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Added python3.9 requirement, example command for creating it #1

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Added python3.9 requirement, example command for creating it
barnabywalters Mar 15, 2023
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Improved phrasing, recommended use with iPython extension
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Expand Up @@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ _OCP CAD Viewer for VS Code_ is an extension to show [CadQuery](https://github.c

- A fairly recent version of VS Code, e.g. 1.76.0 or newer
- [Python extension](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-python.python) installed in VS Code
- `pip` available in the Python enviroment that will be used for CAD development
- a Python 3.9 environment with `pip` available (3.9 is currently the highest version that casadi can be installed under)
- This can be created by installing python 3.9, running `python3.9 -m venv venv`, then activating the virtual enviroment and ensuring that VS Code detects it before continuing with the installation

**Steps**:

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- Paste the import code by using the paste button behing the library names in the "Viewer Manager" section
- Use the usual Run menu to run the code

Please note that using this method runs your entire script every time you want to refresh the model, which has a ~2s delay due to having to import the `cadquery` or `build123d` libraries. Using the iPython method below takes a couple of extra steps to set up, but **vastly** reduces this delay by only loading the libraries once per session.

![Use with run](screenshots/ocp_vscode-work.gif)

### Using with IPython extension
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