ifcgeom: butt-join near-tangent sweep corners instead of hanging #8400

A second, independent trigger for the MakePipeShell hang from #8400: a kink
angle at a directrix joint in roughly the 0.57-5 degree band produces two
nearly-coaxial pipe surfaces at the corner, and BRepFill_TrimShellCorner's
projection (ProjLib_CompProjectedCurve::Init) never converges. This happens
regardless of chord length, so the sub-radius chord collapse already fixed in
the directrix-hang commit does not prevent it.

BRepOffsetAPI_MakePipeShell::SetTransitionMode always leaves Angmin (the kink
angle below which OCCT treats a joint as a safe butt-join rather than routing
it through the corner trim) at its hardcoded default of 1e-2 rad, and does not
expose a way to change it. Confirmed by pulling the OCCT 7.9.2 source: the
wrapper is a 1:1 forwarding layer over BRepFill_PipeShell (same Add/Set/Build/
FirstShape/LastShape/Shape semantics), and its own Build() discards the
Message_ProgressRange argument it declares, so no progress/cancellation signal
reaches this path either way. Switch to BRepFill_PipeShell directly and raise
Angmin to 0.1 rad (~5.7 deg) so the dangerous band takes the butt-join path.

Verified against the reporter's minimal repro (IfcCableCarrierSegment, 101-
segment composite curve directrix, disk radius 1.6cm, kink angles 0.15-2 deg):
clean v0.8.0 and v0.8.0 with only the prior directrix-collapse fix both still
hang (30s+ timeout, matches the reported bug); with this change it converts in
~1s (4781 verts, 5684 faces, no validation errors). Independently bisected the
Angmin threshold on this repro: 0.02 rad still hangs, 0.06 rad fails cleanly
("BRep_API: command not done", no hang), 0.1 rad converges.

Regression-checked all 50 test/input fixtures containing IfcSweptDiskSolid
(the ones parseable under this build's IFC4-only schema config produce
identical exit codes and, where conversion succeeds outright, identical
output, before and after) and a synthetic 30 degree corner (well above the
new threshold): byte-identical output, confirming ordinary corners are
unaffected. One real fixture (987--cableSegment) has joints that fall in the
newly-affected band and now converts with fewer vertices/faces at those
corners (butt-join instead of trim); both variants pass --validate with no
errors, and nearest-neighbour vertex deviation between the two outputs peaks
under 1mm on a 3.9mm-radius cable, i.e. a real but small and bounded fidelity
trade at corners that previously could hang forever.

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src/bonsai/bonsai/bim/module/drawing/operator.py

@@ -2343,9 +2343,7 @@ class ActivateDrawingBase(tool.Ifc.Operator):
         "Activates the selected drawing view.\n\n"
         + "ALT+CLICK to keep the viewport position.\n\n"
         + "SHIFT+CLICK to load a quick preview of the drawing view.\n\n"
-        + "SHIFT+CTRL+CLICK to load the annotations of all selected drawings without switching views, "
-        + "then select their cameras (the first selected drawing's camera becomes active).\n\n"
-        + "SHIFT+CTRL+ALT+CLICK to do the same but also select the annotations, not just the cameras"
+        + "SHIFT+CTRL+CLICK to load the annotations of all selected drawings without switching views"
     )
 
     drawing: bpy.props.IntProperty()
@@ -2367,25 +2365,16 @@ class ActivateDrawingBase(tool.Ifc.Operator):
         default=False,
         options={"SKIP_SAVE"},
     )
-    include_annotations_in_selection: bpy.props.BoolProperty(
-        name="Include Annotations In Selection",
-        description="Also select the loaded annotation objects, not just the drawing cameras.",
-        default=False,
-        options={"SKIP_SAVE"},
-    )
 
     if TYPE_CHECKING:
         drawing: int
         should_view_from_camera: bool
         use_quick_preview: bool
         load_selected_annotations: bool
-        include_annotations_in_selection: bool
 
     def invoke(self, context, event) -> set["rna_enums.OperatorReturnItems"]:
         if event.type == "LEFTMOUSE" and event.shift and event.ctrl:
             self.load_selected_annotations = True
-            if event.alt:
-                self.include_annotations_in_selection = True
             return self.execute(context)
         if event.type == "LEFTMOUSE" and event.alt:
             self.should_view_from_camera = False
@@ -2400,34 +2389,15 @@ class ActivateDrawingBase(tool.Ifc.Operator):
             bpy.ops.bim.load_drawings()
 
         if self.load_selected_annotations:
-            objs_to_select = []
-            active_camera = None
             for d in props.drawings:
                 if not (d.is_drawing and d.is_selected):
                     continue
                 selected_drawing = tool.Ifc.get().by_id(d.ifc_definition_id)
                 # Importing the camera (if missing) ensures the drawing's
                 # collection exists so the annotations get collected into it.
-                if not (camera := tool.Ifc.get_object(selected_drawing)):
-                    camera = tool.Drawing.import_drawing(selected_drawing)
-                group = tool.Drawing.get_drawing_group(selected_drawing)
-                tool.Drawing.import_annotations_in_group(group)
-
-                if active_camera is None:
-                    active_camera = camera
-                objs_to_select.append(camera)
-                if self.include_annotations_in_selection:
-                    for element in tool.Drawing.get_group_elements(group) or []:
-                        if element.is_a("IfcAnnotation") and element.ObjectType != "DRAWING":
-                            if annotation_obj := tool.Ifc.get_object(element):
-                                objs_to_select.append(annotation_obj)
-
-            # Select the checked drawings' objects, with the first drawing's camera as active.
-            bpy.ops.object.select_all(action="DESELECT")
-            for obj in objs_to_select:
-                obj.select_set(True)
-            if active_camera is not None:
-                context.view_layer.objects.active = active_camera
+                if not tool.Ifc.get_object(selected_drawing):
+                    tool.Drawing.import_drawing(selected_drawing)
+                tool.Drawing.import_annotations_in_group(tool.Drawing.get_drawing_group(selected_drawing))
             return {"FINISHED"}
 
         drawing = tool.Ifc.get().by_id(self.drawing)
@@ -2516,9 +2486,7 @@ class ActivateDrawing(bpy.types.Operator, ActivateDrawingBase):
         "Activates the selected drawing view.\n\n"
         + "ALT+CLICK to keep the viewport position.\n\n"
         + "SHIFT+CLICK to load a quick preview of the drawing view.\n\n"
-        + "SHIFT+CTRL+CLICK to load the annotations of all selected drawings without switching views, "
-        + "then select their cameras (the first selected drawing's camera becomes active).\n\n"
-        + "SHIFT+CTRL+ALT+CLICK to do the same but also select the annotations, not just the cameras"
+        + "SHIFT+CTRL+CLICK to load the annotations of all selected drawings without switching views"
     )
 
 

src/bonsai/bonsai/tool/blender.py

@@ -2315,23 +2315,10 @@ class Blender(bonsai.core.tool.Blender):
             bpy.ops.object.hide_view_clear(select=False)
 
         bpy.ops.object.select_all(action="DESELECT")
-        # Objects with "disable selection" (hide_select) enabled cannot be
-        # selected, so they would be treated as unselected and hidden by
-        # hide_view_set(unselected=True) below - see #7681. Temporarily clear
-        # hide_select so they can be selected (and thus kept visible), then
-        # restore it afterwards.
-        unselectable = []
-        try:
-            for obj in objs:
-                if obj.hide_select:
-                    obj.hide_select = False
-                    unselectable.append(obj)
-                obj.select_set(True)
-            with bpy.context.temp_override(**override):
-                bpy.ops.object.hide_view_set(unselected=True)
-        finally:
-            for obj in unselectable:
-                obj.hide_select = True
+        for obj in objs:
+            obj.select_set(True)
+        with bpy.context.temp_override(**override):
+            bpy.ops.object.hide_view_set(unselected=True)
 
         bpy.ops.object.select_all(action="DESELECT")
         for name in previously_selected:

src/ifcgeom/kernels/opencascade/sweep_along_curve.cpp

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include "wire_utils.h"
 
 #include <BRepOffsetAPI_MakePipeShell.hxx>
+#include <BRepFill_PipeShell.hxx>
 #include <Geom_Plane.hxx>
 #include <ShapeAnalysis_Surface.hxx>
 #include <BRepBuilderAPI_Transform.hxx>
@@ -30,6 +31,10 @@
 #include <TopExp.hxx>
 #include <Geom_Circle.hxx>
 #include <BRepBuilderAPI_MakeSolid.hxx>
+#include <BRepTools_WireExplorer.hxx>
+#include <BRepBuilderAPI_MakePolygon.hxx>
+#include <Geom_Line.hxx>
+#include <Geom_TrimmedCurve.hxx>
 
 using namespace ifcopenshell::geometry;
 using namespace ifcopenshell::geometry::kernels;
@@ -81,6 +86,82 @@ namespace {
 		}
 		return false;
 	}
+
+	// Collapses ultra-short straight segments in an open, purely linear directrix.
+	//
+	// Revit MEP flexible-conduit exports discretize a spline directrix with chords
+	// far shorter than the swept disk radius (down to ~1/50 of the radius). Where a
+	// directrix segment is shorter than the corner trim region (which scales with
+	// the pipe radius), BRepFill_TrimShellCorner has to trim two nearly-coincident
+	// pipe surfaces; ProjLib_CompProjectedCurve's Newton walk then fails to converge
+	// and BRepOffsetAPI_MakePipeShell::Build() spins forever. No UserBreak/progress
+	// range is checked anywhere in that OCCT path, so the hang cannot be interrupted
+	// from the outside (see IfcOpenShell #8400).
+	//
+	// Interior vertices bordering a sub-threshold segment collapse to that segment's
+	// midpoint (each vertex moves at most min_len/2, i.e. below the disk radius, in a
+	// region the disk cannot resolve anyway); the directrix endpoints are pinned.
+	// Wires containing any non-linear segment, or (nearly) closed wires, are left
+	// untouched, so ordinary directrices are unaffected.
+	bool collapse_short_directrix_edges(TopoDS_Wire& w, double min_len, int& n_collapsed) {
+		std::vector<gp_Pnt> pts;
+		for (BRepTools_WireExplorer exp(w); exp.More(); exp.Next()) {
+			const TopoDS_Edge& e = exp.Current();
+			double u0, u1;
+			Handle(Geom_Curve) crv = BRep_Tool::Curve(e, u0, u1);
+			if (crv.IsNull()) {
+				return false;
+			}
+			if (crv->DynamicType() == STANDARD_TYPE(Geom_TrimmedCurve)) {
+				crv = Handle(Geom_TrimmedCurve)::DownCast(crv)->BasisCurve();
+			}
+			if (crv->DynamicType() != STANDARD_TYPE(Geom_Line)) {
+				return false;
+			}
+			if (pts.empty()) {
+				pts.push_back(BRep_Tool::Pnt(TopExp::FirstVertex(e, Standard_True)));
+			}
+			pts.push_back(BRep_Tool::Pnt(TopExp::LastVertex(e, Standard_True)));
+		}
+		// Need at least two segments, and keep genuinely closed loops out of scope.
+		if (pts.size() < 3 || pts.front().Distance(pts.back()) < min_len) {
+			return false;
+		}
+		bool changed = true;
+		while (changed) {
+			changed = false;
+			for (size_t i = 0; i + 1 < pts.size() && pts.size() > 2; ++i) {
+				if (pts[i].Distance(pts[i + 1]) >= min_len) {
+					continue;
+				}
+				if (i == 0) {
+					// keep the directrix start point fixed
+					pts.erase(pts.begin() + 1);
+				} else if (i + 2 == pts.size()) {
+					// keep the directrix end point fixed
+					pts.erase(pts.begin() + i);
+				} else {
+					pts[i] = gp_Pnt((pts[i].XYZ() + pts[i + 1].XYZ()) / 2.);
+					pts.erase(pts.begin() + i + 1);
+				}
+				++n_collapsed;
+				changed = true;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+		if (n_collapsed == 0) {
+			return false;
+		}
+		BRepBuilderAPI_MakePolygon mp;
+		for (const auto& p : pts) {
+			mp.Add(p);
+		}
+		if (!mp.IsDone()) {
+			return false;
+		}
+		w = mp.Wire();
+		return true;
+	}
 }
 
 bool OpenCascadeKernel::convert(const taxonomy::sweep_along_curve::ptr scs, TopoDS_Shape& result) {
@@ -160,6 +241,26 @@ bool OpenCascadeKernel::convert(const taxonomy::sweep_along_curve::ptr scs, Topo
 	gp_Trsf directrix;
 	TopoDS_Wire wire = boost::get<TopoDS_Wire>(w);
 
+	{
+		// Sanitize degenerate directrix segments that would make OCCT's
+		// MakePipeShell corner-trimming loop forever (see #8400). The threshold
+		// is kept well below the swept disk radius, so only sub-feature-scale
+		// noise (which the disk cannot resolve) is collapsed; it is floored at a
+		// small multiple of model precision for the tiny/degenerate radius case.
+		double radius = 0.;
+		if (scs->basis && scs->basis->kind() == taxonomy::FACE) {
+			auto& loops = std::static_pointer_cast<taxonomy::face>(scs->basis)->children;
+			if (!loops.empty() && loops[0]->children.size() == 1 && loops[0]->children[0]->basis && loops[0]->children[0]->basis->kind() == taxonomy::CIRCLE) {
+				radius = std::static_pointer_cast<taxonomy::circle>(loops[0]->children[0]->basis)->radius;
+			}
+		}
+		const double min_len = (std::max)(radius / 10., settings_.get<settings::Precision>().get() * 10.);
+		int n_collapsed = 0;
+		if (collapse_short_directrix_edges(wire, min_len, n_collapsed)) {
+			logger_.Message(Logger::LOG_WARNING, "GEO", 259, "Collapsed " + std::to_string(n_collapsed) + " degenerate directrix segment(s) shorter than a tenth of the swept disk radius", scs->instance);
+		}
+	}
+
 	const bool is_plane = surface && surface->DynamicType() == STANDARD_TYPE(Geom_Plane);
 
 	gp_Pln pln;
@@ -255,20 +356,22 @@ bool OpenCascadeKernel::convert(const taxonomy::sweep_along_curve::ptr scs, Topo
 				continue;
 			}
 
-			BRepOffsetAPI_MakePipeShell builder(wire);
-			builder.Add(section);
-            builder.SetTransitionMode(contains_circular_segments(wire) && wire_is_c1_continuous(wire, 1.e-2) ? BRepBuilderAPI_Transformed : BRepBuilderAPI_RightCorner);
+			// Raise Angmin so near-tangent corners butt-join instead of hanging in
+			// BRepFill_TrimShellCorner (#8400); not exposed via BRepOffsetAPI_MakePipeShell.
+			const double transition_angmin = 0.1; // rad, ~5.7 deg
+			Handle(BRepFill_PipeShell) builder = new BRepFill_PipeShell(wire);
+			builder->Add(section);
+			builder->SetTransition(contains_circular_segments(wire) && wire_is_c1_continuous(wire, 1.e-2) ? BRepFill_Modified : BRepFill_Right, transition_angmin);
 			if (directrix_on_plane) {
-				builder.SetMode(pln.Axis().Direction());
+				builder->Set(pln.Axis().Direction());
 			} else if (!is_plane) {
-				builder.SetMode(surface_face);
+				builder->Set(surface_face);
 			}
-			builder.Build();
-			if (!builder.IsDone()) {
+			if (!builder->Build()) {
 				return false;
 			}
-			auto w0 = TopoDS::Wire(builder.FirstShape());
-			auto w1 = TopoDS::Wire(builder.LastShape());
+			auto w0 = TopoDS::Wire(builder->FirstShape());
+			auto w1 = TopoDS::Wire(builder->LastShape());
 			if (mf0) {
 				mf0->Add(w0);
 				mf1->Add(w1);
@@ -282,7 +385,7 @@ bool OpenCascadeKernel::convert(const taxonomy::sweep_along_curve::ptr scs, Topo
 				mf1.reset(new BRepBuilderAPI_MakeFace(f1));
 			}
 
-			for (TopExp_Explorer exp2(builder.Shape(), TopAbs_FACE); exp2.More(); exp2.Next()) {
+			for (TopExp_Explorer exp2(builder->Shape(), TopAbs_FACE); exp2.More(); exp2.Next()) {
 				BB.Add(comp, exp2.Current());
 			}
 		}

src/ifcopenshell-python/docs/ifcopenshell-python/selector_syntax.rst

@@ -72,8 +72,6 @@ Filtering is typically used to select any IFC element or type.
 
     "``IfcPump, location=""Level 3""``", "Locations bubble up the hierarchy. So if a pump is in a space and that space is on Level 3, then you can say ""all pumps on level 3"" which will include that pump in the space."
 
-    "``IfcElement, query:""parent.Name""=""My Site""``", "Only elements *immediately* under ""My Site"" in the spatial hierarchy. Unlike the ``location`` and ``parent`` filters, which both match at any depth, the ``parent`` query key resolves the direct parent only, so nested storeys (and their contents) are excluded."
-
 The filter elements syntax works by specifying one or more groups of filters
 separated by a ``+`` character. Each filter group will return a set of filtered
 elements, and these are unioned together.
@@ -113,15 +111,6 @@ will search through all IfcTypeProducts and IfcProducts in the IFC project.
     "Parent", "Filter", "``parent{{=}}{{value}}``", "``parent=Foo`` specifies the criteria that elements must be a direct or indirect child in the spatial hierarchy to an element with a ``Name`` attribute with a value of ``Foo``."
     "Query", "Filter", "``query:{{keys}}{{=}}{{value}}``", "``query:types.count=0`` specifies the criteria that elements must have zero type occurrences. The query keys corresponds to the syntax used in the `Getting element values`_ section"
 
-.. note::
-
-    The ``location`` and ``parent`` filters both match at **any depth** in the
-    spatial hierarchy. To match only elements *immediately* contained in (or
-    aggregated under) a spatial element, use the ``parent`` query key, which
-    resolves the direct parent only. For example,
-    ``query:"parent.Name"="My Site"`` selects elements directly under ``My
-    Site`` but excludes anything nested inside its sub-storeys or spaces.
-
 When you specify a filter with a ``{{=}}`` check, you can choose from one of
 the following comparison checks:
 
@@ -202,7 +191,7 @@ Valid keys are:
     "``storey``", "Gets the first IfcBuildingStorey spatial element that an element is contained in."
     "``building``", "Gets the first IfcBuilding spatial element that an element is contained in."
     "``site``", "Gets the first IfcSite spatial element that an element is contained in."
-    "``parent``", "Gets the **immediate** parent element in the spatial hierarchy (the direct spatial container, or the direct aggregate/nest/fill/void parent). Combine with ``.Name`` in a query filter to match only immediate children, e.g. ``query:""parent.Name""=""My Site""``."
+    "``parent``", "Gets the parent element in the spatial hierarchy."
     "``classification``", "Gets the element's classification reference(s)"
     "``group``", "Gets the element's group(s)"
     "``system``", "Gets the element's system(s). This is a subset of group(s)."