I would like to create a Python script for Abaqus in which Scipy library will be used. Unfortunately, Abaqus doesn't have that library. It could be installed but I would like to do it differently.
My idea is to write a function which will take arguments, pass it to new Python interpreter opened outside Abaqus and then it returns the output to my file.
I am pretty sure it might be done but I am still learning Python. Please give me any hint I could used to solve my problem.
In order to achieve what you want, you need to start a background process, which will execute a Python script. This can be done in Python via a built-in subprocess module.
In the simplest case, you would write something like this:
import subprocess
process = subprocess.Popen(['python', 'your_script_name.py'])
process.wait() # If you want to stop caller until callee terminates
It is also possible to retrieve results returned by sub process, but you can read more about it in other threads:
Just be aware that, in some cases, it is necessary to modify the contents of dictionary containing environment variables (os.environ) by removing Abaqus specific environment variables. Otherwise there are some issues starting a sub process.
If you do want to pass modified environment to a new process, Popen has an argument env.
