Dynamically load graphical interface definition

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Gaël Écorchard edited this page Dec 25, 2019 · 2 revisions

In order to reduce the number of lines in macros with graphical interfaces it is better to define the graphical interface in a ui file that is loaded at runtime. Cf. https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD-macros/blob/master/FEM/FemAnimateModeShapes.FCMacro as an example.

Things to do:

Design you graphical interface with Qt Designer
Add the ui file to the __Files__ variable in the metadata
In the macro import FreeCADGui as gui
Later in the macro ui = gui.PySideUic.loadUi('relative_path_to_ui_file') or form, widget = gui.PySideUic.loadUiType('relative_path_to_ui_file')