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CADET-Python is a file based Python interface for CADET. For this, CADET must be installed separately (see https://github.com/modsim/CADET).
# CADET-Python

CADET-Python almost exactly maps to the documented CADET interface except that all dataset names are lowercase. This simplifies using the interface.
**CADET-Python** provides a file-based Python interface for **CADET-Core**, which must be installed separately. For this, please refer to the [installation instructions](https://cadet.github.io/master/getting_started/installation.html) and the [CADET-Core repository]((https://github.com/cadet/CADET-Core)).

To install CADET-Python simply
The CADET-Python package simplifies access by mapping to the [CADET interface](https://cadet.github.io/master/interface/index.html#), **with all dataset names in lowercase**.

## Installation

To install CADET-Python, use:

```
pip install cadet-python
```

## Usage
This package includes the `CADET` class and `H5` class. `H5` can be used as a simple generic HDF5 interface.
## Usage Example

The package includes two primary classes:

- **`CADET`**: The main class to configure and run simulations.
- **`H5`**: A general-purpose HDF5 interface.

### Setting Up a Simulation

To set a simulation parameter, such as the column porosity for column 1.

As an example look at setting column porosity for column 1. From the CADET manual, the path for this is:
Referring to this path in the CADET interface:
```
/input/model/unit_001/COL_POROSITY
```
In the Python interface this becomes:
In CADET-Python, this is now set as:
```
from cadet import Cadet
# Initialize simulation
sim = Cadet()
# Set column porosity for unit 001
sim.root.input.model.unit_001.col_porosity = 0.33
```
Once the simulation has been created it must be saved before it can be run.
### Saving the Simulation File

Before running, save the simulation configuration to a file:
```
sim.filename = "/path/to/where/you/want/the/file.hdf5"
sim.filename = "/path/to/your/file.hdf5"
sim.save()
```
Next the path to CADET needs to be set before a simulation can be run. If running on Microsoft Windows you need the path to cadet-cli.exe
### Setting the Path to CADET

To execute the simulation, specify the path to **CADET-Core**. On Windows, set the path to `cadet-cli.exe`:
```
sim.cadet_path = '/path/to/cadet-cli'
```
### Running the Simulation and Loading Data

run the simulation and load the data
Run the simulation and load the output data with:
```
print(sim.run())
sim.load()
```
### Reading Data from a Pre-Simulated File

At this point any data can be read.

If you have a file you want to read that has already been simulated this is also easy to do.
If you have a pre-simulated file, you can read it directly:
```
# Initialize a new simulation object
sim = Cadet()
sim.filename = "/path/to/where/you/want/the/file.hdf5"
# Set the filename for the existing simulation data
sim.filename = "/path/to/your/file.hdf5"
sim.load()
```
At this point, any data in the file can be accessed.

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