Create custom component with python ?

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Permalink Reply by Hannes Löschke on January 2, 2013 at 5:21am

http://www.food4rhino.com/project/ghpython

Permalink Reply by Sébastien Mennetret on January 2, 2013 at 5:26am

Hi,

Thanks for replying. My question seems not to be clear : I use already python in GH, I create custom things by registering scripts, but I'd like to create a "real" GH component, not an editable script which looks like a component.

Permalink Reply by Hannes Löschke on January 2, 2013 at 6:03am

C# and VB are different languages that compile to the same Common Intermediate Language (CIL). GHA files are really .NET CIL assembly Dlls with a different extension. There are some projects to take Python to the .NET world and VisualStudio but I'm not sure if this is what you need.

Try looking up IronPython and Python Tool for Visual Studio. Don't know if those really bring the Python Synthax to CIL Compilers or just link to the Python libraries. For performance reasons you should still look into VB or C# anyway, because the Python implementation of the GH and Rhino SDK just wraps the original SDK in a Python layer. So even if IronPython compiles to CIL, this would add another layer of wrapping.