New document reference UI, where all docs are imported regardless of object association, and you can edit almost all metadata

src/ifcblenderexport/blenderbim/bim/__init__.py

@@ -55,8 +55,11 @@ if bpy is not None:
         operator.RemoveMaterialPset,
         operator.AddDocumentInformation,
         operator.RemoveDocumentInformation,
-        operator.AddDocument,
-        operator.RemoveDocument,
+        operator.AddDocumentReference,
+        operator.RemoveDocumentReference,
+        operator.AssignDocumentReference,
+        operator.UnassignDocumentReference,
+        operator.RemoveObjectDocumentReference,
         operator.GenerateGlobalId,
         operator.AddAttribute,
         operator.RemoveAttribute,
@@ -119,6 +122,7 @@ if bpy is not None:
         prop.PropertySetTemplate,
         prop.PropertyTemplate,
         prop.DocumentInformation,
+        prop.DocumentReference,
         prop.BcfTopic,
         prop.BcfTopicLabel,
         prop.BcfTopicFile,
@@ -135,7 +139,6 @@ if bpy is not None:
         prop.Attribute,
         prop.BoundaryCondition,
         prop.PsetQto,
-        prop.Document,
         prop.GlobalId,
         prop.BIMObjectProperties,
         prop.BIMMaterialProperties,
@@ -165,6 +168,7 @@ if bpy is not None:
         ui.BIM_PT_documents,
         ui.BIM_PT_camera,
         ui.BIM_UL_document_information,
+        ui.BIM_UL_document_references,
         ui.BIM_UL_topics,
         ui.BIM_UL_classifications,
         ui.BIM_ADDON_preferences,