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by ejs on 8 Aug 2024, edited 8 Aug 2024
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Hi All,
I'm trying to get all (?) the ToDos from Trimble Connect into BCF file. The BCF API is https://github.com/IfcOpenShell/IfcOpenShell/blob/v0.6.0/src/bcf/src/bcf/v2/bcfxml.py , the code is trivial:
todos_info = tc.get_todos(project_id = project)
__bcf = BcfXml().new_project()
__bcf.project.name = project_info['name']
__bcf.author = __config['email']
for todo in todos_info:
topic = __bcf.add_topic(title=todo['title'], description = todo['description'], author = F"{todo['createdBy']['firstName']} {todo['createdBy']['lastName']} {todo['createdBy']['email']}")
topic.title = todo['title']
...
print(topic)
__bcf.edit_topic(topic)
What I get:
<bcf.v2.topic.TopicHandler object at 0x000002BB2E77F5D0>
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "tc_to_bcf.py", line 146, in <module>
__bcf.edit_topic(topic)
TypeError: BcfXml.edit_topic() takes 1 positional argument but 2 were given
If I can read the source code on line 224, the edit_topic() takes self and topic arguments. What I'm getting wrong ?
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by ejs on 8 Aug 2024
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Ok, so my API reference is REALLY old: edit_topic() is deprecated, as well as a lot of other functions.
Fun part: just modify the topic, the API will do the rest:
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for todo in todos_info:
topic = __bcf.add_topic(title=todo['title'], description = todo['description'], author = F"{todo['createdBy']['firstName']} {todo['createdBy']['lastName']} {todo['createdBy']['email']}")
topic.title = todo['title']
...
topic.modified_date = todo['modifiedOn']
topic.modified_author = F"{todo['modifiedBy']['firstName']} {todo['modifiedBy']['lastName']} {todo['modifiedBy']['email']}"
...
__bcf.save_project(os.path.join(pcf.get_config_path(), output_file))
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by ejs on 8 Aug 2024
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Ok, it seems like "Topic" object in BCF v2.1 (and v3 ?) is lacking some setters or getters.
@Moult , will you have a look at the pull request?
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by ejs on 8 Aug 2024
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Ok, I'm stuck again and it seems for a longer time.
In Trimble Connect I can get the snapshot, attached to a ToDo. But neither a ToDo nor a view information is related anyway to an IfcGUID, which is needed to create a viewpoint in the BcfXml module, which is needed to save a snapshot in a BCF. From what I see in the BCF specification or examples, an IfcGUID is optional.
Will adding an empty view direction open a can of worms?