RFEM 2.0.1
Python Framework for RFEM6 Web Services
License: MIT

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# Important Notice: Webservice Maintenance and Dlubal API Transition

**Dear Users,**

We would like to inform you that, effective **23.05.2025**, we are transitioning our existing Webservice into **maintenance mode**. This means that while the Webservice will continue to be available for existing use, **no new enhancements or functionality** will be added to it going forward.

For **new projects**, we highly recommend using the **[Dlubal API](https://www.dlubal.com/en/solutions/dlubal-api/dlubal-api-ii)**, now based on **gRPC**. The new Dlubal API offers improved performance, scalability, and modern capabilities designed to better support your applications.

### Key Points:
- **Webservice**: Still available for use, but will **not be enhanced** with new functionality.
- **[Dlubal API (gRPC)](https://www.dlubal.com/en/solutions/dlubal-api/dlubal-api-ii)**: Recommended for **new projects** as it provides better performance and modern features.

If you have any questions or need assistance with transitioning to the Dlubal API, please feel free to reach out to our support team.

Thank you for your continued support!

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Welcome to RFEM Python High Level Functions

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Python client (high-level functions) for [RFEM 6](https://www.dlubal.com/en/products/rfem-fea-software/what-is-rfem) using [Web Services](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_service) (WS), [SOAP](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOAP) and [WSDL](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_Services_Description_Language). Available Python SOAP pkgs can be found on [wiki.python.org](https://wiki.python.org/moin/WebServices#SOAP).


## Description
This Python project is focused on opening RFEM 6 to all of our customers, enabling them to interact with RFEM 6 on a much higher level. If you are looking for a tool to help you solve parametric models or optimization tasks, you have come to the right place. This community serves as a support portal and base for all of your future projects. The goal is to create an easily expandable Python library, which communicates instructions to RFEM 6 through WebServices (WS). WS enables access to RFEM 6 either via a local instance or a remote internet connection.


## Eyes on Upcoming Development! :eyes:

As you may have already heard, brand new Web Services are in the works!
* Using gRPC will ensure highest performance without compromise. First tests show 15x faster execution compared to current WS. According to [source](https://medium.com/@EmperorRXF/evaluating-performance-of-rest-vs-grpc-1b8bdf0b22da#:~:text=gRPC%20is%20roughly%207%20times,of%20HTTP%2F2%20by%20gRPC.) gRPC shows 7 to 10 times better performance than REST(GraphQL).
* The new common results interface will ensure that users can effectively filter all results to get only the data they want.
* All code can be tested and prototyped in the console as the syntax will be the same.


## Architecture

* [![RFEM](https://img.shields.io/badge/RFEM-blue)](/RFEM): folder following the structure of RFEM 6 navigator containing individual types of objects
* [![initModel](https://img.shields.io/badge/initModel.py-blue)](/RFEM/initModel.py): runs after window and initializes suds.Client by connecting to `http://localhost:8081/wsdl` and activating model in RFEM. It also envelops essential global functions.
* [![enums](https://img.shields.io/badge/enums.py-blue)](/RFEM/enums.py): definition of enumerations


## Getting started

### Dependencies
Dependency check is implemented inside [dependencies.py](RFEM/dependencies.py) with option to install during execution.
* <img align="left" alt="PyPi" width="26px" src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Dlubal-Software/RFEM_Python_Client/main/img/PyPI.png" style="padding-right:5px;">PyPi pkgs: [SUDS](https://github.com/cackharot/suds-py3), [requests](https://pypi.org/project/requests/), [six](https://pypi.org/project/six/), [mock](https://pypi.org/project/mock/), and [xmltodict](https://pypi.org/project/xmltodict/).

* <img align="left" alt="RFEM" width="26px" src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Dlubal-Software/RFEM_Python_Client/main/img/RFEM.png" style="padding-right:5px;">RFEM 6 application. Client is always compatible with the latest version.

### Step by step
1) 🌀 [Clone](https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Basics-Getting-a-Git-Repository#:~:text=Cloning%20an%20Existing%20Repository) this repository (if you have GitHub account) or download actual [release](https://github.com/Dlubal-Software/RFEM_Python_Client/releases)

2) <img align="left" alt="RFEM" width="18px" src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Dlubal-Software/RFEM_Python_Client/main/img/RFEM.png" style="padding-right:5px;"> Open RFEM 6 application

3) ☑️ Check if there are no opened dialogues in RFEM and server port range under *Options-Web Services* corresponds to the one set in initModel

4) 🏃 Run your script. Inspirations can be found in [Examples](/Examples/) or [UnitTests](/UnitTests/).

### Examples
The [scripts](https://github.com/Dlubal-Software/RFEM_Python_Client/tree/main/Examples) are intended to be used as templates or examples. Also, they can be used for testing of backward compatibility.

### Unit Tests
Collection of [scripts](https://github.com/Dlubal-Software/RFEM_Python_Client/tree/main/UnitTests) used to support further development.

## Python package 📦
The easiest way to enjoy the Client is to install current [RFEM package](https://pypi.org/project/RFEM/) directly to your Python via `pip install RFEM`. Especially if no code changes are required.

## Documentation 📚
For complete description of classes and functions visit our [![image](https://img.shields.io/badge/GitHub-page-darkblue?logo=github&amp;)](https://dlubal-software.github.io/.github/guide/ready.html).

## Wiki
If you run into problems see our [Wiki](https://github.com/Dlubal-Software/RFEM_Python_Client/wiki). We are slowly but surely expanding the solutions to the problems found in the Issues section.

## License
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## Contribute
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⚠️NOTE: Development is in early stages so please respect that. There will be broken objects or adjustments affecting backward compatibility. Use Issues section to point out any problems. Thank you for your understanding.


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