You can install the openstudio python bindings using pip install openstudio.
Then you can test they work:
import openstudio
m = openstudio.model.Model()
print(m)
That results in:
OS:Version,
{b1c739b0-8af6-4d47-b6a2-96df1d55f3cb}, !- Handle
3.2.1; !- Version Identifier
You can find more information at https://pypi.org/project/openstudio/
To expand on Scott's point, I've been learning how to use the Python bindings for the last couple of weeks. I've put together a Python Jupyter notebook as I've figured out a few of the things I wanted to do. The notation is a little different from Ruby for a few things, but with some practice, you should start to catch the patterns to the differences. Maybe this will help you in your own work.
Hi. Are you using the Ruby Documentation and getting this done? I have a Ruby Script that I'm looking to convert to Python. Specifically this (https://github.com/LBNL-ETA/AlphaBuil...). Do you think it's possible to do this? Because openstudio-standards seems to be Ruby only.
Yes, I am. It's not a 1 for 1 syntax match-up, but I'm using it as the starting place for object association.
As for openstudio-standards, I think you're correct. However, since they're all ruby scripts, you could still call them from Python's command-line interface as noted in the comment thread here. I think you can use the OS package in python to do those calls. See this link for ideas.
So for that LBNL project, I think you could rewrite the main workflow script in python using the openstudio python bindings, and then call the openstudio-standards gem as needed as command line scripts. Might be a little slower but it certainly looks possible!
Could you please elaborate on using openstudio-standards using command line scripts? In the repository, Openstudio Standards was called using Standards.Build which creates a prototype building model. If I were to write a ruby script to do that, how would I send the created prototype object back to python? I'm stuck there. I finished converting the other part of the script to Python.
Congrats on getting the other stuff converted!
It sounds like you've got two options. You could look at python packages that communicate between python and scripts written in other languages to find a way to pass the OpenStudio object from a ruby function directly. The other option may be to write a small ruby script that makes a prototype building, saves it, and passes back the location of the saved script which you can then read into the python model. It would take a bit more storage management but might be the simplest to incorporate. This is all new to me though.
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