OpenSTAAD and Python

Accessing SPRO from python script works differently. Loading ‘StaadPro.dll’ as we generally do won't work here

Hereunder you may find a Python script, which will give some idea about how one can connect.

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import win32com.client

# Open STAAD.Pro and create an empty project first
os = win32com.client.GetActiveObject("StaadPro.OpenSTAAD");

# get the Geometry object
geometry = os.Geometry;

# For some reason comtypes don't automatically flag the methods
geometry._FlagAsMethod("GetNodeCount")

# call the method to get node count
nodeCount = geometry.GetNodeCount();

print nodeCount;

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Note that STAAD.Pro needs to be installed on the same machine and started for the scripts to work.