Currently this code serves as a template to be copied into scripts that are loaded into the SV Python API Interface when additional Python modules are needed but not included within the base SV Python Interpreter. For reference, the python modules included with the base SV Python Interpreter can be listed from the following command.

help("modules")

Albeit after much complaining, the SV Python Interpreter will return a comprehensive list of all the included modules which are available by default. If your script requires a new or different version of one of these modules, be careful. Changing one of these modules may affect performance of internal routines and cause unpredicted behaviors to occur. This is especially true for the vtk module which is called by sv specific modules to return PolyData objects. This list of included modules is also provided here for reference.

Again, this is meant to be a convenient list of modules that are most likely available with the base SV Python Interpreter; however, this should be confirmed on your own machine before assuming that is or is not available.

To check the version of a given module the following code can be run. This may be important when checking for potential conflict between SV and external package dependencies. If there is a conflict between versions, always prioritize the SV package version dependency.

import pkg_resources
pkg_resources.get_distribution('<package_name>').version

Example:

>>> import pkg_resources
>>> pkg_resources.get_distribution('six').version
'1.15.0'

This tool folder contains the install, uninstall, and search functions. These functions attempt to find packages and add or remove them to the SV Python 3.5.5 Interpreter.

For more information on function usage, inputs, and return values, run the help(<function_name>) command on a given function.

help(install)
help(uninstall)
help(search)