PythonCAD Command Interpreter Reference

The table below gives the available commands in PythonCAD. An example of a command set like those in the keywords.py file is available at the bottom of the page. The commands are listed in the second column of the table. The third column in the table represents an internal command that gets run when the command in the second column is seen.

It bears repeating that the ability of PythonCAD in dealing with these commands is a new feature, and therefore you should expect to encounter some undocumented features. As the development of PythonCAD advances, the command interpreting abilities of the program should stabilize and become more powerful with fewer surprises.

Example Command Set

Defining a command set is essentially defining a Python dictionary. The key is the command, and the value is the internal command to execute when the user enters the command key. Here is a commands set called mycommands.

mycommands = {
	'foobar' : quit,
	'foo' : segment,
	'X' : quit,
	'O' : opend
}

As the command interpreter is a new PythonCAD addition, it will undoubtedly go through several iterations before it begins to stabilize. The command set, internal command set, and means of selecting which dictionary to use to try and interpret the commands are guaranteed to change. It is also likely that commands may appear in one release, disappear in the next, then reappear in the release after that, or that commands will change meanings.