# Controlling the HeeksCAD interface from python

It is actually pretty simple, it works almost exactly like using PyQT in
FreeCAD. You must have the
[heekspython](http://code.google.com/p/heekspython/) plugin installed
and activated in heekscad, and the wxPython package installed, of
course. Inside HeeksCAD's python console:

    import wxmw = wx.GetTopLevelWindows()[0]mw.SetStatusText("hello!")menu = mw.GetMenuBar()mymenu = wx.wxMenu()mymenu.Append(wx.wxID_ABOUT,"My &Menu","A sample menu item")menu.Append(mymenu,"Test")dia = wx.Dialog(None,-1)pan = wx.Panel(dia,-1)box = wx.BoxSizer(wx.VERTICAL)box.Add(wx.StaticText(pan,-1,"Hello World!"))box.Add(wx.Button(pan,-1,"Press me!"))pan.SetSizer(box)dia.Show()

More about wxpython [here](http://wiki.wxpython.org/AnotherTutorial)...