ifcedit is a new command-line tool for executing ifcopenshell.api mutations from the shell. It wraps the entire API surface — any function callable via ifcopenshell.api can be invoked without writing Python.
Subcommands:
list [module] — list all API modules, or functions within a module
docs <module.function> — full documentation (params, types, descriptions)
run <file> <module.function> [--param value ...] — execute a mutation; overwrites input file by default, or use -o <output> to write elsewhere; --dry-run validates without executing
quantify list — list available QTO rules
quantify run <file> <rule> — run quantity take-off, writing IfcElementQuantity psets back to the file
Parameter coercion: entity references can be passed as step IDs (strings); lists, dicts, booleans, and None are handled automatically.
Usage:
python3 -m ifcedit run model.ifc root.remove_product --product 42
python3 -m ifcedit docs geometry.edit_object_placement
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Bruno Postle