Using SpeckleCore in Python Nodes

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The two methods I’ve been going with for implementing .NET assemblies in GHPython (Kangaroo2, Plankton etc) has been:

  1. Assuming the path where the .dll file lives is already in the Rhino Python path. Which can be either hardcoded through the editpythonscripteditor options menu, or defined in the code using the sys.path.append() method.

  2. Assuming the .dll file lives in the default Grasshopper libraries folder. Get this path, append the assembly name onto it and reference the full path plus filename (this is neat in that it should work across all systems and requires no fiddling with the editpythonscripteditor or manual referencing like with the C# script editor).

Example 1:

import clr
clr.AddReferenceToFile("KangarooSolver.dll")
import KangarooSolver as ks

Example 2:

import clr
import Grasshopper as gh
clr.AddReferenceToFileAndPath(gh.Folders.DefaultAssemblyFolder + "KangarooSolver.dll")
import KangarooSolver as ks

Both these methods should circumvent any .dll hellishness, especially the latter as it can only point to one unique file.

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