diff --git a/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/sql.py b/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/sql.py
index df1ad206fe..d258ca0378 100644
--- a/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/sql.py
+++ b/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/sql.py
@@ -62,9 +62,7 @@ class sqlite(file):
         self.ifc_class_references = {}
         self.ifc_class_inverses = {}
 
-        for declaration in self.ifc_schema.declarations():
-            if not str(declaration).startswith("<entity"):
-                continue
+        for declaration in self.ifc_schema.entities():
             # print('Dealing with declaration', declaration.name())
 
             self.ifc_class_subtypes[declaration.name()] = ifcopenshell.util.schema.get_subtypes(declaration)
diff --git a/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/stream.py b/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/stream.py
index df05f934b9..f221a6ffd4 100644
--- a/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/stream.py
+++ b/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/stream.py
@@ -167,10 +167,7 @@ try:
             self.ifc_class_references = {}
             self.ifc_class_inverses = {}
     
-            for declaration in self.ifc_schema.declarations():
-                if not str(declaration).startswith("<entity"):
-                    continue
-    
+            for declaration in self.ifc_schema.entities():
                 self.ifc_class_names[declaration.name().upper()] = declaration.name()
     
                 self.ifc_class_subtypes[declaration.name()] = ifcopenshell.util.schema.get_subtypes(declaration)
diff --git a/src/ifcpatch/ifcpatch/recipes/OffsetObjectPlacements.py b/src/ifcpatch/ifcpatch/recipes/OffsetObjectPlacements.py
index 0eb174f3da..a546beb203 100644
--- a/src/ifcpatch/ifcpatch/recipes/OffsetObjectPlacements.py
+++ b/src/ifcpatch/ifcpatch/recipes/OffsetObjectPlacements.py
@@ -54,13 +54,13 @@ class Patcher:
             specified, it is treated as the angle to rotate in plan view (i.e.
             around the Z axis). If all angle parameters are specified, then it
             is treated as the angle to rotate around the X axis. Angles are in
-            decimal degrees.
+            decimal degrees and positive is anticlockwise.
         :type ax: float,optional
         :param ay: An optional angle to rotate by for 3D rotations along the Y
-            axis. Angles are in decimal degrees.
+            axis. Angles are in decimal degrees and positive is anticlockwise.
         :type ay: float,optional
         :param az: An optional angle to rotate by for 3D rotations along the Z
-            axis. Angles are in decimal degrees.
+            axis. Angles are in decimal degrees and positive is anticlockwise.
         :type az: float,optional
 
         Example: