IFC in Sketchup

[yorik]

For the relations instead get.argumet() you used getAttr(r,"RelatingObject"), getAttr(r,"RelatingStructure"), getAttr(r,"RelatedOpeningElement") ... I could not figure out how they do work? lines 160 to 170 in importIFC.py

It's the same thing... Actually, yes, I could use get_argument() there, don't know why I didn't...

One way to get a "generic" IFC schema, is this:

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import importIFC,ifcReader
schema = ifcReader.IfcSchema(importIFC.getSchema())

Then there are several methods in the schema object, to analyze the contents, for example:

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schema.getAttributes('IFCWALLSTANDARDCASE')

Of course it would be better to do that directly with ifcopenshell, but for the time being, it might be a solution... Other good point, that code is fully ours, so we can easily extend it.

[bernd]

Thanks Yorik, Got it.

ifcReader.py Never had a deep look into that file ... There allready is a funktion for propertysets ...

I must addmit as you said a few weeks ago "ifc is complicated" An object can have tons of properties and they are saved on many different places inside the ifc-file . But at least it is open AND documented .

[yorik]

Exactly. There is no doubt that it's the best format available. We'll just need to cope with its difficulties, I guess...