Patch recipes can now be performed in-place and are sorted in the UI.

src/blenderbim/blenderbim/bim/module/patch/operator.py

@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ class ExecuteIfcPatch(bpy.types.Operator):
             file = ifcopenshell.open(props.ifc_patch_input)
 
         # Store this in case the patch recipe resets the Blender session, such as by loading a new project.
-        ifc_patch_output = props.ifc_patch_output
+        ifc_patch_output = props.ifc_patch_output or props.ifc_patch_input
 
         output = ifcpatch.execute(
             {

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

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ def get_ifcpatch_recipes(self, context):
                 continue
             docs = ifcpatch.extract_docs(f, "Patcher", "__init__", ("src", "file", "logger", "args"))
             ifcpatchrecipes_enum.append((f, f, docs.get("description", "") if docs else ""))
-    return ifcpatchrecipes_enum
+    return sorted(ifcpatchrecipes_enum, key=lambda x: x[0])
 
 
 def update_ifc_patch_recipe(self, context):