# IfcOpenShell - IFC toolkit and geometry engine # Copyright (C) 2021 Dion Moult # # This file is part of IfcOpenShell. # # IfcOpenShell is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify # it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by # the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or # (at your option) any later version. # # IfcOpenShell is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the # GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License # along with IfcOpenShell. If not, see . import ifcopenshell import ifcopenshell.util.element def remove_constituent( file: ifcopenshell.file, constituent: ifcopenshell.entity_instance, should_remove_material: bool = False ) -> None: """Removes a constituent from a constituent set Note that it is invalid to have zero items in a set, so you should leave at least one constituent to ensure a valid IFC dataset. :param constituent: The IfcMaterialConstituent entity you want to remove :param should_remove_material: If true, materials with no users will be removed Example: .. code:: python # Create a material set for windows made out of aluminium and glass. material_set = ifcopenshell.api.material.add_material_set(model, name="Window", set_type="IfcMaterialConstituentSet") aluminium = ifcopenshell.api.material.add_material(model, name="AL01", category="aluminium") glass = ifcopenshell.api.material.add_material(model, name="GLZ01", category="glass") # Now let's use those materials as two constituents in our set. framing = ifcopenshell.api.material.add_constituent(model, constituent_set=material_set, material=aluminium) glazing = ifcopenshell.api.material.add_constituent(model, constituent_set=material_set, material=glass) # Let's remove the glass constituent. Note that we should not remove # the framing, at this would mean there are no constituents which is # invalid. ifcopenshell.api.material.remove_constituent(model, constituent=glazing) """ material = constituent.Material file.remove(constituent) if material and should_remove_material: ifcopenshell.util.element.remove_deep2(file, material)