# IfcOpenShell - IFC toolkit and geometry engine # Copyright (C) 2021 Dion Moult # # 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 . import ifcopenshell import ifcopenshell.util.unit from typing import Optional def add_conversion_based_unit( file: ifcopenshell.file, name: str = "foot", conversion_offset: Optional[float] = None ) -> ifcopenshell.entity_instance: """Add a conversion based unit If you're in one of those countries who don't use SI units, you're probably simply using SI units converted into another unit. If you want to use _those_ units, you can create a conversion based unit with this function. You can choose from one of: inch, foot, yard, mile, square inch, square foot, square yard, acre, square mile, cubic inch, cubic foot, cubic yard, litre, fluid ounce UK, fluid ounce US, pint UK, pint US, gallon UK, gallon US, degree, ounce, pound, ton UK, ton US, lbf, kip, psi, ksi, minute, hour, day, btu, and fahrenheit. :param name: A converted name chosen from the list above. :param conversion_offset: If you want to offset the conversion further by a set number, you may specify it here. For example, fahrenheit is 1.8 * kelvin - 459.67. The -459.67 is the conversion offset. Note that this is just an example and you don't actually need to specify that for fahrenheit as it's built into this API function. For advanced users only. :return: The new IfcConversionBasedUnit or IfcConversionBasedUnitWithOffset Example: .. code:: python # Some common imperial measurements length = ifcopenshell.api.unit.add_conversion_based_unit(model, name="inch") area = ifcopenshell.api.unit.add_conversion_based_unit(model, name="square foot") # Make it our default units, if we are doing an imperial building ifcopenshell.api.unit.assign_unit(model, units=[length, area]) """ unit_type = ifcopenshell.util.unit.imperial_types.get(name, "USERDEFINED") dimensions = ifcopenshell.util.unit.named_dimensions[unit_type] exponents = file.createIfcDimensionalExponents(*dimensions) si_name = ifcopenshell.util.unit.si_type_names[unit_type] if unit_type == "MASSUNIT": si_unit = file.createIfcSIUnit(UnitType=unit_type, Name=si_name, Prefix="KILO") else: si_unit = file.createIfcSIUnit(UnitType=unit_type, Name=si_name) conversion_real = ifcopenshell.util.unit.si_conversions.get(name, 1) value_component = file.create_entity("IfcReal", **{"wrappedValue": conversion_real}) conversion_factor = file.createIfcMeasureWithUnit(value_component, si_unit) if not conversion_offset: conversion_offset = ifcopenshell.util.unit.si_offsets.get(name, 0) if conversion_offset: return file.createIfcConversionBasedUnitWithOffset( exponents, unit_type, name, conversion_factor, conversion_offset, ) return file.createIfcConversionBasedUnit(exponents, unit_type, name, conversion_factor)