Add ifcquery, ifcedit and ifcmcp to the README contents table, the
Sphinx docs toctree and introduction utilities table. Add new .rst
pages for each package documenting subcommands, installation, usage,
and parameter types. Fix plot and render CLI examples in ifcquery
README to use -o/--out-format flags. Update ifcmcp README to use the
installed ifcmcp command rather than python3 -m ifcmcp.
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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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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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Bruno Postle