You can now interact with IfcFM via CLI

src/blenderbim/blenderbim/bim/module/fm/prop.py

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class BIMFMProperties(PropertyGroup):
         items=[
             ("aohbsem", "AOH-BSEM", ""),
             ("basic", "Basic", ""),
-            ("cobie", "COBie 2.4", ""),
+            ("cobie24", "COBie 2.4", ""),
             ("cobie3", "COBie 3", ""),
         ],
         name="Engine",

src/ifcfm/ifcfm/__main__.py

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import ifcfm
+import argparse
+import ifcopenshell
+
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Extracts FM data from IFC to spreadsheets")
+parser.add_argument(
+    "-p",
+    "--preset",
+    type=str,
+    default="basic",
+    help="The FM standard to extract. Built-in preset standards include cobie24, cobie3, aohbsem, and basic.",
+)
+parser.add_argument("-i", "--ifc", type=str, required=True, help="The IFC file")
+parser.add_argument("-s", "--spreadsheet", type=str, default="output.ods", help="The spreadsheet file, or directory if the format is csv. Defaults to output.ods")
+parser.add_argument(
+    "-f", "--format", type=str, default="ods", help="The format, chosen from csv, ods, or xlsx. Defaults to ods."
+)
+parser.add_argument("-d", "--delimiter", type=str, default=",", help="The delimiter in CSV. Defaults to a comma.")
+parser.add_argument("-n", "--null", type=str, default="N/A", help="How to represent null values. Defaults to N/A.")
+parser.add_argument(
+    "-e", "--empty", type=str, default="-", help="How to represent empty strings. Defaults to a hyphen."
+)
+parser.add_argument("--bool_true", type=str, default="YES", help="How to represent true values. Defaults to YES.")
+parser.add_argument("--bool_false", type=str, default="NO", help="How to represent false values. Defaults to NO.")
+args = parser.parse_args()
+
+ifc_file = ifcopenshell.open(args.ifc)
+parser = ifcfm.Parser(preset=args.preset)
+parser.parse(ifc_file)
+writer = ifcfm.Writer(parser)
+writer.write(null=args.null, empty=args.empty, bool_true=args.bool_true, bool_false=args.bool_false)
+if args.format == "csv":
+    writer.write_csv(args.spreadsheet, delimiter=args.delimiter)
+elif args.format == "ods":
+    writer.write_ods(args.spreadsheet)
+elif args.format == "xlsx":
+    writer.write_xlsx(args.spreadsheet)

src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/util/fm.py

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import ifcopenshell
 import ifcopenshell.util.attribute
 
+# COBie actually uses an exclusion list, but this inclusion list is equivalent.
 cobie_type_classes = [
     "IfcDoorStyle",
     "IfcBuildingElementProxyType",