Bonsai - support loading element types from ifcsqlite

src/bonsai/bonsai/bim/import_ifc.py

@@ -520,11 +520,50 @@ class IfcImporter:
     def create_element_types(self):
         # TODO:
         if isinstance(self.file, ifcopenshell.sqlite):
-            print("WARNING. Loading element types from IFCSQLite is not supported.")
+            self.create_element_types_sqlite(self.element_types)
             return
         for element_type in self.element_types:
             self.create_element_type(element_type)
 
+    def create_element_types_sqlite(self, element_types: set[ifcopenshell.entity_instance]) -> None:
+        assert isinstance(self.file, ifcopenshell.sqlite)
+        geometry_cache = self.file.get_geometry([e.id() for e in element_types])
+        geometry_meshes: dict[str, bpy.types.Mesh] = {}
+        for geometry_id, geometry in geometry_cache["geometry"].items():
+            verts = geometry["verts"]
+            fake_geometry = type("Geometry", (), {"id": geometry_id})
+            mesh_name = tool.Loader.get_mesh_name_from_shape(fake_geometry)  # pyright: ignore[reportArgumentType]
+            mesh = bpy.data.meshes.new(mesh_name)
+
+            if geometry["faces"].size:
+                mesh = tool.Loader.create_mesh_from_shape(
+                    mesh=mesh, faces=geometry["faces"].reshape(-1, 3), verts=verts.reshape(-1, 3)
+                )
+            else:
+                vertices = verts.reshape(-1, 3).tolist()
+                edges = geometry["edges"].reshape(-1, 2).tolist()
+                mesh.from_pydata(vertices, edges, [])
+            tool.Loader.link_mesh(fake_geometry, mesh)  # pyright: ignore[reportArgumentType]
+
+            mesh["ios_materials"] = geometry["materials"]
+            mesh["ios_material_ids"] = geometry["material_ids"]
+            self.meshes[mesh_name] = mesh
+            geometry_meshes[geometry_id] = mesh
+
+        shapes = geometry_cache["shapes"]
+        for element in element_types:
+            # Allow missing element types to accomodate older ifcsqlite files
+            # that didn't store element types geometry.
+            shape = shapes.get(element.id())
+            if shape:
+                geometry_id = shapes[element.id()]["geometry"]
+            else:
+                geometry_id = None
+            mesh = None if geometry_id is None else geometry_meshes[geometry_id]
+            obj = bpy.data.objects.new(tool.Loader.get_name(element), mesh)
+            self.link_element(element, obj)
+            self.material_creator.create(element, obj, mesh, False)
+
     def create_element_type(self, element: ifcopenshell.entity_instance) -> None:
         self.ifc_import_settings.logger.info("Creating object %s", element)
         mesh = None

src/bonsai/bonsai/tool/model.py

@@ -1085,6 +1085,9 @@ class Model(bonsai.core.tool.Model):
             # No need to preview to update, Blender will do it in background,
             # `preview.icon_id` doesn't change after `asset_generate_preview()`.
             obj.asset_generate_preview()
+        # Avoid issues with sqlite files.
+        elif type(tool.Ifc.get()) is not ifcopenshell.file:
+            return
         else:
             unit_scale = ifcopenshell.util.unit.calculate_unit_scale(tool.Ifc.get())
             size = 128