# IfcOpenShell - IFC toolkit and geometry engine # Copyright (C) 2025 Thomas Krijnen # # 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.api.alignment import ifcopenshell.api.nest import ifcopenshell.api.pset import ifcopenshell.util.stationing import ifcopenshell.guid from ifcopenshell import entity_instance from ifcopenshell import ifcopenshell_wrapper import numpy as np def add_stationing_referent( file: ifcopenshell.file, element: entity_instance, basis_curve: entity_instance, distance_along: float, station: float, name: str, ) -> entity_instance: """ Adds an IfcReferent to the element with the Pset_Stationing property set. If element is an IfcAlignment, IfcReferent.PredefinedType is set to "STATION", otherwise "POSITION" :param element: the element to receive the referent, expected to be an IfcAlignment or IfcAlignmentSegment :param basis_curve: the basis curve for positining :param distance_along: distance along the basis curve :param station: station value :param name: name to assign to IfcReferent.Name, typically a stringized version of the station value :return: referent Example: .. code:: python alignment = model.by_type("IfcAlignment")[0] basis_curve = ifcopenshell.api.alignment.get_basis_curve(alignment) ifcopenshell.api.alignment.add_stationing_referent(model,entity=alignment,basis_curve=basis_curve,distance_along=0.0,station=100.0) """ object_placement = None representation = None if basis_curve: unit_scale = ifcopenshell.util.unit.calculate_unit_scale(file) settings = ifcopenshell.geom.settings() fn = ifcopenshell_wrapper.map_shape(settings, basis_curve.wrapped_data) evaluator = ifcopenshell_wrapper.function_item_evaluator(settings, fn) p = evaluator.evaluate(distance_along * unit_scale) p = np.array(p) x = float(p[0, 3]) / unit_scale y = float(p[1, 3]) / unit_scale z = float(p[2, 3]) / unit_scale rx = float(p[0, 0]) ry = float(p[1, 0]) rz = float(p[2, 0]) ax = float(p[0, 2]) ay = float(p[1, 2]) az = float(p[2, 2]) object_placement = file.createIfcLinearPlacement( RelativePlacement=file.createIfcAxis2PlacementLinear( Location=file.createIfcPointByDistanceExpression( DistanceAlong=file.createIfcLengthMeasure(distance_along), OffsetLateral=None, OffsetVertical=None, OffsetLongitudinal=None, BasisCurve=basis_curve, ) ), CartesianPosition=file.createIfcAxis2Placement3D( Location=file.createIfcCartesianPoint((x, y, z)), Axis=file.createIfcDirection((ax, ay, az)), RefDirection=file.createIfcDirection((rx, ry, rz)), ), ) # this commented out code is what you would do to add a geometric representation of the referent # the example is a circle. a better way would be to pass a representation into the function # representation = file.create_entity( # name="IfcCircle", # position=file.createIfcAxis2Placement2D(Location=file.createIfcCartesianPoint(Coordinates=(0.0, 0.0)), # radius=1.0) # ) # create referent for the station predefined_type = "STATION" if element.is_a("IfcAlignment") else "POSITION" referent = file.createIfcReferent( GlobalId=ifcopenshell.guid.new(), OwnerHistory=None, Name=name, Description=None, ObjectType=None, ObjectPlacement=object_placement, Representation=representation, PredefinedType=predefined_type, ) pset_stationing = ifcopenshell.api.pset.add_pset(file, product=referent, name="Pset_Stationing") ifcopenshell.api.pset.edit_pset(file, pset=pset_stationing, properties={"Station": station}) ifcopenshell.api.nest.assign_object(file, related_objects=[referent], relating_object=element) alignment = element if element.is_a("IfcAlignmentSegment"): layout = element.Nests[0].RelatingObject alignment = ifcopenshell.api.alignment.get_alignment(layout) if len(alignment.Positions) == 0: rel_positions = file.createIfcRelPositions( GlobalId=ifcopenshell.guid.new(), RelatingPositioningElement=alignment, RelatedProducts=[ referent, ], ) else: alignment.Positions[0].RelatedProducts += (referent,) return referent