Added a console interface to the tanks generation

src/Mod/Ship/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ SET(ShipCreateTank_SRCS
 	shipCreateTank/__init__.py
 	shipCreateTank/TaskPanel.py
 	shipCreateTank/TaskPanel.ui
+	shipCreateTank/Tools.py
 )
 SOURCE_GROUP("shipcreatetank" FILES ${ShipCreateTank_SRCS})
 

src/Mod/Ship/Ship.py

@@ -33,3 +33,4 @@ from shipCreateShip.Tools import createShip
 from shipHydrostatics.Tools import areas, displacement, wettedArea, moment,
                                    floatingArea, BMT, mainFrameCoeff
 from shipCreateWeight.Tools import createWeight
+from shipCreateTank.Tools import createTank

src/Mod/Ship/shipCreateTank/TaskPanel.py

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import FreeCAD as App
 import FreeCADGui as Gui
 import Units
 from PySide import QtGui, QtCore
+import Tools
 import TankInstance as Instance
 from shipUtils import Paths
 import shipUtils.Units as USys
@@ -40,21 +41,9 @@ class TaskPanel:
         form = mw.findChild(QtGui.QWidget, "TaskPanel")
         form.ship = self.widget(QtGui.QComboBox, "Ship")
 
-        # Create the object
         ship = self.ships[form.ship.currentIndex()]
-        obj = App.ActiveDocument.addObject("Part::FeaturePython", "Tank")
+        Tools.createTank(self.solids, ship)
-        tank = Instance.Tank(obj, self.solids, ship)
-        Instance.ViewProviderTank(obj.ViewObject)
 
-        # Set it as a child of the ship
-        tanks = ship.Tanks[:]
-        tanks.append(obj.Name)
-        ship.Tanks = tanks
-        ship.Proxy.cleanWeights(ship)
-        ship.Proxy.cleanTanks(ship)
-        ship.Proxy.cleanLoadConditions(ship)
-
-        App.ActiveDocument.recompute()
         return True
 
     def reject(self):

src/Mod/Ship/shipCreateTank/Tools.py

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+#***************************************************************************
+#*                                                                         *
+#*   Copyright (c) 2016                                                    *
+#*   Jose Luis Cercos Pita <jlcercos@gmail.com>                            *
+#*                                                                         *
+#*   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
+#*   it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)    *
+#*   as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of     *
+#*   the License, or (at your option) any later version.                   *
+#*   for detail see the LICENCE text file.                                 *
+#*                                                                         *
+#*   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,       *
+#*   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of        *
+#*   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the         *
+#*   GNU Library General Public License for more details.                  *
+#*                                                                         *
+#*   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public     *
+#*   License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software   *
+#*   Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  *
+#*   USA                                                                   *
+#*                                                                         *
+#***************************************************************************
+
+
+import FreeCAD as App
+import Units
+import TankInstance as Instance
+
+
+def createTank(solids, ship):
+    """Create a new tank instance
+
+    Position arguments:
+    solids -- List of solid shapes
+    ship -- Ship owner
+
+    Returned value:
+    The new tank object
+
+    The tool will claim the new tank as a child of the ship object. Please do
+    not remove the partner ship object before removing this new tank before.
+    """
+    obj = App.ActiveDocument.addObject("Part::FeaturePython", "Tank")
+    tank = Instance.Tank(obj, solids, ship)
+    Instance.ViewProviderTank(obj.ViewObject)
+
+    # Set it as a child of the ship
+    tanks = ship.Tanks[:]
+    tanks.append(obj.Name)
+    ship.Tanks = tanks
+    ship.Proxy.cleanWeights(ship)
+    ship.Proxy.cleanTanks(ship)
+    ship.Proxy.cleanLoadConditions(ship)
+
+    App.ActiveDocument.recompute()
+    return obj