SpatialElement

class compas_ifc.entities.SpatialElement(entity, model)

Bases: Product

Class representing an IFC spatial element. A spatial element is a product that is used to spatially organize other products.

Methods

contains_elements	Returen contained elements of a spatial element.
is_containment_hierarchical	Return True if the spatial element is hierarchical, which means it can have only one decomposition parent.

Inherited Methods

__init__
attribute	Get the value of a named attribute.
classifications	External sources of information associated with this product.
decomposes	Return the relation that decomposes this element.
factory	Factory function for creating an compas_ifc entity object from an Ifc entity, the function finds closest matched class from the bottom of inherentance.
has_attribute	Verify that the entity has a specific attributes.
has_property	Verify that this entity has a specific property.
inheritance	Find the ancestors of the current entity up to the root element.
is_a
is_decomposed_by	Return the relation that this element is decomposed by.
materials	The materials associated with this product.
print_inheritance	Print the entity inheritance as a nested list.
print_spatial_hierarchy	Print the spatial hierarchy of this element.
property	Get the value of the property with the given name.
pset	Get the property set with the given name.
set_attribute	Set the value of a named attribute.
set_attributes	Set the values of multiple attributes.
set_property	Set the value of the property with a given name.
show
traverse	Traverse children of this element.
traverse_ancestor	Traverse ancestors of this element.
traverse_branch	Traverse the spatial branch of this element.