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h2. Exercise outline

We want to load our ivory coast model or our harlingen model using a mdu file.


h2. Import a model from a mdu file

Start by creating a new script in the toolbox scripting folder (see [TOOLS:Toolbox overview] for details), and double click it to open the scripting editor and add the following code :

{code:title=Adding imports and loading model|linenumbers=true|language=python}
#region Import libs

# DeltaShell libs
from DeltaShell.Plugins.FMSuite.FlowFM import WaterFlowFMModel

#endregion

rootPath = "D:\\scripting\\"

# create fm model using mdu file
fmModel = WaterFlowFMModel(rootPath + "mdu_ivoorkust\\ivk.mdu") #"harlingen\\har.mdu" for harlingen)

{code}

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In the first statements we import the WaterFlowFMModel from the DeltaShell code ( in module (namespace) DeltaShell.Plugins.FMSuite.FlowFM ), and add the {color:darkgreen}\#region{color} \- {color:darkgreen}\#endregion{color} comments to mark this block of code as a collapsable  region. After we run this code the editor will now know about WaterFlowFMModel and you can use it in your scripts.

{code:language=python}
#region Import libs

# DeltaShell libs
from DeltaShell.Plugins.FMSuite.FlowFM import WaterFlowFMModel

#endregion
{code}

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With the following code we create a new WaterFlowFMModel object using the path to the mdu file :


{code:|language=python}
rootPath = "D:\\scripting\\"

# create fm model using mdu file
fmModel = WaterFlowFMModel(rootPath + "mdu_ivoorkust\\ivk.mdu") #"harlingen\\har.mdu" for harlingen)
{code}
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