You can now easily open associated documents with support for inherited locations

src/blenderbim/blenderbim/bim/module/document/data.py

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with BlenderBIM Add-on.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
+import os
 import bpy
 import ifcopenshell
 import ifcopenshell.util.schema
@@ -85,12 +86,20 @@ class ObjectDocumentData:
                     identification = rel.RelatingDocument.ItemReference
                 else:
                     identification = rel.RelatingDocument.Identification
+                location = rel.RelatingDocument.Location
+                if location is None and rel.RelatingDocument.ReferencedDocument:
+                    location = rel.RelatingDocument.ReferencedDocument.Location
+                if location:
+                    if not "://" in location:
+                        if not os.path.isabs(location):
+                            location = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(tool.Ifc.get_path()), location))
+                        location = "file://" + location
                 results.append(
                     {
-                        "type": rel.RelatingDocument.is_a(),
                         "id": rel.RelatingDocument.id(),
                         "identification": identification,
                         "name": rel.RelatingDocument.Name,
+                        "location": location,
                     }
                 )
         return results

src/blenderbim/blenderbim/bim/module/document/ui.py

@@ -113,6 +113,8 @@ class BIM_PT_object_documents(Panel):
             row = self.layout.row(align=True)
             row.label(text=document["identification"] or "*", icon="FILE")
             row.label(text=document["name"] or "Unnamed")
+            if document["location"]:
+                row.operator("bim.open_uri", icon="URL", text="").uri = document["location"]
             row.operator("bim.unassign_document", text="", icon="X").document = document["id"]
 
     def draw_add_ui(self):