Help! How do I use Python to control GOM INSPECT, quickly export STL files, import STL files from a folder into a project template, automatically refresh reports, and save PDF and CSV files?

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Help! How do I use Python to control GOM INSPECT, quickly export STL files, import STL files from a folder into a project template, automatically refresh reports, and save PDF and CSV files?

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 Go into the Add-Ons menu, and click on Add-on Editor. You might need to make a template folder, then you will see the scripting area to the right. Record a macro and do all of the things you stated. Then tweak the macro using Python syntax or feed it into GPT.

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https://zeissiqs.github.io/zeiss-inspect-addon-api/2025/howtos/python_api_introduction/python_api_introduction.html

 

Here is the documentation. Depending on how automated of a solution you want will dictate how easy this is to implement. 

Here is a script for importing files, converting them to STEP, and then exporting them. 

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

import gom
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QApplication, QFileDialog
import sys
import os


app = QApplication(sys.argv)

# Set default folder path
default_folder = r"" 


file_path, _ = QFileDialog.getOpenFileName(None, "Select an STL file", default_folder, "STL Files (*.stl)")


if not file_path:
    print("No file selected. Operation canceled.")
    sys.exit()

try:
    
    gom.script.sys.import_stl(
        bgr_coding=True,
        files=[file_path],
        geometry_based_refining=False,
        import_mode='clipboard',
        length_unit='mm',
        stl_color_bit_set=False,
        target_type='mesh'
    )

    
    gom.script.part.create_new_part(name='Part')

    
    print("Imported Actual Elements:")
    for element in gom.app.project.clipboard.actual_elements:
        print(" -", element)

    
    gom.script.part.add_elements_to_part(
        delete_invisible_elements=True,
        elements=[el for el in gom.app.project.clipboard.actual_elements],
        import_mode='new_elements',
        part=gom.app.project.parts['Part']
    )

    
    gom.script.sys.switch_to_mesh_editing_workspace()

    
    MCAD_ELEMENT = gom.script.mesh.automatic_cad_surface_from_mesh(
        merge=True,
        mesh=gom.app.project.parts['Part'].actual,
        name='CAD group 1',
        number_of_quads=100000,
        preview_type=1
    )

    
    step_folder = r""
    os.makedirs(step_folder, exist_ok=True)

    
    filename = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(file_path))[0]
    step_export_path = os.path.join(step_folder, f"{filename}.step")

    
    print("Nominal Elements for STEP Export:")
    for el in gom.app.project.clipboard.nominal_elements:
        print(" -", el)

    
    gom.script.sys.export_step(
        elements=[el for el in gom.app.project.clipboard.nominal_elements],
        file=step_export_path
    )

    print(f"STEP file exported to {step_export_path}")

    
    gom.script.cad.delete_element(
        elements=gom.ElementSelection({'category': ['key', 'elements', 'is_element_in_clipboard', 'True',
                                                    'explorer_category', 'nominal', 'object_family', 'cad']}),
        with_measuring_principle=True
    )

    print("Process completed successfully!")

except Exception as e:
    print(f"❌ Error occurred: {e}")

 

Edited August 15, 2025

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 Thank you for sharing, but since I have no experience with this operation and am unsure how to modify it using Python, I may not be able to proceed.

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Dear Richard, I will test the content you shared. Do you have a script for automatically refreshing reports? If so, could you share it with me? Thank you.