# IfcOpenShell - IFC toolkit and geometry engine # Copyright (C) 2025 Thomas Krijnen # # 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.api.alignment from ifcopenshell import entity_instance from ifcopenshell.api.alignment._add_segment_to_curve import _add_segment_to_curve from ifcopenshell.api.alignment._create_geometric_representation import ( _create_geometric_representation, ) def create_representation( file: ifcopenshell.file, alignment: entity_instance, ) -> None: """ Creates the geometric representation of an alignment if it does not already exist. This function is intended to be used when a model has only the semantic definition of an alignment and you want to add the geometric representation. If the alignments are complete, it is recommended that add_zero_length_segment is called after this method to ensure the proper structure of the semantic and geometric definitions of the alignment :param alignment: The alignment to create the representation. """ expected_type = "IfcAlignment" if not alignment.is_a(expected_type): raise TypeError(f"Expected to see type '{expected_type}', instead received '{alignment.is_a()}'.") if alignment.Representation: return _create_geometric_representation(file, alignment) layouts = ifcopenshell.api.alignment.get_alignment_layouts(alignment) for layout in layouts: curve = ifcopenshell.api.alignment.get_layout_curve(layout) layout_nest = ifcopenshell.api.alignment.get_alignment_segment_nest(layout) for segment in layout_nest.RelatedObjects: _add_segment_to_curve(file, segment, curve)