Script won't run

[gld]

This gear script will not since I've updated the the latest Alibre update. It has worked good previously.

# Gear Generator Script
# Used as a demonstration of how to create a custom utility
# for use with Alibre Design

Units.Current = UnitTypes.inch

# default settings
NumberofTeeth = 20
PitchDiameter = 0.417
PressureAngle = 14.5
Thickness = 0.125

Win = Windows()

ScriptName = 'Gear Generator'

# create dialog window and show to user
Options = []
Options.append([None, WindowsInputTypes.Image, 'GearGenerator.png', 170])
Options.append(['Number of Teeth', WindowsInputTypes.Integer, NumberofTeeth])
Options.append(['Pitch Diameter (inch)', WindowsInputTypes.Real, PitchDiameter])
Options.append(['Pressure Angle', WindowsInputTypes.Real, PressureAngle])
Options.append(['Thickness (inch)', WindowsInputTypes.Real, Thickness])
Values = Win.OptionsDialog(ScriptName, Options, 170)
if Values == None:
  sys.exit()

print "Working..."

# get user inputs
NumberofTeeth = Values[1]
PitchDiameter = Values[2]
PressureAngle = Values[3]
Thickness = Values[4]

# get current part
MyPart = CurrentPart()

# get the plane to create the gear on
GearPlane = MyPart.XYPlane

# create the sketch then extrude it
ProfileSketch = MyPart.AddGearNP("Profile", NumberofTeeth, PitchDiameter, PressureAngle, 0, 0, False, GearPlane)
Gear = MyPart.AddExtrudeBoss("Gear", ProfileSketch, Thickness, True)

print "Done"

 

[stepalibre]

Try this script. The first line is the help url.

alibre-script-examples/Gear-Example.py at master · stephensmitchell/alibre-script-examples

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[idslk]

Hello @gld ,

the definition of your UnitsCurrent = UnitTypes.Inch

is wrong. See ScriptReference:


Regards
Stefan

 

[gld]

Well I finally got the scripts to run after fixing two problems.

This little script file:

[CODE]Alibre Script build 347013
IronPython 2.7.10.0 Interactive Console
For documentation visit http://docs.python.org/2.7
The complete standard library is available

Console commands available:
history : Prints history of entered commands
cls : Clears the screen
help : Shows the list of console commands
run : Executes the current script
run arg1 arg2 : Executes the current script, pass arguments
run "scriptname" : Executes a specific script
run "scriptname" arg1 arg2 : Executes a specific script, pass arguments

>>>
>>>[/CODE]

that are always popped up in the script window has to be there for scripts to run . I had deleted it from my lap top. (duh)

Number 2
changing changing inch, to inches did not fix the problem. But this did, inches to Inches.

All is good.Thank you for the help.

 

[simonb65]

changing changing inch, to inches did not fix the problem. But this did, inches to Inches.

Case is very important in programming languages! "inches" and "Inches" are not the same Glad you got it working though.

 

[stepalibre]

If an old script stops working in a new version, 1st step is reviewing current version examples:

alibre-script-examples/Units.py at d679e077d57768d5133727092f5a9e1b138df11d · stephensmitchell/alibre-script-examples

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The error is a hint:

>>>
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 11, in <module>
AttributeError: 'type' object has no attribute 'inches'
>>>help(UnitTypes)

Help on UnitTypes in module __builtin__
| | | enum UnitTypes, values: Centimeters (201), Inches (203), Millimeters (200) | | |
| Data and other attributes defined here: | | MemberwiseClone(...)
| MemberwiseClone(self: object) -> object | | Creates a shallow copy of the current System.Object. | Returns: A shallow copy of the current System.Object. |
| __eq__(...)
| x.__eq__(y) <==> x==yx.__eq__(y) <==> x==yx.__eq__(y) <==> x==y
| __format__(...)
| __format__(formattable: IFormattable, format: str) -> str |
| __ge__(...)
| __ge__[UnitTypes](x: UnitTypes, y: UnitTypes) -> bool | __ge__[UnitTypes](x: UnitTypes, y: object) -> object | __ge__[UnitTypes](y: object, x: UnitTypes) -> object |
| __gt__(...)
| x.__gt__(y) <==> x>yx.__gt__(y) <==> x>yx.__gt__(y) <==> x>y
| __le__(...)
| __le__[UnitTypes](x: UnitTypes, y: UnitTypes) -> bool | __le__[UnitTypes](x: UnitTypes, y: object) -> object | __le__[UnitTypes](y: object, x: UnitTypes) -> object |
| __lt__(...)
| x.__lt__(y) <==> x<yx.__lt__(y) <==> x<yx.__lt__(y) <==> x<y
| __ne__(...)
| __ne__[UnitTypes](x: UnitTypes, y: UnitTypes) -> bool | __ne__[UnitTypes](x: UnitTypes, y: object) -> object | __ne__[UnitTypes](y: object, x: UnitTypes) -> object |
| __reduce_ex__(...)
| helper for pickle
| __str__(...)
| x.__str__() <==> str(x)
>>>
>>>dir(UnitTypes)
['Centimeters', 'CompareTo', 'Equals', 'Format', 'GetHashCode', 'GetName', 'GetNames', 'GetType', 'GetTypeCode', 'GetUnderlyingType', 'GetValues', 'HasFlag', 'Inches', 'IsDefined', 'MemberwiseClone', 'Millimeters', 'Parse', 'ReferenceEquals', 'ToBoolean', 'ToByte', 'ToChar', 'ToDateTime', 'ToDecimal', 'ToDouble', 'ToInt16', 'ToInt32', 'ToInt64', 'ToObject', 'ToSByte', 'ToSingle', 'ToString', 'ToType', 'ToUInt16', 'ToUInt32', 'ToUInt64', 'TryParse', '__and__', '__class__', '__delattr__', '__doc__', '__eq__', '__format__', '__ge__', '__getattribute__', '__gt__', '__hash__', '__init__', '__invert__', '__le__', '__lt__', '__ne__', '__new__', '__nonzero__', '__or__', '__rand__', '__reduce__', '__reduce_ex__', '__repr__', '__ror__', '__rxor__', '__setattr__', '__sizeof__', '__str__', '__subclasshook__', '__xor__', 'value__']
>>>
>>>UnitTypes.Inches

AlibreScript.API.UnitTypes.Inches