You can now edit attributes of contexts and subcontexts. Fix bug where 2D contexts were not created with the right dimensionality.

src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/api/context/add_context.py

@@ -2,30 +2,26 @@ class Usecase:
     def __init__(self, file, **settings):
         self.file = file
         self.settings = {
-            "context": None,
-            "subcontext": None,
+            "context_type": None,
+            "parent": None,
+            "context_identifier": None,
             "target_view": None,
         }
         for key, value in settings.items():
             self.settings[key] = value
 
     def execute(self):
-        parent = [
-            c
-            for c in self.file.by_type("IfcGeometricRepresentationContext")
-            if c.ContextType == self.settings["context"]
-        ]
-        if not parent:
-            self.create_origin()
-            if self.settings["context"] == "Plan":
+        if not self.settings["parent"]:
+            if self.settings["context_type"] == "Plan":
+                self.create_2d_origin()
                 context = self.file.createIfcGeometricRepresentationContext(None, "Plan", 2, 1.0e-05, self.origin)
             else:
-                context = self.file.createIfcGeometricRepresentationContext(None, "Model", 3, 1.0e-05, self.origin)
+                self.create_3d_origin()
+                context = self.file.createIfcGeometricRepresentationContext(
+                    None, self.settings["context_type"], 3, 1.0e-05, self.origin
+                )
 
-            if self.file.schema == "IFC2X3":
-                project = self.file.by_type("IfcProject")[0]
-            else:
-                project = self.file.by_type("IfcContext")[0]
+            project = self.file.by_type("IfcProject")[0]
 
             if project.RepresentationContexts:
                 contexts = list(project.RepresentationContexts)
@@ -34,20 +30,25 @@ class Usecase:
             contexts.append(context)
             project.RepresentationContexts = contexts
             return context
-        parent = parent[0]
         return self.file.create_entity(
             "IfcGeometricRepresentationSubContext",
             **{
-                "ContextIdentifier": self.settings["subcontext"],
-                "ContextType": self.settings["context"],
-                "ParentContext": parent,
+                "ContextIdentifier": self.settings["context_identifier"],
+                "ContextType": self.settings["context_type"],
+                "ParentContext": self.settings["parent"],
                 "TargetView": self.settings["target_view"],
             }
         )
 
-    def create_origin(self):
+    def create_3d_origin(self):
         self.origin = self.file.createIfcAxis2Placement3D(
             self.file.createIfcCartesianPoint((0.0, 0.0, 0.0)),
             self.file.createIfcDirection((0.0, 0.0, 1.0)),
             self.file.createIfcDirection((1.0, 0.0, 0.0)),
         )
+
+    def create_2d_origin(self):
+        self.origin = self.file.createIfcAxis2Placement2D(
+            self.file.createIfcCartesianPoint((0.0, 0.0, 0.0)),
+            self.file.createIfcDirection((1.0, 0.0, 0.0)),
+        )

src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/api/context/edit_context.py

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+class Usecase:
+    def __init__(self, file, **settings):
+        self.file = file
+        self.settings = {"context": None, "attributes": {}}
+        for key, value in settings.items():
+            self.settings[key] = value
+
+    def execute(self):
+        for name, value in self.settings["attributes"].items():
+            setattr(self.settings["context"], name, value)