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+# IfcOpenShell - IFC toolkit and geometry engine
+# Copyright (C) 2022 Dion Moult <dion@thinkmoult.com>
+#
+# This file is part of IfcOpenShell.
+#
+# IfcOpenShell is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# IfcOpenShell is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# along with IfcOpenShell.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+import test.bootstrap
+import ifcopenshell.api.context
+import ifcopenshell.api.geometry
+import ifcopenshell.api.material
+import ifcopenshell.api.root
+import ifcopenshell.util.placement
+from ifcopenshell.util.shape_builder import ShapeBuilder
+
+
+# IfcMaterialProfileSetUsage added in IFC4.
+class TestEditProfileUsageIFC4(test.bootstrap.IFC4):
+    def test_update_cardinal_point(self):
+        model = self.file
+        builder = ShapeBuilder(model)
+
+        ifcopenshell.api.root.create_entity(model, ifc_class="IfcProject")
+        model_context = ifcopenshell.api.context.add_context(model, context_type="Model")
+        body = ifcopenshell.api.context.add_context(
+            model, context_type="Model", context_identifier="Body", target_view="MODEL_VIEW", parent=model_context
+        )
+
+        material_set = ifcopenshell.api.material.add_material_set(model, name="B1", set_type="IfcMaterialProfileSet")
+        steel = ifcopenshell.api.material.add_material(model, name="ST01", category="steel")
+        rectangle = builder.rectangle((100, 100))
+        profile = builder.profile(rectangle)
+        ifcopenshell.api.material.add_profile(model, profile_set=material_set, material=steel, profile=profile)
+        beam = ifcopenshell.api.root.create_entity(model, ifc_class="IfcBeam", name="B1.01")
+        rel = ifcopenshell.api.material.assign_material(
+            model, material=material_set, products=[beam], type="IfcMaterialProfileSetUsage"
+        )
+        assert isinstance(rel, ifcopenshell.entity_instance)
+        usage = rel.RelatingMaterial
+        assert usage.CardinalPoint is None
+
+        representation = ifcopenshell.api.geometry.add_profile_representation(
+            model,
+            context=body,
+            profile=profile,
+            depth=1000,
+            cardinal_point=5,
+        )
+        assert representation.Items[0].Position.Location.Coordinates == (0.0, 0.0, 0.0)
+        ifcopenshell.api.geometry.assign_representation(model, product=beam, representation=representation)
+        ifcopenshell.api.material.edit_profile_usage(model, usage=rel.RelatingMaterial, attributes={"CardinalPoint": 1})
+        assert representation.Items[0].Position.Location.Coordinates == (-50.0, 50.0, 0.0)
+
+
+class TestEditProfileUsageIFC4X3(test.bootstrap.IFC4X3, TestEditProfileUsageIFC4):
+    pass