From 03793db75f3815a41ded7aff487588991544e3d4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrej730 <azhilenkov@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2024 16:10:23 +0500
Subject: [PATCH] Keep IfcStore.path as empty string if file is not saved

Previously it would get cwd value in that case as bpy.path.abspath("//") returns cwd if .blend is not saved.
---
 src/bonsai/bonsai/bim/ifc.py  | 7 ++++---
 src/bonsai/bonsai/tool/ifc.py | 1 +
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/bonsai/bonsai/bim/ifc.py b/src/bonsai/bonsai/bim/ifc.py
index c53756e753..5cf0df62e3 100644
--- a/src/bonsai/bonsai/bim/ifc.py
+++ b/src/bonsai/bonsai/bim/ifc.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import bonsai.bim.handler
 import bonsai.tool as tool
 from pathlib import Path
 from bonsai.tool.brick import BrickStore
-from typing import Set, Union, Optional, TypedDict, Callable, NotRequired
+from typing import Set, Union, Optional, TypedDict, Callable, NotRequired, cast
 
 
 IFC_CONNECTED_TYPE = Union[bpy.types.Material, bpy.types.Object]
@@ -105,8 +105,9 @@ class IfcStore:
     @staticmethod
     def get_file():
         if IfcStore.file is None:
-            IfcStore.path = bpy.context.scene.BIMProperties.ifc_file
-            if not os.path.isabs(IfcStore.path):
+            IfcStore.path = cast(str, bpy.context.scene.BIMProperties.ifc_file)
+            # Interpret relative paths as relative to .blend file.
+            if IfcStore.path and not os.path.isabs(IfcStore.path):
                 IfcStore.path = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(bpy.path.abspath("//"), IfcStore.path))
             if IfcStore.path:
                 try:
diff --git a/src/bonsai/bonsai/tool/ifc.py b/src/bonsai/bonsai/tool/ifc.py
index a8374584f4..ea5e49682d 100644
--- a/src/bonsai/bonsai/tool/ifc.py
+++ b/src/bonsai/bonsai/tool/ifc.py
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ class Ifc(bonsai.core.tool.Ifc):
 
     @classmethod
     def get_path(cls) -> str:
+        """Get absolute filepath to the IFC file, return empty string if file is not saved."""
         return IfcStore.path
 
     @classmethod