diff --git a/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/api/style/add_style.py b/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/api/style/add_style.py
index 503dc63b84..40682c8fec 100644
--- a/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/api/style/add_style.py
+++ b/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/api/style/add_style.py
@@ -18,12 +18,45 @@
 
 
 class Usecase:
-    def __init__(self, file, **settings):
+    def __init__(self, file, name=None, ifc_class="IfcSurfaceStyle"):
+        """Add a new presentation style
+
+        A presentation style is a container of visual settings (called
+        presentation items) that affect the appearance of objects. There are
+        four types of style:
+
+        - Surface styles, which give 3D objects (which have surfaces / faces)
+          their colours and textures. This is the most common type of style.
+        - Curve styles, which give 2D and 3D curves, lines, polylines, their
+          stroke thickness and colour.
+        - Fill area styles, which gives 2D polygons and flat 3D planes their
+          colours, hatch patterns, tiled patterns, and pattern scales.
+        - Text styles, which gives text their font family, weight, variant,
+          size, indentation, alignment, decoration, spacing, and transformation.
+
+        Once you have created a presentation style object, you can further
+        define the properties of your style using other API functions by adding
+        presentation items, such as ifcopenshell.api.style.add_surface_style.
+
+        :param name: The name of the style. Used to easily identify it using a
+            style library.
+        :type name: str,optional
+        :param ifc_class: Choose from IfcSurfaceStyle, IfcCurveStyle,
+            IfcFillAreaStyle, or IfcTextStyle.
+        :type ifc_class: str
+        :return: The newly created style element, based on the provided
+            ifc_class.
+        :rtype: ifcopenshell.entity_instance.entity_instance
+
+        Example::
+
+            # Create a new surface style
+            style = ifcopenshell.api.run("style.add_style", model)
+        """
         self.file = file
-        self.settings = {"name": None}
-        for key, value in settings.items():
-            self.settings[key] = value
+        self.settings = {"name": name, "ifc_class": ifc_class}
 
     def execute(self):
-        # Name is filled out because Revit treats this incorrectly as the material name
-        return self.file.createIfcSurfaceStyle(self.settings["name"], "BOTH")
+        if self.settings["ifc_class"] == "IfcSurfaceStyle":
+            # Name is filled out because Revit treats this incorrectly as the material name
+            return self.file.createIfcSurfaceStyle(self.settings["name"], "BOTH")
diff --git a/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/api/style/add_surface_style.py b/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/api/style/add_surface_style.py
index f859419239..ee76d41419 100644
--- a/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/api/style/add_surface_style.py
+++ b/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/api/style/add_surface_style.py
@@ -21,11 +21,98 @@ import ifcopenshell.api
 
 
 class Usecase:
-    def __init__(self, file, **settings):
+    def __init__(self, file, style=None, ifc_class="IfcSurfaceStyleShading", attributes=None):
+        """Adds a new presentation item to a surface style
+
+        A surface style can have multiple different types of presentation items
+        assigned to it:
+
+        - Shading, this is the simplest item, which defines a single basic
+          colour and transparency that can be used to display the object on a
+          screen. It is an indicative colour of what the object would be in real
+          life. It is commonly incorrectly abused to colour code systems for MEP
+          equipment or object types for structural steel. If you just want to
+          give something a colour, this is what you need.
+        - Rendering, this is an advanced extension of shading, which includes
+          the definition of a shader for a rendering engine. You may select the
+          reflectance / lighting model such as PHYSICAL, for PBR style
+          rendering, or FLAT, for flat shading, or PHONG for older biased
+          rendering workflows. Based on the chosen lighting model, you may then
+          specify the appropriate colour maps, such as diffuse colours,
+          specularity, emissive component, etc. These lighting models are fully
+          compatible with glTF and X3D. This should be used if your model is
+          prepared to be rendered by a rendering engine which is compatible with
+          glTF / X3D shader descriptions. If you are doing archviz or 3D
+          rendering, this is what you need.
+        - Textures, this is a special type of Rendering presentation item that
+          uses image textures instead of single colours. Textures may be either
+          mapped using a bounding box stretch mapping, or with UV coordinates
+          for mesh-like geometry.
+        - Lighting, this is used to define photometrically accurate colour
+          parameters used in lighting simulation. If you are a simulationist,
+          this is what you need.
+        - Reflectance, this is a special type of Lighting presentation item
+          which includes some lesser used photometric properties, typically
+          required for advanced materials like glazing.
+        - External, this is for any other surface style defined using an
+          external URI. This is relevant if you are using a third-party non-glTF
+          compatible shader definition such as for Cycles, Renderman, V-Ray,
+          etc, or a complex lighting simulation definition, such as for
+          Radiance.
+
+        Shading is sufficient for the majority of basic models.
+
+        The attributes you specify will depend on the type of presentation item
+        you are adding. An example is shown below, but for full details please
+        refer to the IFC documentation.
+
+        :param style: The IfcSurfaceStyle you want to add to presentation item
+            to. See ifcopenshell.api.style.add_style.
+        :type style: ifcopenshell.entity_instance.entity_instance
+        :param ifc_class: Choose from IfcSurfaceStyleShading,
+            IfcSurfaceStyleRendering, IfcSurfaceStyleWithTextures,
+            IfcSurfaceStyleLighting, IfcSurfaceStyleReflectance, or
+            IfcExternallyDefinedSurfaceStyle.
+        :type ifc_class: str
+        :param attributes: a dictionary of attribute names and values.
+        :type attributes: dict, optional
+        :return: The newly created presentation item based on the provided
+            ifc_class.
+        :rtype: ifcopenshell.entity_instance.entity_instance
+
+        Example::
+
+            # Create a new surface style
+            style = ifcopenshell.api.run("style.add_style", model)
+
+            # Create a simple shading colour and transparency.
+            ifcopenshell.api.run("style.add_surface_style", model,
+                style=style, ifc_class="IfcSurfaceStyleShading", attributes={
+                    "SurfaceColour": { "Name": None, "Red": 1.0, "Green": 0.8, "Blue": 0.8 },
+                    "Transparency": 0., # 0 is opaque, 1 is transparent
+                })
+
+            # Alternatively, create a rendering style.
+            ifcopenshell.api.run("style.add_surface_style", model,
+                style=style, ifc_class="IfcSurfaceStyleRendering", attributes={
+                    # A surface colour and transparency is still supplied for
+                    # viewport display only. This will supersede the shading
+                    # presentation item.
+                    "SurfaceColour": { "Name": None, "Red": 1.0, "Green": 0.8, "Blue": 0.8 },
+                    "Transparency": 0., # 0 is opaque, 1 is transparent
+
+                    # NOTDEFINED is assumed to be a PHYSICAL (PBR) lighting
+                    # model. In IFC4X3, you may choose PHYSICAL directly.
+                    "ReflectanceMethod": "NOTDEFINED",
+
+                    # For PBR shading, you may specify these parameters:
+                    "DiffuseColour": { "Name": None, "Red": 0.9, "Green": 0.8, "Blue": 0.8 },
+                    "SpecularColour": 0.1, # Metallic factor
+                    "SpecularHighlight": {"SpecularRoughness": 0.5}, # Roughness factor
+                })
+        """
         self.file = file
-        self.settings = {"style": None, "ifc_class": "IfcSurfaceStyleRendering", "attributes": {}}
-        for key, value in settings.items():
-            self.settings[key] = value
+        self.settings = {"style": style, "ifc_class": ifc_class, "attributes": attributes or {}}
 
     def execute(self):
         style_item = self.file.create_entity(self.settings["ifc_class"])
diff --git a/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/api/style/add_surface_textures.py b/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/api/style/add_surface_textures.py
index 546cd0417f..21a45fa29f 100644
--- a/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/api/style/add_surface_textures.py
+++ b/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/api/style/add_surface_textures.py
@@ -21,12 +21,25 @@ import ifcopenshell.api
 
 
 class Usecase:
-    def __init__(self, file, **settings):
+    def __init__(self, file, material=None, uv_maps=None):
+        """Add a surface texture based on a Blender material definition
+
+        Warning: this API can only be used with Blender data structures.
+
+        :param material: The Blender material definition with a node tree that
+            is compatible with glTF. See one of the valid combinations here:
+            https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/dev/addons/import_export/scene_gltf2.html
+        :type material: bpy.types.Material
+        :param uv_maps: A list of IfcIndexedTextureMap for any
+            IfcTessellatedFaceSets that the representation has, obtained from
+            the HasTextures attribute.
+        :type uv_maps: list[ifcopenshell.entity_instance.entity_instance]
+        :return: A list of IfcImageTexture
+        :rtype: list[ifcopenshell.entity_instance.entity_instance]
+        """
         # TODO: This usecase currently depends on Blender's data model
         self.file = file
-        self.settings = {"material": None, "uv_maps": []}
-        for key, value in settings.items():
-            self.settings[key] = value
+        self.settings = {"material": material, "uv_maps": uv_maps or []}
 
     def execute(self):
         if self.file.schema == "IFC2X3":
@@ -133,7 +146,6 @@ class Usecase:
             self.apply_uv_map_to_texture(texture)
 
     def apply_uv_map_to_texture(self, texture):
-        print('texture', texture)
         for uv_map in self.settings["uv_maps"]:
             maps = set(uv_map.Maps or [])
             maps.add(texture)
diff --git a/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/api/style/assign_material_style.py b/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/api/style/assign_material_style.py
index 6deab8578b..152d9f42c7 100644
--- a/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/api/style/assign_material_style.py
+++ b/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/api/style/assign_material_style.py
@@ -18,16 +18,87 @@
 
 
 class Usecase:
-    def __init__(self, file, **settings):
+    def __init__(self, file, material=None, style=None, context=None, should_use_presentation_style_assignment=False):
+        """Assigns a style to a material
+
+        A style may either be assigned directly to an object's representation,
+        or to a material which is then associated with the object. If both
+        exist, then the style assigned directly to the object's representation
+        takes precedence. It is recommended to use materials and assign styles
+        to materials. This API function provides that capability.
+
+        :param material: The IfcMaterial which you want to assign the style to.
+        :type material: ifcopenshell.entity_instance.entity_instance
+        :param style: The IfcPresentationStyle (typically IfcSurfaceStyle) that
+            you want to assign to the material. This will then be applied to all
+            objects that have that material.
+        :type style: ifcopenshell.entity_instance.entity_instance
+        :param context: The IfcGeometricRepresentationSubContext at which this
+            style should be used. Typically this is the Model BODY context.
+        :type context: ifcopenshell.entity_instance.entity_instance
+        :param should_use_presentation_style_assignment: This is a technical
+            detail to accomodate a bug in Revit. This should always be left as
+            the default of False, unless you are finding that colours aren't
+            showing up in Revit. In that case, set it to True, but keep in mind
+            that this is no longer a valid IFC. Blame Autodesk.
+        :type should_use_presentation_style_assignment: bool
+        :return: None
+        :rtype: None
+
+        Example::
+
+            # A model context is needed to store 3D geometry
+            model3d = ifcopenshell.api.run("context.add_context", model, context_type="Model")
+
+            # Specifically, we want to store body geometry
+            body = ifcopenshell.api.run("context.add_context", model,
+                context_type="Model", context_identifier="Body", target_view="MODEL_VIEW", parent=model3d)
+
+            # Let's create a new wall. The wall does not have any geometry yet.
+            wall = ifcopenshell.api.run("root.create_entity", model, ifc_class="IfcWall")
+
+            # Let's use the "3D Body" representation we created earlier to add a
+            # new wall-like body geometry, 5 meters long, 3 meters high, and
+            # 200mm thick
+            representation = ifcopenshell.api.run("geometry.add_wall_representation", model,
+                context=body, length=5, height=3, thickness=0.2)
+
+            # Assign our new body geometry back to our wall
+            ifcopenshell.api.run("geometry.assign_representation", model,
+                product=wall, representation=representation)
+
+            # Place our wall at the origin
+            ifcopenshell.api.run("geometry.edit_object_placement", model, product=wall)
+
+            # Let's prepare a concrete material. Note that our concrete material
+            # does not have any colours (styles) at this point.
+            concrete = ifcopenshell.api.run("material.add_material", model, name="CON01", category="concrete")
+
+            # Assign our concrete material to our wall
+            ifcopenshell.api.run("material.assign_material", model,
+                product=wall, type="IfcMaterial", material=concrete)
+
+            # Create a new surface style
+            style = ifcopenshell.api.run("style.add_style", model)
+
+            # Create a simple grey shading colour and transparency.
+            ifcopenshell.api.run("style.add_surface_style", model,
+                style=style, ifc_class="IfcSurfaceStyleShading", attributes={
+                    "SurfaceColour": { "Name": None, "Red": 0.5, "Green": 0.5, "Blue": 0.5 },
+                    "Transparency": 0., # 0 is opaque, 1 is transparent
+                })
+
+            # Now any element (like our wall) with a concrete material will have
+            # a grey colour applied.
+            ifcopenshell.api.run("style.assign_material_style", model, material=concrete, style=style, context=body)
+        """
         self.file = file
         self.settings = {
-            "material": None,
-            "style": None,
-            "context": None,
-            "should_use_presentation_style_assignment": False,
+            "material": material,
+            "style": style,
+            "context": context,
+            "should_use_presentation_style_assignment": should_use_presentation_style_assignment,
         }
-        for key, value in settings.items():
-            self.settings[key] = value
 
     def execute(self):
         self.style = self.settings["style"]
diff --git a/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/api/style/assign_representation_styles.py b/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/api/style/assign_representation_styles.py
index 55da846050..52db9b9c73 100644
--- a/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/api/style/assign_representation_styles.py
+++ b/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/api/style/assign_representation_styles.py
@@ -18,15 +18,83 @@
 
 
 class Usecase:
-    def __init__(self, file, **settings):
+    def __init__(self, file, shape_representation=None, styles=None, should_use_presentation_style_assignment=False):
+        """Assigns a style directly to an object representation
+
+        A style may either be assigned directly to an object's representation,
+        or to a material which is then associated with the object. If both
+        exist, then the style assigned directly to the object's representation
+        takes precedence. It is recommended to use materials and assign styles
+        to materials. However, sometimes you may want to assign colours directly
+        to the object representation as an override. This API function provides
+        that capability.
+
+        If you want to assign styles to a material instead (recommended), then
+        please see ifcopenshell.api.style.assign_material_style.
+
+        :param shape_representation: The IfcShapeRepresentation of the object
+            that you want to assign styles to. This implicitly defines the
+            context at which the styles should be used.
+        :type shape_representation: ifcopenshell.entity_instance.entity_instance
+        :param styles: A list of presentation styles, typically IfcSurfaceStyle.
+            The number of items in the list should correlate with the number of
+            items in the shape_representation's Items attribute. If you have
+            more items than styles, the last style is used.
+        :type styles: list[ifcopenshell.entity_instance.entity_instance]
+        :param should_use_presentation_style_assignment: This is a technical
+            detail to accomodate a bug in Revit. This should always be left as
+            the default of False, unless you are finding that colours aren't
+            showing up in Revit. In that case, set it to True, but keep in mind
+            that this is no longer a valid IFC. Blame Autodesk.
+        :type should_use_presentation_style_assignment: bool
+        :return: None
+        :rtype: None
+
+        Example::
+
+            # A model context is needed to store 3D geometry
+            model3d = ifcopenshell.api.run("context.add_context", model, context_type="Model")
+
+            # Specifically, we want to store body geometry
+            body = ifcopenshell.api.run("context.add_context", model,
+                context_type="Model", context_identifier="Body", target_view="MODEL_VIEW", parent=model3d)
+
+            # Let's create a new wall. The wall does not have any geometry yet.
+            wall = ifcopenshell.api.run("root.create_entity", model, ifc_class="IfcWall")
+
+            # Let's use the "3D Body" representation we created earlier to add a
+            # new wall-like body geometry, 5 meters long, 3 meters high, and
+            # 200mm thick
+            representation = ifcopenshell.api.run("geometry.add_wall_representation", model,
+                context=body, length=5, height=3, thickness=0.2)
+
+            # Assign our new body geometry back to our wall
+            ifcopenshell.api.run("geometry.assign_representation", model,
+                product=wall, representation=representation)
+
+            # Place our wall at the origin
+            ifcopenshell.api.run("geometry.edit_object_placement", model, product=wall)
+
+            # Create a new surface style
+            style = ifcopenshell.api.run("style.add_style", model)
+
+            # Create a simple grey shading colour and transparency.
+            ifcopenshell.api.run("style.add_surface_style", model,
+                style=style, ifc_class="IfcSurfaceStyleShading", attributes={
+                    "SurfaceColour": { "Name": None, "Red": 0.5, "Green": 0.5, "Blue": 0.5 },
+                    "Transparency": 0., # 0 is opaque, 1 is transparent
+                })
+
+            # Now specifically our wall only will be coloured grey.
+            ifcopenshell.api.run("style.assign_representation_styles", model,
+                shape_representation=representation, styles=[style])
+        """
         self.file = file
         self.settings = {
-            "shape_representation": None,
-            "styles": [],
-            "should_use_presentation_style_assignment": False,
+            "shape_representation": shape_representation,
+            "styles": styles or [],
+            "should_use_presentation_style_assignment": should_use_presentation_style_assignment,
         }
-        for key, value in settings.items():
-            self.settings[key] = value
 
     def execute(self):
         if not self.settings["styles"]:
diff --git a/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/api/style/edit_presentation_style.py b/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/api/style/edit_presentation_style.py
index 48a44a1d28..119159d9a8 100644
--- a/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/api/style/edit_presentation_style.py
+++ b/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/api/style/edit_presentation_style.py
@@ -18,11 +18,29 @@
 
 
 class Usecase:
-    def __init__(self, file, **settings):
+    def __init__(self, file, style=None, attributes=None):
+        """Edits the attributes of an IfcPresentationStyle
+
+        For more information about the attributes and data types of an
+        IfcPresentationStyle, consult the IFC documentation.
+
+        :param style: The IfcPresentationStyle entity you want to edit
+        :type style: ifcopenshell.entity_instance.entity_instance
+        :param attributes: a dictionary of attribute names and values.
+        :type attributes: dict, optional
+        :return: None
+        :rtype: None
+
+        Example::
+
+            # Create a new surface style
+            style = ifcopenshell.api.run("style.add_style", model)
+
+            # Change the name of the style to "Foo"
+            ifcopenshell.api.run("style.edit_presentation_style", model, style=style, attributes={"Name": "Foo"})
+        """
         self.file = file
-        self.settings = {"style": None, "attributes": {}}
-        for key, value in settings.items():
-            self.settings[key] = value
+        self.settings = {"style": style, "attributes": attributes or {}}
 
     def execute(self):
         for name, value in self.settings["attributes"].items():
diff --git a/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/api/style/edit_surface_style.py b/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/api/style/edit_surface_style.py
index c58f5f905f..f908727083 100644
--- a/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/api/style/edit_surface_style.py
+++ b/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/api/style/edit_surface_style.py
@@ -18,11 +18,57 @@
 
 
 class Usecase:
-    def __init__(self, file, **settings):
+    def __init__(self, file, style=None, attributes=None):
+        """Edits the attributes of an IfcPresentationItem
+
+        For more information about the attributes and data types of an
+        IfcPresentationItem, consult the IFC documentation.
+
+        The IfcPresentationItem is expected to be one of IfcSurfaceStyleShading,
+        IfcSurfaceStyleRendering, IfcSurfaceStyleWithTextures,
+        IfcSurfaceStyleLighting, IfcSurfaceStyleReflectance, or
+        IfcExternallyDefinedSurfaceStyle.
+
+        To represent a colour, a nested dictionary should be used. See the
+        example below.
+
+        :param style: The IfcPresentationStyle entity you want to edit
+        :type style: ifcopenshell.entity_instance.entity_instance
+        :param attributes: a dictionary of attribute names and values.
+        :type attributes: dict, optional
+        :return: None
+        :rtype: None
+
+        Example::
+
+            # Create a new surface style
+            style = ifcopenshell.api.run("style.add_style", model)
+
+            # Create a blank rendering style.
+            rendering = ifcopenshell.api.run("style.add_surface_style", model,
+                style=style, ifc_class="IfcSurfaceStyleRendering")
+
+            # Edit the attributes of the rendering style.
+            ifcopenshell.api.run("style.edit_surface_style", model,
+                style=rendering, attributes={
+                    # A surface colour and transparency is still supplied for
+                    # viewport display only. This will supersede the shading
+                    # presentation item.
+                    "SurfaceColour": { "Name": None, "Red": 1.0, "Green": 0.8, "Blue": 0.8 },
+                    "Transparency": 0., # 0 is opaque, 1 is transparent
+
+                    # NOTDEFINED is assumed to be a PHYSICAL (PBR) lighting
+                    # model. In IFC4X3, you may choose PHYSICAL directly.
+                    "ReflectanceMethod": "NOTDEFINED",
+
+                    # For PBR shading, you may specify these parameters:
+                    "DiffuseColour": { "Name": None, "Red": 0.9, "Green": 0.8, "Blue": 0.8 },
+                    "SpecularColour": 0.1, # Metallic factor
+                    "SpecularHighlight": {"SpecularRoughness": 0.5}, # Roughness factor
+                })
+        """
         self.file = file
-        self.settings = {"style": None, "attributes": {}}
-        for key, value in settings.items():
-            self.settings[key] = value
+        self.settings = {"style": style, "attributes": attributes or {}}
 
     def execute(self):
         for key, value in self.settings["attributes"].items():
diff --git a/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/api/style/remove_style.py b/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/api/style/remove_style.py
index 761b00fbf8..64419b6e0c 100644
--- a/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/api/style/remove_style.py
+++ b/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/api/style/remove_style.py
@@ -20,11 +20,26 @@ import ifcopenshell.util.element
 
 
 class Usecase:
-    def __init__(self, file, **settings):
+    def __init__(self, file, style=None):
+        """Removes a presentation style
+
+        All of the presentation items of the style will also be removed.
+
+        :param style: The IfcPresentationStyle to remove.
+        :type style: ifcopenshell.entity_instance.entity_instance
+        :return: None
+        :rtype: None
+
+        Example::
+
+            # Create a new surface style
+            style = ifcopenshell.api.run("style.add_style", model)
+
+            # Not anymore!
+            ifcopenshell.api.run("style.remove_style", model, style=style)
+        """
         self.file = file
-        self.settings = {"style": None}
-        for key, value in settings.items():
-            self.settings[key] = value
+        self.settings = {"style": style}
 
     def execute(self):
         self.purge_styled_items(self.settings["style"])
diff --git a/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/api/style/remove_surface_style.py b/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/api/style/remove_surface_style.py
index da43861851..476f4f1a36 100644
--- a/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/api/style/remove_surface_style.py
+++ b/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/api/style/remove_surface_style.py
@@ -20,11 +20,31 @@ import ifcopenshell.util.element
 
 
 class Usecase:
-    def __init__(self, file, **settings):
+    def __init__(self, file, style=None):
+        """Removes a presentation item from a presentation style
+
+        :param style: The IfcPresentationItem to remove.
+        :type style: ifcopenshell.entity_instance.entity_instance
+        :return: None
+        :rtype: None
+
+        Example::
+
+            # Create a new surface style
+            style = ifcopenshell.api.run("style.add_style", model)
+
+            # Create a simple shading colour and transparency.
+            shading = ifcopenshell.api.run("style.add_surface_style", model,
+                style=style, ifc_class="IfcSurfaceStyleShading", attributes={
+                    "SurfaceColour": { "Name": None, "Red": 1.0, "Green": 0.8, "Blue": 0.8 },
+                    "Transparency": 0., # 0 is opaque, 1 is transparent
+                })
+
+            # Remove the shading item
+            ifcopenshell.api.run("style.remove_surface_style", model, style=shading)
+        """
         self.file = file
-        self.settings = {"style": None}
-        for key, value in settings.items():
-            self.settings[key] = value
+        self.settings = {"style": style}
 
     def execute(self):
         to_delete = set()