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
inStrIfcName		STRING

Return Value

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

Remarks

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:

IFC_SetIFCEntity(hObject, 'IfcFurnishingElement');

Version

Availability: 2010