Importing .gha components in Python

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Hi everyone,

I am very new to grasshopper and Python.

I am struggling to use the GrasshopperTeklaLink inside my Python, but not able to access the same.

I got an error that “No module named GrasshopperTeklaLink” while importing in the Python (as shown in the picture)

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Please someone help me to sort this out and thanks in advance.

Kind Regards
M. A. Mohammed Riaz

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I don’t have GrasshopperTeklaLink installed, but here is an example of using Plankton in GhPython:

import clr
clr.AddReference("Grasshopper")
import Grasshopper
clr.AddReferenceToFileAndPath(Grasshopper.Folders.DefaultAssemblyFolder + "Plankton.dll")
clr.AddReferenceToFileAndPath(Grasshopper.Folders.DefaultAssemblyFolder + "Plankton.gha")
import Plankton
import PlanktonGh
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Hi Mahdiyar,

Thanks for your reply and suggestions.

I dont have any kind dll file for grasshopper tekla link and I tried as you mentioned but still it is not working.

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The namespace to import might not be identical to the filename of the .dll or .gha assembly. You can inspect the GrasshopperTeklaLink.gha after referencing like so (for the KangarooSolver.dll here):

import System

def inspectAssembly(assemblyName):
    
    """ Inspect a .NET assembly and print its available types. The 
    assemblyName is the full name of the file to inspect including 
    its extension e.g. "Kangaroo0096.gha" """
    
    # Load the assembly and print its full name
    assembly = System.Reflection.Assembly.Load(assemblyName)
    print assembly.FullName
    
    # Iterate the types in the assembly
    for i in assembly.GetTypes():
           print i

inspectAssembly("KangarooSolver.dll")
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Hi Anders,

Thank you for your suggestion, I got the point and I found that GTLink is the namespace for import.

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Once again thank you for the solution.

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