# 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.util.representation from ifcopenshell import entity_instance def get_basis_curve(alignment: entity_instance) -> entity_instance: """ Returns the basis curve for an alignment. This curve is the geometric representation that is used as the basis curve for vertical and cant alignments. :param alignment: The alignment :return: The geometric representation that is used as a basis curve, typically an IfcCompositeCurve, or None if the alignment does not have a representation Example: .. code:: python alignment = model.by_type("IfcAlignment")[0] composite_curve = ifcopenshell.api.alignment.get_basis_curve(alignment) """ axis = None representations = ifcopenshell.util.representation.get_representations_iter(alignment) for representation in representations: if ( (representation.RepresentationIdentifier == "Axis" and representation.RepresentationType == "Curve2D") or ( representation.RepresentationIdentifier == "FootPrint" and representation.RepresentationType == "Curve2D" ) or (representation.RepresentationIdentifier == "Axis" and representation.RepresentationType == "Curve3D") ): # in the case of IfcPolyline or IfcIndexedPolyCurve with 3D points axis = representation return None if axis.Items == None or len(axis.Items) == 0 else axis.Items[0] if axis == None and 0 < len(alignment.Decomposes): parent_alignment = alignment.Decomposes[0].RelatingObject return get_basis_curve(parent_alignment) return None