

        self.radioButton = QtGui.QRadioButton(self.centralWidget)
        self.radioButton.setGeometry(QtCore.QRect(30, 130, 95, 20))
        self.radioButton.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("radioButton"))
        self.radioButton.clicked.connect(self.on_radioButton_clicked) #connection radioButton

        MainWindow.setCentralWidget(self.centralWidget)

        self.menuBar = QtGui.QMenuBar(MainWindow)
        self.menuBar.setGeometry(QtCore.QRect(0, 0, 400, 26))
        self.menuBar.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("menuBar"))
        MainWindow.setMenuBar(self.menuBar)

        self.mainToolBar = QtGui.QToolBar(MainWindow)
        self.mainToolBar.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("mainToolBar"))
        MainWindow.addToolBar(QtCore.Qt.TopToolBarArea, self.mainToolBar)

        self.statusBar = QtGui.QStatusBar(MainWindow)
        self.statusBar.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("statusBar"))
        MainWindow.setStatusBar(self.statusBar)

        self.retranslateUi(MainWindow)

        # Affiche un icone sur le bouton PushButton
        # self.image_01 = "C:\Program Files\FreeCAD0.13\Icone01.png" # adapt the icon name
        self.image_01 = path+"Icone01.png" # adapt the name of the icon
        icon01 = QtGui.QIcon() 
        icon01.addPixmap(QtGui.QPixmap(self.image_01),QtGui.QIcon.Normal, QtGui.QIcon.Off)
        self.pushButton.setIcon(icon01) 
        self.pushButton.setLayoutDirection(QtCore.Qt.RightToLeft) # This command reverses the direction of the button

        # Affiche un icone sur le bouton RadioButton 
        # self.image_02 = "C:\Program Files\FreeCAD0.13\Icone02.png" # adapt the name of the icon
        self.image_02 = path+"Icone02.png" # adapter le nom de l'icone
        icon02 = QtGui.QIcon() 
        icon02.addPixmap(QtGui.QPixmap(self.image_02),QtGui.QIcon.Normal, QtGui.QIcon.Off)
        self.radioButton.setIcon(icon02) 
        # self.radioButton.setLayoutDirection(QtCore.Qt.RightToLeft) #  This command reverses the direction of the button

        # Affiche un icone sur le bouton CheckBox 
        # self.image_03 = "C:\Program Files\FreeCAD0.13\Icone03.png" # the name of the icon
        self.image_03 = path+"Icone03.png" # adapter le nom de l'icone
        icon03 = QtGui.QIcon() 
        icon03.addPixmap(QtGui.QPixmap(self.image_03),QtGui.QIcon.Normal, QtGui.QIcon.Off)
        self.checkBox.setIcon(icon03) 
        # self.checkBox.setLayoutDirection(QtCore.Qt.RightToLeft) # This command reverses the direction of the button


     def retranslateUi(self, MainWindow):
        MainWindow.setWindowTitle(_translate("MainWindow", "FreeCAD", None))
        self.pushButton.setText(_translate("MainWindow", "OK", None))
        self.lineEdit.setText(_translate("MainWindow", "tyty", None))
        self.checkBox.setText(_translate("MainWindow", "CheckBox", None))
        self.radioButton.setText(_translate("MainWindow", "RadioButton", None))

     def on_checkBox_clicked(self):
        if self.checkBox.checkState()==0:
            App.Console.PrintMessage(str(self.checkBox.checkState())+"  CheckBox KO\r\n")
        else:     
            App.Console.PrintMessage(str(self.checkBox.checkState())+" CheckBox OK\r\n")
           # App.Console.PrintMessage(str(self.lineEdit.setText("tititi"))+" LineEdit\r\n") # write text to the lineEdit window !
           # str(self.lineEdit.setText("tititi")) #écrit le texte dans la fenêtre lineEdit
        App.Console.PrintMessage(str(self.lineEdit.displayText())+" LineEdit\r\n")

     def on_radioButton_clicked(self):
        if self.radioButton.isChecked():
             App.Console.PrintMessage(str(self.radioButton.isChecked())+" Radio OK\r\n")
        else:
             App.Console.PrintMessage(str(self.radioButton.isChecked())+"  Radio KO\r\n")

     def on_lineEdit_clicked(self):
          # if self.lineEdit.textChanged():
          App.Console.PrintMessage(str(self.lineEdit.displayText())+" LineEdit Display\r\n")

     def on_pushButton_clicked(self):
        App.Console.PrintMessage("Terminé\r\n")
        self.window.hide()

MainWindow = QtGui.QMainWindow()
ui = Ui_MainWindow(MainWindow)
MainWindow.show()

Here the code to display the icon on the pushButton, change the name for another button, (radioButton, checkBox) and the path to the icon. 

# Affiche un icône sur le bouton PushButton
        # self.image_01 = "C:\Program Files\FreeCAD0.13\icone01.png" # the name of the icon
        self.image_01 = path+"icone01.png" # the name of the icon
        icon01 = QtGui.QIcon() 
        icon01.addPixmap(QtGui.QPixmap(self.image_01),QtGui.QIcon.Normal, QtGui.QIcon.Off)
        self.pushButton.setIcon(icon01) 
        self.pushButton.setLayoutDirection(QtCore.Qt.RightToLeft) # This command reverses the direction of the button

The command UserAppData gives the user path AppHomePath gives the installation path of FreeCAD 

#        path = FreeCAD.ConfigGet("UserAppData")
        path = FreeCAD.ConfigGet("AppHomePath")

This command reverses the horizontal button, right to left. 

self.pushButton.setLayoutDirection(QtCore.Qt.RightToLeft) # This command reverses the direction of the button

Method 2

Another method to display a window, here by creating a file QtForm.py which contains the header program (module called with import QtForm), and a second module that contains the code window all these accessories, and your code (the calling module).

Embedding FreeCAD/cs
Line drawing function/cs 
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# Create by flachyjoe
from PySide import QtCore, QtGui

try:
    _fromUtf8 = QtCore.QString.fromUtf8
except AttributeError:
   def _fromUtf8(s):
      return s

try:
    _encoding = QtGui.QApplication.UnicodeUTF8
    def _translate(context, text, disambig):
      return QtGui.QApplication.translate(context, text, disambig, _encoding)
except AttributeError:
   def _translate(context, text, disambig):
      return QtGui.QApplication.translate(context, text, disambig)

class Form(object):
   def __init__(self, title, width, height):
      self.window = QtGui.QMainWindow()
      self.title=title
      self.window.setObjectName(_fromUtf8(title))
      self.window.setWindowTitle(_translate(self.title, self.title, None))
      self.window.resize(width, height)

   def show(self):
      self.createUI()
      self.retranslateUI()
      self.window.show()
   
   def setText(self, control, text):
      control.setText(_translate(self.title, text, None))

The calling file that contains the window and your code.

The file my_file.py

The connections are to do, a good exercise. 

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# Create by flachyjoe
from PySide import QtCore, QtGui
import QtForm

class myForm(QtForm.Form):
   def createUI(self):
      self.centralWidget = QtGui.QWidget(self.window)
      self.window.setCentralWidget(self.centralWidget)
      
      self.pushButton = QtGui.QPushButton(self.centralWidget)
      self.pushButton.setGeometry(QtCore.QRect(30, 170, 93, 28))
      self.pushButton.clicked.connect(self.on_pushButton_clicked)
      
      self.lineEdit = QtGui.QLineEdit(self.centralWidget)
      self.lineEdit.setGeometry(QtCore.QRect(30, 40, 211, 22))
      
      self.checkBox = QtGui.QCheckBox(self.centralWidget)
      self.checkBox.setGeometry(QtCore.QRect(30, 90, 81, 20))
      self.checkBox.setChecked(True)
      
      self.radioButton = QtGui.QRadioButton(self.centralWidget)
      self.radioButton.setGeometry(QtCore.QRect(30, 130, 95, 20))
   
   def retranslateUI(self):
      self.setText(self.pushButton, "Fermer")
      self.setText(self.lineEdit, "essai de texte")
      self.setText(self.checkBox, "CheckBox")
      self.setText(self.radioButton, "RadioButton")
   
   def on_pushButton_clicked(self):
      self.window.hide()

myWindow=myForm("Fenetre de test",400,300)
myWindow.show()

Other example

  • Qt example 1

    Qt example 1

  • Qt example details

    Qt example details

Are treated :

  1. icon for window
  2. horizontalSlider
  3. progressBar horizontal
  4. verticalSlider
  5. progressBar vertical
  6. lineEdit
  7. lineEdit
  8. doubleSpinBox
  9. doubleSpinBox
  10. doubleSpinBox
  11. button
  12. button
  13. radioButton with icons
  14. checkBox with icon checked and unchecked
  15. textEdit
  16. graphicsView with 2 graphes

The code page and the icons Qt_Example

Icon personalised in ComboView

Here an example to create an object with properties and icon personalised in ComboView

Download the example icon to the same directory as the macro icon Example for the macro

Use of an icon for three different use cases: icon_in_file_disk (format .png), icon_XPM_in_macro (format .XPM) and icon_resource_FreeCAD

icon personalised 

import PySide
import FreeCAD, FreeCADGui, Part
from pivy import coin
from PySide import QtGui ,QtCore
from PySide.QtGui import *
from PySide.QtCore import *
import Draft

global path
param = FreeCAD.ParamGet("User parameter:BaseApp/Preferences/Macro")# macro path in FreeCAD preferences
path = param.GetString("MacroPath","") + "/"                        # macro path
path = path.replace("\\","/")                                       # convert the "\" to "/"


class IconViewProviderToFile:                                       # Class ViewProvider create Property view of object
    def __init__( self, obj, icon):
        self.icone = icon
        
    def getIcon(self):                                              # GetIcon
        return self.icone
        
    def attach(self, obj):                                          # Property view of object
        self.modes = []
        self.modes.append("Flat Lines")
        self.modes.append("Shaded")
        self.modes.append("Wireframe")
        self.modes.append("Points")
        obj.addDisplayMode( coin.SoGroup(),"Flat Lines" )           # Display Mode
        obj.addDisplayMode( coin.SoGroup(),"Shaded" )
        obj.addDisplayMode( coin.SoGroup(),"Wireframe" )
        obj.addDisplayMode( coin.SoGroup(),"Points" )
        return self.modes

    def getDisplayModes(self,obj):
        return self.modes

#####################################################
########## Example with icon to file # begin ########
#####################################################

object1 = FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.addObject("App::FeaturePython", "Icon_In_File_Disk")                                     # create your object
object1.addProperty("App::PropertyString","Identity", "ExampleTitle0", "Identity of object").Identity = "FCSpring"        # Identity of object
object1.addProperty("App::PropertyFloat" ,"Pitch",    "ExampleTitle0", "Pitch betwen 2 heads").Pitch  = 2.0               # other Property Data
object1.addProperty("App::PropertyBool"  ,"View",     "ExampleTitle1", "Hello world").View            = True              # ...
object1.addProperty("App::PropertyColor" ,"LineColor","ExampleTitle2", "Color to choice").LineColor   = (0.13,0.15,0.37)  # ...
#...other Property Data
#...other Property Data
#
object1.ViewObject.Proxy = IconViewProviderToFile( object1, path + "FreeCADIco.png")                                      # icon download to file
App.ActiveDocument.recompute()
#
#__Detail__:
# FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.addObject( = create now object personalized
# "App::FeaturePython",             = object as FeaturePython
# "Icon_In_File_Disk")              = internal name of your object
#
#
# "App::PropertyString",    = type of Property , availlable : PropertyString, PropertyFloat, PropertyBool, PropertyColor
# "Identity",               = name of the feature
# "ExampleTitle0",          = title of the "section"
# "Identity of object")     = tooltip displayed on mouse
# .Identity                 = variable (same of name of the feature)
# object1.ViewObject.Proxy  = create the view object and gives the icon
#
########## example with icon to file end



#####################################################
########## Example with icon in macro # begin #######
#####################################################

def setIconInMacro(self):        # def contener the icon in format .xpm
    # File format XPM created by Gimp "https://www.gimp.org/"
    # Choice palette Tango
    # Create your masterwork ...
    # For export the image in XPM format
    #     Menu File > Export as > .xpm
    # (For convert image true color in Tango color palette : 
    #     Menu Image > Mode > Indexed ... > Use custom palette > Tango Icon Theme > Convert)
    return """
            /* XPM */
            static char * XPM[] = {
            "22 24 5 1",
            " 	c None",
            ".	c #CE5C00",
            "+	c #EDD400",
            "@	c #F57900",
            "#	c #8F5902",
            "                      ",
            "                      ",
            "  ....                ",
            "  ..@@@@..            ",
            "  . ...@......        ",
            "  .+++++++++...       ",
            "  .      ....++...    ",
            "  .@..@@@@@@.+++++..  ",
            "  .@@@@@..#  ++++ ..  ",
            "  .       ++++  .@..  ",
            "  .++++++++  .@@@.+.  ",
            " .      ..@@@@@. ++.  ",
            " ..@@@@@@@@@.  +++ .  ",
            " ....@...# +++++ @..  ",
            " .    ++++++++ .@. .  ",
            " .++++++++  .@@@@ .   ",
            " .   #....@@@@. ++.   ",
            " .@@@@@@@@@.. +++ .   ",
            " ........  +++++...   ",
            " ...  ..+++++ ..@..   ",
            "    ......  .@@@ +.   ",
            "          ......++.   ",
            "                ...   ",
            "                      "};
        """

object2 = FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.addObject("App::FeaturePython", "Icon_XPM_In_Macro")                                    #
object2.addProperty("App::PropertyString","Identity","ExampleTitle","Identity of object").Identity = "FCSpring"
#...other Property Data
#...other Property Data
#
object2.ViewObject.Proxy = IconViewProviderToFile( object2, setIconInMacro(""))              # icon in macro (.XPM)
App.ActiveDocument.recompute()
########## example with icon in macro end



####################################################################
########## Example with icon to FreeCAD ressource # begin ##########
####################################################################

object3 = FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.addObject("App::FeaturePython", "Icon_Ressource_FreeCAD")                               #
object3.addProperty("App::PropertyString","Identity","ExampleTitle","Identity of object").Identity = "FCSpring"
#...other Property Data
#...other Property Data
#
object3.ViewObject.Proxy = IconViewProviderToFile( object3, ":/icons/Draft_Draft.svg")       # icon to FreeCAD ressource
App.ActiveDocument.recompute()
########## example with icon to FreeCAD ressource end

Complete example creating a cube and its icon 

#https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?t=10255#p83319
import FreeCAD, Part, math
from FreeCAD import Base
from PySide import QtGui

global path
param = FreeCAD.ParamGet("User parameter:BaseApp/Preferences/Macro")# macro path in FreeCAD preferences
path = param.GetString("MacroPath","") + "/"                        # macro path
path = path.replace("\\","/")                                       # convert the "\" to "/"

def setIconInMacro(self):
    return """
        /* XPM */
        static char * xpm[] = {
        "22 22 12 1",
        " 	c None",
        ".	c #A40000",
        "+	c #2E3436",
        "@	c #CE5C00",
        "#	c #F57900",
        "$	c #FCAF3E",
        "%	c #5C3566",
        "&	c #204A87",
        "*	c #555753",
        "=	c #3465A4",
        "-	c #4E9A06",
        ";	c #729FCF",
        "                      ",
        "                      ",
        "                      ",
        "        ..   ..       ",
        "       +@#+++.$$      ",
        "       +.#+%..$$      ",
        "       &*$  &*#*      ",
        "      &   =&=  =      ",
        "   ++&  +.==   %=     ",
        "  ++$@ ..$ %=   &     ",
        "  ..-&%.#$$ &## +=$   ",
        "   .#  ..$ ..#%%.#$$  ",
        "     ;    =+=## %-$#  ",
        "     &=   ;&   %=     ",
        "      ;+ &=;  %=      ",
        "      ++$- +*$-       ",
        "      .#&&+.@$$       ",
        "      ..$# ..$#       ",
        "       ..   ..        ",
        "                      ",
        "                      ",
        "                      "};
        """

class PartFeature:
    def __init__(self, obj):
        obj.Proxy = self

class Box(PartFeature):
    def __init__(self, obj):
        PartFeature.__init__(self, obj)
        obj.addProperty("App::PropertyLength", "Length", "Box", "Length of the box").Length = 1.0
        obj.addProperty("App::PropertyLength", "Width",  "Box", "Width of the box" ).Width  = 1.0
        obj.addProperty("App::PropertyLength", "Height", "Box", "Height of the box").Height = 1.0

    def onChanged(self, fp, prop):
        try:
            if prop == "Length" or prop == "Width" or prop == "Height":
                fp.Shape = Part.makeBox(fp.Length,fp.Width,fp.Height)
        except:
            pass

    def execute(self, fp):
        fp.Shape = Part.makeBox(fp.Length,fp.Width,fp.Height)

class ViewProviderBox:
    def __init__(self, obj, icon):
        obj.Proxy  = self
        self.icone = icon
        
    def getIcon(self):
        return self.icone

    def attach(self, obj):
        return

    def setupContextMenu(self, obj, menu):
        action = menu.addAction("Set default height")
        action.triggered.connect(lambda f=self.setDefaultHeight, arg=obj:f(arg))

        action = menu.addAction("Hello World")
        action.triggered.connect(self.showHelloWorld)

    def setDefaultHeight(self, view):
        view.Object.Height = 15.0

    def showHelloWorld(self):
        QtGui.QMessageBox.information(None, "Hi there", "Hello World")

def makeBox():
    FreeCAD.newDocument()
    a=FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.addObject("Part::FeaturePython","Box")
    Box(a)
#    ViewProviderBox(a.ViewObject, path + "FreeCADIco.png")    # icon download to file
#    ViewProviderBox(a.ViewObject,  ":/icons/Draft_Draft.svg") # icon to FreeCAD ressource
    ViewProviderBox(a.ViewObject,  setIconInMacro(""))        # icon in macro (.XPM)
    App.ActiveDocument.recompute()

makeBox()

Use QFileDialog for writing to a file

Complete code: 

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import PySide
from PySide import QtGui ,QtCore
from PySide.QtGui import *
from PySide.QtCore import *
path = FreeCAD.ConfigGet("UserAppData")

try:
    SaveName = QFileDialog.getSaveFileName(None,QString.fromLocal8Bit("Save a file txt"),path,             "*.txt") # PyQt4
#                                                                     "here the text displayed on windows" "here the filter (extension)"   
except Exception:
    SaveName, Filter = PySide.QtGui.QFileDialog.getSaveFileName(None, "Save a file txt", path,             "*.txt") # PySide
#                                                                     "here the text displayed on windows" "here the filter (extension)"   
if SaveName == "":                                                            # if the name file are not selected then Abord process
    App.Console.PrintMessage("Process aborted"+"\n")
else:                                                                         # if the name file are selected or created then 
    App.Console.PrintMessage("Registration of "+SaveName+"\n")                # text displayed to Report view (Menu > View > Report view checked)
    try:                                                                      # detect error ...
        file = open(SaveName, 'w')                                            # open the file selected to write (w)
        try:                                                                  # if error detected to write ...
            # here your code
            print "here your code"
            file.write(str(1)+"\n")                                           # write the number convert in text with (str())
            file.write("FreeCAD the best")                                    # write the the text with ("  ")
        except Exception:                                                     # if error detected to write
            App.Console.PrintError("Error write file "+"\n")                  # detect error ... display the text in red (PrintError)
        finally:                                                              # if error detected to write ... or not the file is closed
            file.close()                                                      # if error detected to write ... or not the file is closed
    except Exception:
        App.Console.PrintError("Error Open file "+SaveName+"\n")      # detect error ... display the text in red (PrintError)

Use QFileDialog to read a file

Complete code: 

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import PySide
from PySide import QtGui ,QtCore
from PySide.QtGui import *
from PySide.QtCore import *
path = FreeCAD.ConfigGet("UserAppData")

OpenName = ""
try:
    OpenName = QFileDialog.getOpenFileName(None,QString.fromLocal8Bit("Read a file txt"),path,             "*.txt") # PyQt4
#                                                                     "here the text displayed on windows" "here the filter (extension)"   
except Exception:
    OpenName, Filter = PySide.QtGui.QFileDialog.getOpenFileName(None, "Read a file txt", path,             "*.txt") #PySide
#                                                                     "here the text displayed on windows" "here the filter (extension)"   
if OpenName == "":                                                            # if the name file are not selected then Abord process
    App.Console.PrintMessage("Process aborted"+"\n")
else:
    App.Console.PrintMessage("Read "+OpenName+"\n")                           # text displayed to Report view (Menu > View > Report view checked)
    try:                                                                      # detect error to read file
        file = open(OpenName, "r")                                            # open the file selected to read (r)  # (rb is binary)
        try:                                                                  # detect error ...
            # here your code
            print "here your code"
            op = OpenName.split("/")                                          # decode the path
            op2 = op[-1].split(".")                                           # decode the file name 
            nomF = op2[0]                                                     # the file name are isolated

            App.Console.PrintMessage(str(nomF)+"\n")                          # the file name are displayed

            for ligne in file:                                                # read the file
                X  = ligne.rstrip('\n\r') #.split()                           # decode the line
                print X                                                       # print the line in report view other method 
                                                                              # (Menu > Edit > preferences... > Output window > Redirect internal Python output (and errors) to report view checked) 
        except Exception:                                                     # if error detected to read
            App.Console.PrintError("Error read file "+"\n")                   # detect error ... display the text in red (PrintError)
        finally:                                                              # if error detected to read ... or not error the file is closed
            file.close()                                                      # if error detected to read ... or not error the file is closed
    except Exception:                                                         # if one error detected to read file
        App.Console.PrintError("Error in Open the file "+OpenName+"\n")       # if one error detected ... display the text in red (PrintError)

Use QColorDialog to get the color

Complete code: 

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# https://deptinfo-ensip.univ-poitiers.fr/ENS/pyside-docs/PySide/QtGui/QColor.html
import PySide
from PySide import QtGui ,QtCore
from PySide.QtGui import *
from PySide.QtCore import *
path = FreeCAD.ConfigGet("UserAppData")

couleur = QtGui.QColorDialog.getColor()
if couleur.isValid():
    red   = int(str(couleur.name()[1:3]),16)    # decode hexadecimal to int()
    green = int(str(couleur.name()[3:5]),16)    # decode hexadecimal to int()
    blue  = int(str(couleur.name()[5:7]),16)    # decode hexadecimal to int()

    print couleur                               # 
    print "hexadecimal ",couleur.name()         # color format hexadecimal mode 16
    print "Red   color ",red                    # color format decimal
    print "Green color ",green                  # color format decimal
    print "Blue  color ",blue                   # color format decimal

Some useful commands

# Here the code to display the icon on the '''pushButton''', 
# change the name to another button, ('''radioButton, checkBox''') as well as the path to the icon,

       # Displays an icon on the button PushButton
       # self.image_01 = "C:\Program Files\FreeCAD0.13\icone01.png" # he name of the icon
       self.image_01 = path+"icone01.png" # the name of the icon
       icon01 = QtGui.QIcon() 
       icon01.addPixmap(QtGui.QPixmap(self.image_01),QtGui.QIcon.Normal, QtGui.QIcon.Off)
       self.pushButton.setIcon(icon01) 
       self.pushButton.setLayoutDirection(QtCore.Qt.RightToLeft) # This command reverses the direction of the button


# path = FreeCAD.ConfigGet("UserAppData") # gives the user path
  path = FreeCAD.ConfigGet("AppHomePath") # gives the installation path of FreeCAD

# This command reverses the horizontal button, right to left
self.pushButton.setLayoutDirection(QtCore.Qt.RightToLeft) # This command reverses the horizontal button

# Displays an info button
self.pushButton.setToolTip(_translate("MainWindow", "Quitter la fonction", None)) # Displays an info button

# This function gives a color button
self.pushButton.setStyleSheet("background-color: red") # This function gives a color button

# This function gives a color to the text of the button
self.pushButton.setStyleSheet("color : #ff0000") # This function gives a color to the text of the button

# combinaison des deux, bouton et texte
self.pushButton.setStyleSheet("color : #ff0000; background-color : #0000ff;" ) #  combination of the two, button, and text

# replace the icon in the main window
MainWindow.setWindowIcon(QtGui.QIcon('C:\Program Files\FreeCAD0.13\View-C3P.png'))

# connects a lineEdit on execute
self.lineEdit.returnPressed.connect(self.execute) # connects a lineEdit on "def execute" after validation on enter
# self.lineEdit.textChanged.connect(self.execute) # connects a lineEdit on "def execute" with each keystroke on the keyboard

# display text in a lineEdit
self.lineEdit.setText(str(val_X)) # Displays the value in the lineEdit (convert to string)

# extract the string contained in a lineEdit
 val_X = self.lineEdit.text() # extract the (string) string contained in lineEdit
 val_X = float(val_X0)        # converted the string to an floating
 val_X = int(val_X0)          # convert the string to an integer

# This code allows you to change the font and its attributes
       font = QtGui.QFont()
       font.setFamily("Times New Roman")
       font.setPointSize(10)
       font.setWeight(10)
       font.setBold(True) # same result with tags "<b>your text</b>" (in quotes)
       self.label_6.setFont(font)
       self.label_6.setObjectName("label_6")
       self.label_6.setStyleSheet("color : #ff0000") # This function gives a color to the text
       self.label_6.setText(_translate("MainWindow", "Select a view", None))

By using the characters with accents, where you get the error :

UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf8' codec can't decode bytes in position 0-2: invalid data

Several solutions are possible. 

# conversion from a lineEdit
App.activeDocument().CopyRight.Text = str(unicode(self.lineEdit_20.text() , 'ISO-8859-1').encode('UTF-8'))
DESIGNED_BY = unicode(self.lineEdit_01.text(), 'ISO-8859-1').encode('UTF-8')

or with the procedure 

def utf8(unio):
    return unicode(unio).encode('UTF8')

UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode character u'\xe9' in position 9: ordinal not in range(128) 

# conversion
a = u"Nom de l'élément : "
f.write('''a.encode('iso-8859-1')'''+str(element_)+"\n")

or with the procedure 

def iso8859(encoder):
    return unicode(encoder).encode('iso-8859-1')

or 

iso8859(unichr(176))

or 

unichr(ord(176))

or 

uniteSs = "mm"+iso8859(unichr(178))
print unicode(uniteSs, 'iso8859')


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