Alignment api update (#6817)

* Some basic COGO survey points functions

* Update alignment api

Includes defining alignment segment by segment, automatic geometry definitions, and automatric stationing and referents

* Fixes bonsai import alignment from csv

* Adds DMS angle conversion functions to COGO api

* Updated per @civilx64 review comments

* Fixes problem with segment representations

* Fixes problem with segment transition codes

* Allows for compound vertical and horizontal curves

* Implements callbacks for referent naming

* Renames angle_from_bearing to bearing2dd for consistency with ifcopenshell.util.geolocation.dms2dd. Removes angle_from_dms because it duplicates dms2dd

* Documents register_referent_name_callback

* Fixes all sorts of problems with Cant/SegRefCurve implementation

* refactor referent unit tests to use a fixture for test setup

* lint with black

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Co-authored-by: Scott Lecher <civilx64@gmail.com>

src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/api/alignment/get_alignment_station.py

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+# IfcOpenShell - IFC toolkit and geometry engine
+# Copyright (C) 2025 Thomas Krijnen <thomas@aecgeeks.com>
+#
+# This file is part of IfcOpenShell.
+#
+# IfcOpenShell is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# IfcOpenShell is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# along with IfcOpenShell.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+import ifcopenshell
+from ifcopenshell import entity_instance
+
+
+def get_alignment_station(file: ifcopenshell.file, alignment: entity_instance) -> float:
+    """
+    Returns the start station of the alignment. If the alignment is nested by an IfcReferent
+    the referent is checked for PredefinedType of STATION and an occurance of Pset_Stationing.Station,
+    otherwise start station is taken to be 0.0.
+    """
+
+    if not alignment.is_a("IfcAlignment"):
+        raise TypeError(f"Expected entity type to be IfcAlignment, instead received {alignment.is_a()}")
+
+    start_station = 0.0
+    components = ifcopenshell.util.element.get_components(alignment)
+    for c in components:
+        if c.is_a("IfcReferent") and ifcopenshell.util.element.get_predefined_type(c) == "STATION":
+            start_station = ifcopenshell.util.element.get_pset(c, name="Pset_Stationing", prop="Station")
+            break
+
+    return start_station