Dion Moult 38e0e0e297 Compare entity instances in one file by identity again
entity_instance.file is a property backed by a fresh SWIG wrapper on every
access, and ifcopenshell::file had no __eq__, so `self.file != other.file`
in entity_instance.__eq__ compared two throwaway wrappers and was always
true - even for an instance against itself. Every entity comparison
therefore took the deep get_info() branch, making distinct but structurally
identical instances compare equal and leaving the final `return False`
unreachable. Bonsai's TestAddRepresentationItemToShapeAspect showed this as
two separate IfcShapeAspects being treated as one, so the stale aspect was
never removed.

Restore the file_pointer() pair that was commented out on both
ifcopenshell::file and express::Base - IfcParseWrapper.i already described
it as the way to "trace file ownership of instances on the python side" -
and give file the __eq__/__hash__ it was missing. The express::Base one
needs $self->file() now that file_ lives on instance_data. This also
repairs rocksdb_lazy_instance.__eq__, which already called file_pointer().

EXPRESS `=` is value comparison and `:=:` is instance comparison, but
rule_compiler emits `==` for both (see the @todo on process_rel_op), and
derived attributes build their operands in the shared global file, so rules
compare same-file instances and need value semantics. Restore those for the
duration of rule execution with settings.compare_instances_by_value,
alongside the existing unpack_non_aggregate_inverses.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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IfcOpenShell

IfcOpenShell is an open source (LGPL) software library for working with Industry Foundation Classes (IFC). Complete parsing support is provided for IFC2x3 TC1, IFC4 Add2 TC1, IFC4x1, IFC4x2, and IFC4x3 Add2. Extensive geometric support is implemented for the IFC releases IFC2x3 TC1 and IFC4 Add2 TC1. Extending with support for arbitrary IFC schemas is possible at compile-time when using C++ and at run-time when using Python.

In addition to a C++ and Python API, IfcOpenShell comes with an ecosystem of tools, notably including IfcConvert (an application to convert IFC models to other formats), Bonsai (an add-on to Blender providing a graphical IFC authoring platform), and many other libraries, CLI apps, and more. Support is also provided for auxiliary standards such as BCF and IDS.

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Name Description License Service
bcf Library to read and write BCF-XML and query OpenCDE BCF-API modules LGPL-3.0-or-later PyPI Anaconda-Server Badge
bonsai Add-on to Blender providing a graphical native IFC authoring platform GPL-3.0-or-later Official GitHub Unstable Chocolatey
bsdd Library to query the bSDD API LGPL-3.0-or-later PyPI
ifc2ca Utility to convert IFC structural analysis models to Code_Aster LGPL-3.0-or-later
ifc4d Convert to and from IFC and project management software LGPL-3.0-or-later PyPI
ifc5d Report and optimise cost information from IFC LGPL-3.0-or-later PyPI
ifcbimtester Wrapper for Gherkin based unit testing for IFC models LGPL-3.0-or-later
ifcblender Historic Blender IFC import add-on LGPL-3.0-or-later*
ifccityjson Convert CityJSON to IFC LGPL-3.0-or-later PyPI
ifcclash Clash detection library and CLI app LGPL-3.0-or-later PyPI
ifcconvert CLI app to convert IFC to many other formats LGPL-3.0-or-later* Official GitHub
ifccsv Library and CLI app to export and import schedules from IFC LGPL-3.0-or-later PyPI
ifcdiff Compare changes between IFC models LGPL-3.0-or-later PyPI
ifcedit CLI wrapper for ifcopenshell.api IFC model mutation functions LGPL-3.0-or-later PyPI
ifcfm Extract IFC data for FM handover requirements LGPL-3.0-or-later PyPI
ifcmax Historic extension for IFC support in 3DS Max LGPL-3.0-or-later* Official
ifcmcp MCP server for querying and editing IFC building models LGPL-3.0-or-later PyPI
ifcopenshell-python Python library for IFC manipulation LGPL-3.0-or-later* Official GitHub PyPI Anaconda Anaconda Docker AUR AUR Unstable Pyodide WASM Wheels tag
ifcpatch Utility to run pre-packaged scripts to manipulate IFCs LGPL-3.0-or-later PyPI
ifcquery CLI tool for querying and inspecting IFC building models LGPL-3.0-or-later PyPI
ifcsverchok Blender Add-on for visual node programming with IFC GPL-3.0-or-later GitHub
ifctester Library, CLI and webapp for IDS model auditing LGPL-3.0-or-later PyPI

The IfcOpenShell C++ codebase is split into multiple interal libraries:

Name Description License
ifcgeom Internal library for IfcOpenShell LGPL-3.0-or-later*
ifcgeom_schema_agnostic Internal library for IfcOpenShell LGPL-3.0-or-later*
ifcgeomserver Internal library for IfcOpenShell LGPL-3.0-or-later*
ifcjni Internal library for IfcOpenShell LGPL-3.0-or-later*
ifcparse Internal library for IfcOpenShell LGPL-3.0-or-later*
ifcwrap Internal library for IfcOpenShell LGPL-3.0-or-later*
serializers Internal library for IfcOpenShell LGPL-3.0-or-later*
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