Geometry selection

New in v14.10.0

The geometry selection fields, enable the user to select geometries in an IFCView or a GeometryView.

Select a geometry

The GeometrySelectField enables the user to select a single (sub-)geometry in a geometric view, which is returned in the params as an identifier (string):

import viktor as vkt


class Parametrization(vkt.Parametrization):
    selected_geometry = vkt.GeometrySelectField("Select a geometry")

Select multiple geometries

The GeometryMultiSelectField enables the user to select multiple (sub-)geometries in a geometric view, which is returned in the params as a list of identifiers (list of strings):

import viktor as vkt


class Parametrization(vkt.Parametrization):
    selected_geometries = vkt.GeometryMultiSelectField("Select geometries")

Select a geometry in a DynamicArray

The GeometrySelectField and GeometryMultiSelectField can be used in combination with a DynamicArray to allow an arbitrary number of geometries or group of geometries to be selected and assign or group these with additional parameters:

import viktor as vkt


class Parametrization(vkt.Parametrization):
    load_cases = vkt.DynamicArray("Load Cases")
    load_cases.geometry = vkt.GeometrySelectField("Geometry")
    load_cases.load = vkt.NumberField("Load", suffix="N")

Example

To support geometry selection, the following parts need to be implemented in the app:

IFCView

1. Create an IFCView in the controller
2. Create a GeometrySelectField or GeometryMultiSelectField in the parametrization
3. Use the identifier retrieved from the params in subsequent calculations

An IFC-file contains unique identifiers per geometry feature.

import ifcopenshell
import ifcopenshell.util.element
from pathlib import Path
from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile

import viktor as vkt


class Parametrization(vkt.Parametrization):
    ifc = vkt.FileField("Please provide an IFC file")
    selected_geometry = vkt.GeometrySelectField("Select a geometry")


class Controller(vkt.Controller):
    parametrization = Parametrization

    @vkt.IFCAndDataView("IFC", x_axis_to_right=True)
    def get_ifc_and_data_view(self, params, **kwargs):
        ifc_file = params.ifc.file
        if params.selected_geometry:  # If user has made a selection, add its properties to `data`
            
            # parse your ifc file (e.g. with ifcopenshell as below)
            with NamedTemporaryFile(suffix=".ifc", delete=False, mode="w") as temp_f:
                temp_f.write(ifc_file.getvalue())

            model = ifcopenshell.open(Path(temp_f.name))
            elem = model.by_id(int(params.selected_geometry))
            
            # See https://wiki.osarch.org/index.php?title=IFC_attributes_and_properties
            # for a list of available IFC attributes and properties
            
            data_items = []
            for key, val in ifcopenshell.util.element.get_psets(elem).items():
                sub_data_items = []
                for k,v in val.items():
                    sub_data_items.append(vkt.DataItem(k, v))
                data_items.append(vkt.DataItem(key, '', subgroup=vkt.DataGroup(*sub_data_items)))
                
            data = vkt.DataGroup(*data_items)
        else:
            data = vkt.DataGroup(vkt.DataItem('No geometries selected', ''))
        return vkt.IFCAndDataResult(ifc=ifc_file, data=data)

GeometryView

1. Create a GeometryView in the controller
2. Create a GeometrySelectField or GeometryMultiSelectField in the parametrization
3. Use the identifier retrieved from the params in subsequent calculations

Identifiers can be assigned to the VIKTOR geometry objects, to make them selectable in the view.

note

• If several objects have an identifier assigned, then only these objects will be selectable in the View.
• If none of the objects in the GeometryResult have an identifier assigned, default identifiers are assigned to all of them (enabling them for selection).
• If there are multiple objects with the same name, a number will automatically be appended to enforce uniqueness.

import viktor as vkt


class Parametrization(vkt.Parametrization):
    selected_geometry = vkt.GeometrySelectField("Select a geometry")
    selected_geometries = vkt.GeometryMultiSelectField("Select geometries")


class Controller(vkt.Controller):
    parametrization = Parametrization
    
    @vkt.GeometryAndDataView('Geometry', x_axis_to_right=True)
    def get_geometry_and_data_view(self, params, **kwargs):
        cubes = {
            'cube1': vkt.SquareBeam(1, 1, 5, identifier="cube1"),
            'cube2': vkt.SquareBeam(1, 4, 1, identifier="cube2"),
            'cube3': vkt.SquareBeam(3, 1, 1, identifier="cube3")
        }
      
        # Calculate data
        if selected_geometry := params.selected_geometry:
            volume = cubes[selected_geometry].inner_volume
            data_1 = vkt.DataItem('Volume of GeometrySelectField', volume, suffix="m3")
        else:
            data_1 = vkt.DataItem('No geometry selected in GeometrySelectField', '')
      
        if selected_geometries := params.selected_geometries:
            volume = sum(cubes[selected_geometry].inner_volume for selected_geometry in selected_geometries)
            data_2 = vkt.DataItem('Volume of GeometryMultiSelectField', volume, suffix="m3")
        else:
            data_2 = vkt.DataItem('No geometries selected in GeometryMultiSelectField', '')
    
        return vkt.GeometryAndDataResult(geometry=cubes.values(), data=vkt.DataGroup(data_1, data_2))