Calling python script (not located in the same directory as the model)

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rub asked Mar 21 2024 at 3:22 PM Jason Lightfoot commented Apr 03 2024 at 10:22 AM

Calling python script (not located in the same directory as the model)

Hello everyone. I am trying to call a python script from flexsim. The idea is getting some data from that python script and use it then in flexsim. What I want to do is to call it without being in the same directory as the model, meaning in an specific directory. Is it possible? Thanks in advance.

Software Version:

FlexSim 23.2.2

python connection with flexsim

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Answer 1 · 2024-03-28T14:28:56Z

Jason Lightfoot answered Mar 28 2024 at 2:28 PM Jason Lightfoot commented Apr 03 2024 at 10:22 AM

Add an empty text file to the directory containing your python module/script and name it __init__.py

In your model directory create a symbolic link to the directory containing your script. For example I put my 'central' python script in FlexSim's libraries folder and then ran this in the model folder via a command prompt:

mklink /D FlexSimLibs "C:/Program Files/FlexSim 2023/libraries"

Then the external python is set up using something like:

/**external python: */ /**/"FlexSimLibs.myPythonModule"/**/
/** \nfunction name:*/ /**/"myPythonFunction"/**/

where FlexSimLibs is the name of the symbolic link.

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