# 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 . from typing import Union import ifcopenshell import ifcopenshell.api.owner import ifcopenshell.guid def assign_flow_control( file: ifcopenshell.file, relating_flow_element: ifcopenshell.entity_instance, related_flow_control: ifcopenshell.entity_instance, ) -> Union[ifcopenshell.entity_instance, None]: """Assigns to the flow element control element that either sense or control some aspect of the flow element. Note that control can be assigned only to the one flow element. :param related_flow_control: IfcDistributionControlElement which may be used to impart control on the flow element :param relating_flow_element: The IfcDistributionFlowElement that is being controlled / sensed :return: Matching or newly created IfcRelFlowControlElements. If control is already assigned to some other element method will return None. Example: .. code:: python flow_element = model.createIfcFlowSegment() flow_control = model.createIfcController() relation = ifcopenshell.api.system.assign_flow_control( model, related_flow_control=flow_control, relating_flow_element=flow_element ) """ if related_flow_control.AssignedToFlowElement: # only 1 control per 1 flow element is possible assignment = related_flow_control.AssignedToFlowElement[0] if assignment.RelatingFlowElement == relating_flow_element: return assignment # return None if this control is already assigned to another flow element return if relating_flow_element.HasControlElements: assignment = relating_flow_element.HasControlElements[0] if related_flow_control in assignment.RelatedControlElements: return assignment related_flow_controls = set(assignment.RelatedControlElements) related_flow_controls.add(related_flow_control) assignment.RelatedControlElements = list(related_flow_controls) ifcopenshell.api.owner.update_owner_history(file, element=assignment) return assignment assignment = file.create_entity( "IfcRelFlowControlElements", **{ "GlobalId": ifcopenshell.guid.new(), "OwnerHistory": ifcopenshell.api.owner.create_owner_history(file), "RelatedControlElements": [related_flow_control], "RelatingFlowElement": relating_flow_element, }, ) return assignment