Small changes to code_examples.rst

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Thomas Krijnen
2022-10-21 09:25:55 +02:00
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@@ -172,23 +172,27 @@ Copy an entity instance
Copy an entity instance is possible in different ways, depending on the task. Copy an entity instance is possible in different ways, depending on the task.
.. code-block:: python .. code-block:: python
ifcopenshell.api.run("root.copy_class", ifc_file, product = entity_instance_to_copy) ifcopenshell.api.run("root.copy_class", ifc_file, product = entity_instance_to_copy)
This is high level and makes sensible assumptions about copying things like properties, quantities, openings, and other relationships. This is high level and makes sensible assumptions about copying things like properties, quantities, openings, and other relationships.
.. code-block:: python .. code-block:: python
ifcopenshell.util.element.copy(ifc_file, element) ifcopenshell.util.element.copy(ifc_file, element)
This is for shallow copies. This is for shallow copies.
.. code-block:: python .. code-block:: python
ifcopenshell.util.element.copy_deep(ifc_file, element, exclude = None) ifcopenshell.util.element.copy_deep(ifc_file, element, exclude = None)
This is for deep graph copy. This is for deep graph copy.
It is also possible to copy an entity instance from two different file, like the following example: Also note that ifcopenshell.file.add() can be used to copy instances from one file to the other.
.. code-block:: python .. code-block:: python
f = ifcopenshell.open(...) f = ifcopenshell.open(...)
g = ifcopenshell.file(schema=f.schema) g = ifcopenshell.file(schema=f.schema)
g.add(f.by_type(...)[0]) g.add(f.by_type(...)[0])