How to add new color to pyleecan_color.json

[zmladen]

Hello,

I have added new color to "pyleecan_color.json", e.g. "SLOT_COLOR": "mangenta". But when i try to import it in plot.py i get en error:
File "C:\Work\Python\pyleecan\pyleecan\Methods\Slot\SlotW31B\plot.py", line 11, in <module> SLOT_COLOR = config_dict["PLOT"]["COLOR_DICT"]["SLOT_COLOR"] KeyError: 'SLOT_COLOR' (venv39) PS C:\Work\Python\pyleecan>

Regards,
Mladen

[vshirokov-magnolia]

Hi Mladen,

A few months down the line from your question, so you might have resolved the issue already. However, in case you still need it or if it will provide insight to anyone else, I have been trying to hack the colour styling system of Pyleecan for my project and here is what I found.

Pyleecan creates a user specific copy of the Data folder in a location stored in USER_DIR variable (see __init__.py in the main pyleecan folder, in the same folder as the Data subfolder). Alternatively run the code below to get your specific USER_DIR location, then go in there and replace pyleecan_color.json in the Data subfolder there with yours.

import os
from os.path import join

print(join(os.environ["APPDATA"],'pyleecan')) # this is your USER_DIR

print(join(os.environ["APPDATA"],r'pyleecan\Data')) # this is where you should put your version of pyleecan_color.json, replacing the one that is there already

[zmladen]

Hello Vshirokov,

thank you for your reply and for closing this question.

Regards,
zmladen