IFCWriter

class compas_ifc.writer.IFCWriter(model)

Bases: object

A class for writing IFC files.

Parameters:

Attributes:

modelcompas_ifc.model.Model: The model to which the writer belongs.
fileifcopenshell.file: The IFC file to which the model is being written to.
default_contextifcopenshell.entity_instance: The default context of the model. Created if it does not exist.
default_body_contextifcopenshell.entity_instance: The default body context of the model. Created if it does not exist.
default_projectifcopenshell.entity_instance: The default project of the model. Created if it does not exist.
default_siteifcopenshell.entity_instance: The default site of the model. Created if it does not exist.
default_buildingifcopenshell.entity_instance: The default building of the model. Created if it does not exist.
default_building_storeyifcopenshell.entity_instance: The default building storey of the model. Created if it does not exist.

Methods

`__init__`
`create_guid`
`create_new_relation`	Writes a new parental relation to the ifc file.
`export`	Exports the given entities to the ifc file.
`reset`	Resets the writer to start with a new ifc file.
`save`	Writes the model as ifc file to the given filepath.
`trim_existing_relation`	writes a existing parental relation to the ifc file, trimming the non existing children.
`write_entity`	Writes the given entity recursively with all its referencing attributes to the ifc file.
`write_entity_placement`	Writes the placement of the given entity to the ifc file.
`write_entity_pset`
`write_entity_representation`	Writes the representations of the given entity to the ifc file.
`write_relation`	Writes the relation of the given entity to the ifc file.