Add workflow to test pyedb as pyaedt dependency

.github/workflows/nightly-test-pyaedt.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+name: Test pyedb as pyaedt dependency
+
+on:
+  # Schedule this workflow every day at UTC 3:00.
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '0 3 * * *'
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+env:
+  ANSYSLMD_LICENSE_FILE: ${{ format('1055@{0}', secrets.LICENSE_SERVER) }}
+  PYEDB_USE_LEGACY: '1'
+
+# A workflow run is made up of one or more jobs that can run sequentially or in parallel
+jobs:
+
+  pyaedt-test:
+    name: "Check pyaedt tests when pyedb is used as a dependency"
+    runs-on: [ windows, pyedb, self-hosted ]
+    steps:
+      - name: Install Git and clone project
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: ansys/actions/_setup-python@main
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.10'
+          use-cache: false
+
+      - name: Create Python venv
+        run: |
+          python -m venv .venv
+          .\.venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1
+
+      - name: "Update pip"
+        run: |
+          .\.venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1
+          python -m pip install -U pip
+
+      - name: "Install Pyedb"
+        run: |
+          .\.venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1
+          pip install --no-cache-dir .
+
+      - name: "Clone pyaedt on specific branch"
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          repository: ansys/pyaedt
+          path: "external/pyaedt"
+          ref: "maint/use_pyedb"
+
+      - name: "Install Pyaedt"
+        run: |
+          .\.venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1
+          pip install --no-cache-dir external/pyaedt[full]
+
+      - name: "Install Pyaedt test dependencies"
+        run: |
+          .\.venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1
+          pip install --no-cache-dir external/pyaedt[tests]
+
+      - name: "Install specific vtk version with OSMesa bundled"
+        run: |
+          .\.venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1
+          pip uninstall vtk -y
+          # Note: the vtk-osmesa used is 9.2.X as 9.3.0 is not working
+          # well with the use of pyvista in our tests atm.
+          # TODO: update once a stable versio is working
+          pip install --extra-index-url https://wheels.vtk.org vtk-osmesa==9.2.20230527.dev0
+
+      - name: 'Pyaedt tests'
+        run: |
+          .\.venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1
+          Set-Item -Path env:PYTHONMALLOC -Value "malloc"
+          pytest -n 6 --dist loadfile --durations=50 -vv --cov=pyaedt --cov-report=xml --cov-report=html --junitxml=junit/test-results.xml external\pyaedt\_unittest

pyproject.toml

@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ full = [
     "osmnx",
     "pyvista==0.42.2; python_version > '3.7'",
     "pyvista==0.38.0; python_version <= '3.7'",
+    "vtk==9.2.6",
     "SRTM.py",
     "utm",
     "scikit-rf",

src/pyedb/legacy/edb.py

@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ def __init__(
                 os.path.dirname(edbpath), "pyedb_" + os.path.splitext(os.path.split(edbpath)[-1])[0] + ".log"
             )
 
-        if isaedtowned and (inside_desktop or settings.remote_api or settings.remote_rpc_session):
+        if isaedtowned and (inside_desktop or settings.remote_rpc_session):
             self.open_edb_inside_aedt()
         elif edbpath[-3:] in ["brd", "mcm", "gds", "xml", "dxf", "tgz"]:
             self.edbpath = edbpath[:-4] + ".aedb"