Add popup window when clicking Ifc description in right click context menu

src/blenderbim/blenderbim/bim/operator.py

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import os
 import bpy
 import json
+import textwrap
 import time
 import logging
 import webbrowser
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ import blenderbim.tool as tool
 from . import schema
 from blenderbim.bim import import_ifc
 from blenderbim.bim.ifc import IfcStore
-from blenderbim.bim.prop import StrProperty
+from blenderbim.bim.prop import StrProperty, get_ifc_entity_doc_url
 from blenderbim.bim.ui import IFCFileSelector
 from blenderbim.bim.helper import get_enum_items
 from mathutils import Vector, Matrix, Euler
@@ -688,11 +689,26 @@ class EditBlenderCollection(bpy.types.Operator):
 class BIM_OT_show_description(bpy.types.Operator):
     bl_idname = "bim.show_description"
     bl_label = "Description"
+    ifc_class: bpy.props.StringProperty()
     description: bpy.props.StringProperty()
 
+    def invoke(self, context, event):
+        wm = context.window_manager
+        return wm.invoke_props_dialog(self, width=450)
+
     def execute(self, context):
         return {"FINISHED"}
 
+    def draw(self, context):
+        layout = self.layout
+        wrapper = textwrap.TextWrapper(width=80)
+        for line in wrapper.wrap(self.description):
+            layout.label(text=line)
+        url = get_ifc_entity_doc_url(self.ifc_class)
+        if url:
+            url_op = layout.operator("bim.open_webbrowser", icon="URL", text="Online IFC Documentation")
+            url_op.url = url
+
     @classmethod
     def description(cls, context, properties):
         return properties.description

src/blenderbim/blenderbim/bim/prop.py

@@ -129,12 +129,13 @@ def get_predefined_type_description(entity, predefined_type):
 
 
 HARDCODED_ATTRIBUTE_DESCRIPTIONS = {
-    "GlobalId": "Unique Entity Identifier",
-    "Name": "TODO",
-    "Description": "TODO",
-    "PredefinedType": "TODO",
-    "ObjectType": "TODO",
-    "Tag": "TODO",
+    "GlobalId": "Assignment of a globally unique identifier within the entire software world.",
+    "OwnerHistory": "Assignment of the information about the current ownership of that object, including owning actor, application, local identification and information captured about the recent changes of the object, NOTE  only the last modification in stored - either as addition, deletion or modification.",
+    "Name": "Optional name for use by the participating software systems or users. For some subtypes of IfcRoot the insertion of the Name attribute may be required. This would be enforced by a where rule. ",
+    "Description": "Optional description, provided for exchanging informative comments.",
+    "PredefinedType": "Predefined generic type for a window that is specified in an enumeration. There may be a property set given specificly for the predefined types. NOTE  The PredefinedType shall only be used, if no IfcWindowType is assigned, providing its own IfcWindowType.PredefinedType.",
+    "ObjectType": "The type denotes a particular type that indicates the object further. The use has to be established at the level of instantiable subtypes. In particular it holds the user defined type, if the enumeration of the attribute PredefinedType is set to USERDEFINED.",
+    "Tag": "The tag (or label) identifier at the particular instance of a product, e.g. the serial number, or the position number. It is the identifier at the occurrence level.",
 }
 
 

src/blenderbim/blenderbim/bim/ui.py

@@ -404,7 +404,6 @@ def draw_custom_context_menu(self, context):
         url_op = layout.operator("bim.open_webbrowser", icon="URL", text="Online IFC Documentation")
         url_op.url = url
     if description:
-        op_description = layout.operator(
-            "bim.show_description", text="Hover for Description", icon="INFO", emboss=False
-        )
+        op_description = layout.operator("bim.show_description", text="IFC Description", icon="INFO")
         op_description.description = description
+        op_description.ifc_class = getattr(context.button_pointer, "ifc_class", "")