IfcRelConnectsPathElements has an optional ConnectionGeometry attribute for
recording the geometric cut-plane between adjacent elements, but there was
no way to set it via the API.
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assign_product creates IfcRelAssignsToProduct linking a structural member to
a physical building element. assign_to_building creates IfcRelServicesBuildings
linking a structural analysis model to a building. add_topology_representation
creates IfcTopologyRepresentation for structural elements, inferring the
representation type from the item class.
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Both attributes are required by the IFC schema but were not settable via
the API function. Add physical_or_virtual and internal_or_external parameters
with "NOTDEFINED" defaults for backward compatibility. Update Bonsai boundary
panel to expose both fields in the editor.
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Add --format ids to ifcquery to output step IDs suitable for piping into
ifcedit parameters. Add ifcedit foreach to apply an operation to every
element in a query result. Extend clash and relations output so --format ids
extracts all involved element IDs, enabling one-liners like clash detection
piped directly into render.
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Enhances the performance of mouse intersection checks for wireframe objects.
Details:
- Calculated the intersection with the mouse in 2D pixels first.
- Converted objects to a BVH Tree to reduce the number of edges checked against the mouse position.
mcp is an optional dependency so that the embedded API (embedded.py) can
be used from Pyodide without pulling in pydantic-core and the rest of the
MCP protocol stack, which may not be available in all WASM environments.
Fix#7034
bpy.ops.bim.extend_to_underside doesn't exist - the correct operator
name is bim.extend_walls_to_underside. The AttributeError killed the
entire panel draw, hiding mirror, align, aggregation, and QTO buttons.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
If a file had an IfcProjectedCRS without an IfcCoordinateOperation (or
vice versa), add_georeferencing would return early without creating the
missing entity. This caused edit_georeferencing to crash with IndexError.
Now detects the inconsistent state, cleans up, and recreates both.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
ifcmcp is a new Model Context Protocol server that wraps ifcquery and ifcedit, holding an IFC model in memory across tool calls. It is the preferred way to interact with IFC models from AI assistants and MCP-compatible clients.
Setup:
claude mcp add --transport stdio ifc -- python3 -m ifcmcp
Session tools: ifc_load, ifc_save
Query tools: ifc_summary, ifc_tree, ifc_info, ifc_select, ifc_relations, ifc_clash, ifc_validate, ifc_schedule, ifc_cost, ifc_schema, ifc_contexts, ifc_materials, ifc_plot, ifc_render, ifc_shape, ifc_shape_list, ifc_shape_docs
Edit discovery: ifc_list, ifc_docs
Edit execution: ifc_edit, ifc_quantify
The model stays in memory between calls - ifc_edit does not auto-save; call ifc_save explicitly when done.
Depends on both ifcquery and ifcedit
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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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ifcquery is a new command-line tool for querying and inspecting IFC models. All output is JSON.
Subcommands:
summary — schema version, entity counts, project metadata
tree — full spatial hierarchy (Project → Site → Building → Storeys → Spaces → Elements)
info <id> — deep inspection of any entity by step ID (attributes, psets, placement matrix, type, material)
select <query> — filter elements using ifcopenshell selector syntax
relations <id> — relationships for an element; --traverse up walks to IfcProject
clash <id> — geometric intersection and clearance detection
validate — schema/constraint validation; --rules adds EXPRESS checks
schedule — work schedules with nested task trees
cost — cost schedules with nested cost item trees
schema <class> — IFC class documentation from the model's schema version
plot — SVG plan drawing
render — 3D geometry rendering
contexts — geometric representation contexts
materials — material assignments
Usage:
python3 -m ifcquery <file.ifc> <subcommand> [args]
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* Add geometry.clip_solid API
* Add geometry.clip_solid_bounded API
* Add geometry.copy_representation API
Deep-copies the named representation from a source element to a target
element.
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* Doc clarification for api.sequence.assign_process
* Doc clarification for api.geometry.edit_object_placement
* Doc clarification for api.feature.remove_feature
* Doc clarification for api.geometry.add_wall_representation clippings normal
* regenerate_wall_representation: document BBIM_Boolean preservation requirement
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* shape_builder: complete docstrings and return type annotations
* shape_builder: warn about mixed item types in get_representation
* shape_builder: fix half_space_solid agreement_flag docstring
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Add tests for all four covering generation operators: flooring/ceiling
from walls and flooring/ceiling from cursor. Previously only flooring
from walls was tested.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The covering tool used bmesh as an intermediate and relied on
type.assign_type post-listeners (removed in 44a52863a) to generate
the IfcExtrudedAreaSolid body. With those listeners gone, coverings
had no body representation and assign_swept_area_outer_curve crashed.
Build covering representations from scratch using ShapeBuilder, reading
the extrusion depth from the type's IfcMaterialLayerSet. Also replace
bpy.ops.bim.assign_class with bonsai.core.root.assign_class using
should_add_representation=False, consistent with the space fix.
Refactored shared coordinate-conversion and extrusion-building logic
into get_2d_vertices_from_polygon and set_extrusion_representation_from_polygon,
used by both space and covering code paths. Removed all bmesh-dependent
dead code from the spatial tool.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Space regeneration was only updating the Blender mesh and marking the
object as edited, but the IFC representation was never synced on save.
Replace the bmesh-based approach with ShapeBuilder to write geometry
directly to IFC as an IfcExtrudedAreaSolid, then reload via
switch_representation. This applies to both new space creation and
existing space regeneration.
Also changes assign_ifcspace_class_to_obj to call
bonsai.core.root.assign_class directly with
should_add_representation=False instead of bpy.ops.bim.assign_class.
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The nest assign_object API now removes existing spatial containment and
aggregate relationships before creating the nest, matching the behavior
documented in its docstring and consistent with aggregate.assign_object.
Fix#7248
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Walk up the full hierarchy via get_parent() in can_nest() and
can_aggregate() to reject assignments that would create a cycle.
Also reject self-assignment.
Fix#7248
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
After assigning an IFC class and undoing, msgbus subscriptions registered
with the old Python object wrapper survived (PERSISTENT flag) but could
not be cleared because: (1) rollback_link_element looked up objects by
their post-link name which no longer exists after undo, and (2) the
per-object clear_by_owner calls in rebuild_element_maps used new Python
wrappers that didn't match the old subscription owners.
Fix by using a dedicated stable object (object_subscription_owner) as
the msgbus owner for all per-object subscriptions, allowing
rebuild_element_maps to clear all stale subscriptions in one call
regardless of Python wrapper identity changes during undo/redo.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The `is not ...` was being captured by the walrus assignment due to
missing parentheses, causing the condition to always evaluate incorrectly.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
remove_representation_item now returns early if removing the item would
leave Items empty. edit_text_literals returns early on empty attributes.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
add_boolean was removing second operands from ALL IfcShapeRepresentations
that referenced them, which could corrupt unrelated shapes and leave
representations with empty Items (bug #7803).
The API no longer modifies Items — callers manage this explicitly.
validate_type and Bonsai's AddBoolean operator now handle their own
item removal scoped to the correct representation.
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