Chapter 5. PyAnatomist

Chapter 5. PyAnatomist
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API to access Anatomist with python scripts.

Includes Anatomist C++ API bindings.

See the epydoc documentation
Enables two means of communication with Anatomist application : exchanging messages on socket or using C++ API bindings
Allows access to Anatomist API and manipulation of Anatomist objects and state from python scripts and shells
Allows to write Anatomist plugins in python

See the programming part of Anatomist tutorial.

To execute these examples, use "ipython -qthread <example>.py". (They need that a QT event loop is running)

See the examples in the following order:

volumetest.py: loading and viewing a Volume with anatomist
aimsvolumetest.py: loading, handling and viewing a Volume with aims and anatomist
meshtest.py: using a mesh and modifying it while it is displayed
customcommands.py: using the commands interpreter in a generic way
graph.py: loading and displaying a graph
events.py: catching click events and plugging a callback
selection.py: getting selected objects
anatomistapiTests.py: most of anatomistapi module's features

More advanced examples:

sphere.py: subclassing Anatomist objects
control.py: plugging new conrols / actions in Anatomist views
addMenuEntry.py: customizing object-specific menus
fusion.py: registering new fusion types
anaevensimplerviewer.py, which is as its name says, an even simplified of the anasimpleviewer application, which may also be used as a programming example. Its code is in the "bin/"" directory of the binary packages

Using anatomist API in Brainvisa processes:

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