show_object works only in the CQ-editor not in imported files

[DeBalog]

I have a file in CQ Editor containing the invoker code:

import cadquery as cq
import os
import sys

lib_path = os.path.abspath("./")  # relativer Pfad zu einem absoluten Pfad umwandeln
if lib_path not in sys.path:
    sys.path.append(lib_path)

from show_test import *

which is just importing show_test.py.

show_test.py contains:

import cadquery as cq
show_object (cq.Workplane ("XY").box(30,20,10))

Running the invoker in CQ-Editor brings up the following error:

NameError: name 'show_object' is not defined

The same code works fine if it is directly in CQ-Editor.

This is a big nuisance because I need show_object for debugging and my project is spread across multiple files.

Is there a simple solution to use show_object in a file which is invoked from CQ-Editor but which is not in CQ-Editor directly?

I use

on Windows 11.

[jmwright]

Hi @DeBalog

Here is one way to solve the issue (pass the show_object function around):

# Script running inside CQ-editor
from second_module import make_box

make_box(show_object)

# Imported module ("second_module")
import cadquery as cq

def make_box(show_object):
    print(globals())
    result = cq.Workplane().box(10, 10, 10)

    show_object(result)

I also tried injecting show_object into globals() which works in some contexts, but does not seem to in this one.

[DeBalog]

Hi @jmwright, thanks for you solution, I give it a try and report here.