From 0234809d0b2bfe216b07c3c89064151bc29f686d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrej730 <azhilenkov@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2026 12:13:02 +0500
Subject: [PATCH] Prefer direct api calls over `tool.Ifc.run`

---
 .../bonsai/bim/module/system/operator.py      |  8 ++++---
 src/bonsai/bonsai/tool/project.py             | 24 ++++++++++---------
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/bonsai/bonsai/bim/module/system/operator.py b/src/bonsai/bonsai/bim/module/system/operator.py
index 089bd9f24b..d365964968 100644
--- a/src/bonsai/bonsai/bim/module/system/operator.py
+++ b/src/bonsai/bonsai/bim/module/system/operator.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 import bpy
 import ifcopenshell.api
+import ifcopenshell.api.attribute
 import ifcopenshell.api.system
 import ifcopenshell.util.system
 
@@ -445,6 +446,7 @@ class CycleFlowDirection(bpy.types.Operator, tool.Ifc.Operator):
         return "Cycle through flow directions: SOURCE → SINK → SOURCEANDSINK → NOTDEFINED → SOURCE..."
 
     def _execute(self, context):
+        ifc_file = tool.Ifc.get()
         port = tool.Ifc.get().by_id(self.port_id)
         if not port or not port.is_a("IfcDistributionPort"):
             return {"CANCELLED"}
@@ -459,7 +461,7 @@ class CycleFlowDirection(bpy.types.Operator, tool.Ifc.Operator):
         }
         next_direction = flow_cycle_map.get(current_direction, "SOURCE")
 
-        tool.Ifc.run("attribute.edit_attributes", product=port, attributes={"FlowDirection": next_direction})
+        ifcopenshell.api.attribute.edit_attributes(ifc_file, product=port, attributes={"FlowDirection": next_direction})
 
         connected_port = tool.System.get_connected_port(port)
         if connected_port:
@@ -470,8 +472,8 @@ class CycleFlowDirection(bpy.types.Operator, tool.Ifc.Operator):
                 "NOTDEFINED": "NOTDEFINED",
             }
             connected_direction = connected_direction_map.get(next_direction, "NOTDEFINED")
-            tool.Ifc.run(
-                "attribute.edit_attributes", product=connected_port, attributes={"FlowDirection": connected_direction}
+            ifcopenshell.api.attribute.edit_attributes(
+                ifc_file, product=connected_port, attributes={"FlowDirection": connected_direction}
             )
 
         PortData.is_loaded = False
diff --git a/src/bonsai/bonsai/tool/project.py b/src/bonsai/bonsai/tool/project.py
index da613c3fa9..fc1e4d5e77 100644
--- a/src/bonsai/bonsai/tool/project.py
+++ b/src/bonsai/bonsai/tool/project.py
@@ -542,11 +542,11 @@ class Project(bonsai.core.tool.Project):
         if not ifc_file:
             raise Exception("No IFC file loaded")
 
-        doc = tool.Ifc.run("document.add_information", parent=None)
+        doc = ifcopenshell.api.document.add_information(ifc_file, parent=None)
 
         if ifc_file.schema == "IFC2X3":
-            tool.Ifc.run(
-                "document.edit_information",
+            ifcopenshell.api.document.edit_information(
+                ifc_file,
                 information=doc,
                 attributes={
                     "DocumentId": "BLEND_METADATA",
@@ -557,8 +557,8 @@ class Project(bonsai.core.tool.Project):
                 },
             )
         else:
-            tool.Ifc.run(
-                "document.edit_information",
+            ifcopenshell.api.document.edit_information(
+                ifc_file,
                 information=doc,
                 attributes={
                     "Identification": "BLEND_METADATA",
@@ -578,13 +578,15 @@ class Project(bonsai.core.tool.Project):
             return
 
         ifc_file = tool.Ifc.get()
-        if not ifc_file:
-            return
-
-        tool.Ifc.run("document.edit_information", information=doc, attributes={"Location": metadata_filename})
+        ifcopenshell.api.document.edit_information(
+            ifc_file, information=doc, attributes={"Location": metadata_filename}
+        )
 
     @classmethod
     def remove_metadata_document_information(cls) -> None:
         doc = cls.get_metadata_document_information()
-        if doc:
-            tool.Ifc.run("document.remove_information", information=doc)
+        if not doc:
+            return
+
+        ifc_file = tool.Ifc.get()
+        ifcopenshell.api.document.remove_information(ifc_file, information=doc)