VS:IFC SetIFCEntity

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Description

This function creates and attaches to hObject an IFC Record with the given IFC entity.

FUNCTION IFC_SetIFCEntity(
              hObject        :HANDLE;
              inStrIfcName   :STRING) : BOOLEAN;

def vs.IFC_SetIFCEntity(hObject, inStrIfcName):
    return BOOLEAN

Parameters

hObject		HANDLE		Handle to object
inStrIfcName		STRING		Name of the IFC entity

Return Value

TRUE on success, FALSE indicates failure – incorrect handle or IFC entity name.

Note that, if an IFC record, attached to that handle already exists, it will be deleted, prior to attaching the new one.

Example

Assume we have an object, which we want to be exported as furniture:

VectorScript

IFC_SetIFCEntity(hObject, ‘IfcFurnishingElement’);

Python

ok = vs.IFC_SetIFCEntity(hObject, ‘IfcFurnishingElement’)

Version

Availability: from Vectorworks 2014