From 27a8e7c89aab12ab1db79ef23f4bf7033939a694 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dion Moult <dion@thinkmoult.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2020 10:07:08 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] IFCCSV now continues to edit other attributes even if it
 cannot change a class

---
 src/ifccsv/ifccsv.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/ifccsv/ifccsv.py b/src/ifccsv/ifccsv.py
index 68bb7bcd21..538248a44d 100755
--- a/src/ifccsv/ifccsv.py
+++ b/src/ifccsv/ifccsv.py
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ class IfcAttributeExtractor:
         try:
             new_element = ifc_file.create_entity(new_class)
         except:
-            return
+            print(f"Class of {element} could not be changed to {new_class}")
+            return element
         new_attributes = [new_element.attribute_name(i) for i, attribute in enumerate(new_element)]
         for i, attribute in enumerate(element):
             try: