# 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.util.unit class Usecase: def __init__(self, file, unit_type="LENGTHUNIT", prefix=None): """Add a new SI unit The supported types are ABSORBEDDOSEUNIT, AMOUNTOFSUBSTANCEUNIT, AREAUNIT, DOSEEQUIVALENTUNIT, ELECTRICCAPACITANCEUNIT, ELECTRICCHARGEUNIT, ELECTRICCONDUCTANCEUNIT, ELECTRICCURRENTUNIT, ELECTRICRESISTANCEUNIT, ELECTRICVOLTAGEUNIT, ENERGYUNIT, FORCEUNIT, FREQUENCYUNIT, ILLUMINANCEUNIT, INDUCTANCEUNIT, LENGTHUNIT, LUMINOUSFLUXUNIT, LUMINOUSINTENSITYUNIT, MAGNETICFLUXDENSITYUNIT, MAGNETICFLUXUNIT, MASSUNIT, PLANEANGLEUNIT, POWERUNIT, PRESSUREUNIT, RADIOACTIVITYUNIT, SOLIDANGLEUNIT, THERMODYNAMICTEMPERATUREUNIT, TIMEUNIT, VOLUMEUNIT. Prefixes supported are ATTO, CENTI, DECA, DECI, EXA, FEMTO, GIGA, HECTO, KILO, MEGA, MICRO, MILLI, NANO, PETA, PICO, TERA. :param unit_type: A type of unit chosen from the list above. For example, choosing LENGTHUNIT will give you a metre. :type unit_type: str :param prefix: A prefix chosen from the list above, or None for no prefix. :type prefix: str,optional :return: The newly created IfcSIUnit :rtype: ifcopenshell.entity_instance.entity_instance Example: .. code:: python # Millimeters and square meters length = ifcopenshell.api.run("unit.add_si_unit", model, unit_type="LENGTHUNIT", prefix="MILLI") area = ifcopenshell.api.run("unit.add_si_unit", model, unit_type="AREAUNIT") # Make it our default units, if we are doing a metric building ifcopenshell.api.run("unit.assign_unit", model, units=[length, area]) """ self.file = file self.settings = {"unit_type": unit_type, "prefix": prefix} def execute(self): name = ifcopenshell.util.unit.si_type_names.get(self.settings["unit_type"], None) return self.file.create_entity( "IfcSIUnit", UnitType=self.settings["unit_type"], Name=name, Prefix=self.settings["prefix"] )