# 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 . from collections.abc import Sequence import ifcopenshell import ifcopenshell.api.alignment from ifcopenshell import entity_instance def create_by_pi_method( file: ifcopenshell.file, name: str, hpoints: Sequence[Sequence[float]], radii: Sequence[float], vpoints: Sequence[Sequence[float]] = None, lengths: Sequence[float] = None, start_station: float = 0.0, ) -> entity_instance: """ Create an alignment using the PI layout method for both horizontal and vertical alignments. If vpoints and lengths are omitted, only a horizontal alignment is created. :param name: value for Name attribute :param points: (X,Y) pairs denoting the location of the horizontal PIs, including start and end :param radii: radii values to use for transition :param vpoints: (distance_along, Z_height) pairs denoting the location of the vertical PIs, including start and end. :param lengths: parabolic vertical curve horizontal length values to use for transition :return: Returns an IfcAlignment """ include_vertical = True if vpoints and lengths else False alignment = ifcopenshell.api.alignment.create( file, name, include_vertical=include_vertical, start_station=start_station ) horizontal_layout = ifcopenshell.api.alignment.get_horizontal_layout(alignment) ifcopenshell.api.alignment.layout_horizontal_alignment_by_pi_method(file, horizontal_layout, hpoints, radii) if include_vertical: vertical_layout = ifcopenshell.api.alignment.get_vertical_layout(alignment) ifcopenshell.api.alignment.layout_vertical_alignment_by_pi_method(file, vertical_layout, vpoints, lengths) return alignment