# IfcOpenShell - IFC toolkit and geometry engine # Copyright (C) 2022 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 Optional import ifcopenshell import ifcopenshell.api.owner import ifcopenshell.guid import ifcopenshell.util.element def connect_element( file: ifcopenshell.file, relating_element: ifcopenshell.entity_instance, related_element: ifcopenshell.entity_instance, description: Optional[str] = None, ) -> ifcopenshell.entity_instance: incompatible_connections = [] for rel in relating_element.ConnectedFrom: if rel.is_a() == "IfcRelConnectsElements" and rel.RelatingElement == related_element: incompatible_connections.append(rel) for rel in related_element.ConnectedTo: if rel.is_a() == "IfcRelConnectsElements" and rel.RelatedElement == relating_element: incompatible_connections.append(rel) if incompatible_connections: for connection in set(incompatible_connections): history = connection.OwnerHistory file.remove(connection) if history: ifcopenshell.util.element.remove_deep2(file, history) for rel in relating_element.ConnectedTo: if rel.is_a() == "IfcRelConnectsElements" and rel.RelatedElement == related_element: rel.Description = description return rel return file.createIfcRelConnectsElements( ifcopenshell.guid.new(), OwnerHistory=ifcopenshell.api.owner.create_owner_history(file), Description=description, RelatingElement=relating_element, RelatedElement=related_element, )