From 46cc3a449a62703ab6e6c26b70e357f0a8ee1a07 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrej730 <azhilenkov@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2024 12:19:53 +0500
Subject: [PATCH] ifcopenshell.sql - handle non existing files

previously it would create an empty database and give a confusing error "AssertionError: SQLite schema not supported."
---
 src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/sql.py | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/sql.py b/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/sql.py
index 456912da44..bfa31027ea 100644
--- a/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/sql.py
+++ b/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/sql.py
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ class sqlite(file):
         :param filepath: Path to sqlite database.
         """
 
+        if not Path(filepath).exists():
+            raise FileNotFoundError(f"File doesn't exist: {filepath}")
+
         self.wrapped_data = None
         self.history_size = 64
         self.history = []