`ifcopenshell.util`¶

Utility functions for extracting IFC data

Data in IFC files is represented using relationships between IFC entities. To extract data like “what properties does this wall have” involves looping through these relationships which can be tedious.

This module makes it easy to get commonly requested data from IFC relationships, such as properties of a wall, what elements are connected to pipes, dates from work schedules, filtering maintainable elements, and more.

The most commonly used utilities to help you get started are:

See ifcopenshell.util.element which contains a lot of useful functions for getting most common relationships on elements.
See ifcopenshell.util.element.get_psets() to get all properties of an entity, like a wall.
See ifcopenshell.util.element.get_type() to get the corresponding type object (e.g. the wall type definition) of a single occurrence (e.g. an individual wall).
See ifcopenshell.util.placement.get_local_placement() to get the XYZ placement point of a single object.
See ifcopenshell.util.unit.calculate_unit_scale() to convert between SI units and project units.
See ifcopenshell.util.shape to calculate quantities from processed geometry.

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