cadquery-server 0.1.4

A web server that executes a given CadQuery code and returns the generated model as a threejs object.

CadQuery server

A web server that executes a given CadQuery code and returns the generated model as a threejs object.

It has been created for the Cadquery VSCode extension, but could fit other needs.

Installation

pip install cq-server

Note that you must have CadQuery installed on your system (if not, you might be interested by the docker image).

Usage

Starting the server

Once installed, the cq-server command should be available on your system:

CLI options:

• -p, --port: server port (default: 5000)

Example:

cq-server -p 5000

Writing a CadQuery code

The Python script must contain the show() method.

Example:

import cadquery as cq

model = cq.Workplane("XY").box(1, 2, 3)

show(model)

Note that the import cadquery as cq part is optional (cadquery is already imported at server start), but can be useful to enable syntax check and code completion in your IDE.

Please read the CadQuery documentation for more details about the CadQuery library.

Using the server

Once the server is started, a CadQuery Python code can be send in a POST request payload.

Example:

curl -X POST --data-binary "@./examples/test.py" 127.0.0.1:5000

It should return the model as a threejs object.