[PyQt] Building a GUI around, or embedding a visualization tool into a GUI?

[garyr]

I found the book "Rapid GUI Programming with Python and Qt" by Mark Summerfield 
to be very helpful.

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From: "toks adebonojo" <adebonojo at gmail.com>
To: <PyQt at riverbankcomputing.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2015 8:21 AM
Subject: [PyQt] Building a GUI around,or embedding a visualization tool into a 
GUI?


> Hello,
>
> I am working on a GUI to execute a trajectory optimization tool called OTIS
> (Optimal Trajectories by Implicit Simulation:
> http://otis.grc.nasa.gov/background.html) and want to pipe the output from
> this tool to an orbit visualization tool called CELESTIA (
> http://www.shatters.net/celestia/).
>
> I am working on the first part (running the GUI to execute the optimization
> tool), but I have little experience with visualization tools and OpenGL,
> and am not even sure whether I am going to be able to build this GUI
> around, or embed CELESTIA into it.
>
> I started by downloading PyQt4 and looking at documentation to see which
> widgets I can use, but the topic is virtually a new language to me. I am
> wondering whether anyone has an idea if what I am trying to achieve is
> feasible with PyQt4, and if so, where do I start.
>
> I have enough of an idea now of how to use PyQt4 that I just need some
> hints or general concepts, at least enough to get me started. I appreciate
> any insights or advise anyone might have on this topic. Thanks and all the
> best to everyone.
>
> Toks.
>


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