orhelper 0.1.1

OrHelper is a module which aims to facilitate interacting and scripting with OpenRocket from Python.

orhelper

orhelper is a module which aims to facilitate interacting and scripting with OpenRocket from Python.

Prerequisites

• OpenRocket 15.03
• Java JDK 1.8
  • Open JDK 1.8
  • Oracle JDK 8 (requires signup)
  • Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install openjdk-8-jre
• Python >=3.6

Setup JDK

Linux

• Export JAVA_HOME environment variable

  JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/[YOUR JDK 1.8 FOLDER HERE]
  

Windows

• Set Windows environment variables to the following:
  • Oracle

    JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\[YOUR JDK 1.8 FOLDER HERE]
    

  • OpenJDK

    JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\ojdkbuild\[YOUR JDK 1.8 FOLDER HERE]
    

Installing

• Install orhelper from pip

  pip install orhelper
  

• Download the OpenRocket .jar file (if you don't already have it)

  • Linux

    wget https://github.com/openrocket/openrocket/releases/download/release-15.03/OpenRocket-15.03.jar
    

• Set environment variable CLASSPATH path to OpenRocket .jar file. (Only required if it's not already at .\OpenRocket-15.03.jar)

  CLASSPATH=\some\path\to\OpenRocket-15.03.jar
  

• See examples/ for usage examples

• See the OpenRocket wiki for more info on usage and the examples

Credits

• Richard Graham for the original script: Source
• @not7cd for some initial organization and clean-up: Source
• And of course everyone who has contributed to OpenRocket over the years.