add_railing_representation now factors into two parts: * compute_wall_mounted_handrail_geometry returns a pure-geometry WallMountedHandrailGeometry dataclass (handrail polyline + support list + terminal caps), no IFC mutation. * add_railing_representation wraps that dataclass into an IfcShapeRepresentation as before. Downstream consumers that want the same math without round-tripping through an IFC file (Blender gizmo previews, viewport drafts) now drive compute_X directly. Future add_X_representation work in the geometry API is encouraged to follow the same shape — a sibling compute_X function + thin IFC wrapper. The railing_type parameter is dropped from the signature — only WALL_MOUNTED_HANDRAIL was ever supported, so the kwarg was dead. The Bonsai railing-modifier caller is updated in the same commit to stop passing it; without that update Bonsai's finish_editing_railing_path raises TypeError on the first edit. RailingSupport and WallMountedHandrailGeometry use @dataclass(slots=True) — they're constructed N-per-cap during arc sampling, so the per-instance overhead matters. Public symbols (RailingSupport, TERMINAL_TYPE, WallMountedHandrailGeometry, compute_wall_mounted_handrail_geometry, add_railing_representation) re-exported from ifcopenshell.api.geometry. New test/api/geometry/test_add_railing_representation.py covers the compute/wrap contract. Generated with the assistance of an AI coding tool.
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 | |
| bonsai | Add-on to Blender providing a graphical native IFC authoring platform | GPL-3.0-or-later | |
| bsdd | Library to query the bSDD API | LGPL-3.0-or-later | |
| 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 | |
| ifc5d | Report and optimise cost information from IFC | LGPL-3.0-or-later | |
| 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 | |
| ifcclash | Clash detection library and CLI app | LGPL-3.0-or-later | |
| ifcconvert | CLI app to convert IFC to many other formats | LGPL-3.0-or-later* | |
| ifccsv | Library and CLI app to export and import schedules from IFC | LGPL-3.0-or-later | |
| ifcdiff | Compare changes between IFC models | LGPL-3.0-or-later | |
| ifcedit | CLI wrapper for ifcopenshell.api IFC model mutation functions | LGPL-3.0-or-later | |
| ifcfm | Extract IFC data for FM handover requirements | LGPL-3.0-or-later | |
| ifcmax | Historic extension for IFC support in 3DS Max | LGPL-3.0-or-later* | |
| ifcmcp | MCP server for querying and editing IFC building models | LGPL-3.0-or-later | |
| ifcopenshell-python | Python library for IFC manipulation | LGPL-3.0-or-later* | |
| ifcpatch | Utility to run pre-packaged scripts to manipulate IFCs | LGPL-3.0-or-later | |
| ifcquery | CLI tool for querying and inspecting IFC building models | LGPL-3.0-or-later | |
| ifcsverchok | Blender Add-on for visual node programming with IFC | GPL-3.0-or-later | |
| ifctester | Library, CLI and webapp for IDS model auditing | LGPL-3.0-or-later |
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* |
| qtviewer | Internal library for IfcOpenShell | LGPL-3.0-or-later* |
| serializers | Internal library for IfcOpenShell | LGPL-3.0-or-later* |