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The CSD 2017 Release includes the new, substantially improved, CSD Python API version 1.3. Alongside a range of new features, this release of the CSD includes a self-contained Python environment with the CSD Python API installed with all of its prerequisites. This version can be used with no additional installation steps required after installing the CSDS 2017 software.
Major new features added since version 1.0 include:
For advanced Python users the CSD Python API can be installed into your own Python installation via the pip or conda packages detailed below (use your CSDS 2017 site number and confirmation code as username and password to download):
CSD Python API 1.3 Windows 32-bit pip InstallerCSD Python API 1.3 Windows 32-bit conda InstallerCSD Python API 1.3 Windows 64-bit pip InstallerCSD Python API 1.3 Windows 64-bit conda InstallerCSD Python API 1.3 Linux 32-bit pip InstallerCSD Python API 1.3 Linux 32-bit conda InstallerCSD Python API 1.3 Linux 64-bit pip InstallerCSD Python API 1.3 Linux 64-bit conda InstallerCSD Python API 1.3 MacOS 64-bit pip InstallerCSD Python API 1.3 MacOS 64-bit conda InstallerCSD Python API 1.3 Linux 64-bit UCS2 pip Installer
Full installation instructions for these packages can be found in the CSD Python API documentation.
If you do not yet have access to the 2017 release of the CSDS, but do have access to the 2016 version, then version 1.0 of the CSD Python API is still available to you and can be downloaded via the links sent to you from our CSDS Download request page.
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