# 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 def add_context_dependent_unit( file: ifcopenshell.file, unit_type: str = "USERDEFINED", name: str = "THINGAMAJIG", dimensions: tuple[int, int, int, int, int, int, int] = (0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0), ) -> ifcopenshell.entity_instance: """Add a new arbitrary unit that can only be interpreted in a project specific context Occasionally the construction industry uses arbitrary units to quantify objects, like "pairs" of door hardware, "palettes" or "boxes" of fixings or equipment. :param unit_type: Typically should be left as USERDEFINED, unless for some bizarre reason you are redefining something you could use a sensible normal unit for. In that case, firstly stop whatever you're doing and have a hard think about your life, and then if life really is going that badly for you, check out the IFC docs for IfcUnitEnum. :type unit_type: str :param name: Give your unit a name. X what? X bananas? :type name: str :param dimensions: Units typically measure one of 7 fundamental physical dimensions: length, mass, time, electric current, temperature, substance amount, or luminous intensity. These are represented as a list of 7 integers, representing the exponents of each one of these dimensions. For example, a length unit is (1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0), where as an area unit is (2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0). A unit of meters per second is (1, 0, -1, 0, 0, 0, 0). For context dependent units, it is recommended to leave this as the default of (0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0). :type dimensions: list[int] :return: The new IfcContextDependentUnit :rtype: ifcopenshell.entity_instance Example: .. code:: python # Boxes of things ifcopenshell.api.unit.add_context_dependent_unit(model, name="BOXES") """ settings = {"unit_type": unit_type, "name": name, "dimensions": dimensions} return file.create_entity( "IfcContextDependentUnit", Dimensions=file.createIfcDimensionalExponents(*settings["dimensions"]), UnitType=settings["unit_type"], Name=settings["name"], )