Dessia glossary

Bot

Digitalization of a process that includes the writing of generic knowledge and a workflow to describe the Know-How.

Workflow

A basic task sequence created using the Workflow Builder in the Dessia platform.

WorkflowRun

The result object that comes from running a workflow with specific input.

Application

A Python package that includes the Know-That (generic knowledge).

Framework

A Dessia solution package that includes a platform and an SDK.

Platform

Dessia's software solution that is based on a web interface and a backend that emulates Python.

Bot Store

A platform module containing all the bots organized by workspace.

Workspace

A sharing space within a project that includes the exchange of objects, bots, and offers a discussion thread.

SDK

A set of Python libraries that allow low-code writing of the Know-That bricks (generic knowledge).

volmdlr

A 3D Python modeler offered by Dessia that allows building a 3D model from a script.

plot-data

A Python library offered by Dessia for graphical representation and simplified 2D diagrams.

dessia-common

A Python library developed by Dessia that provides the master objects that all Python objects will inherit in order to run from the Dessia Cloud Platform.

dessia-api-client

An API library for Python developed by Dessia that allows the exchange of objects between a Python IDE and a Cloud instance.

DessiaObject

A reference Python object from which all Python objects running in the platform must inherit.

PhysicalObject

A reference Python object from which all Python objects having a 3D representation and running in the platform must inherit.

Display

All representations (text, 2D, 3D, etc.) proposed by the Dessia platform for an object.