User guide

PyAEDT works both inside AEDT and as a standalone application. It automatically detects whether it is running in an IronPython (limited capabilities) or CPython environment and initializes AEDT accordingly. PyAEDT also provides advanced error management.

You can start AEDT in non-graphical mode from Python:

# Launch AEDT 2023 R1 in non-graphical mode

import pyaedt
with pyaedt.Desktop(specified_version="2023.1", non_graphical=True, new_desktop_session=True, close_on_exit=True,
             student_version=False):
    circuit = pyaedt.Circuit()
    ...
    # Any error here will be caught by Desktop.
    ...

# Desktop is automatically closed here.

The preceding code launches AEDT and initializes a new Circuit design.

You can obtain the same result with:

# Launch the latest installed version of AEDT in graphical mode.

import pyaedt
with pyaedt.Circuit(specified_version="2023.1", non_graphical=False) as circuit:
    ...
    # Any error here will be caught by Desktop.
    ...

# Desktop is automatically released here.