thanks balbros ...

bernd wrote: ↑Tue Mar 28, 2023 9:00 pm Attached simplified file ... IMHO it is a bug and needs to be fixed ... box is on x=3000 in FreeCAD but on x=2000 in IFC ...

1416_wrong_placement.ifc

issue #9324

PR: issue #9323

wmayer wrote: ↑Fri Apr 14, 2023 1:30 pm

Alternatively you can use transformGeometry

Be careful with transformGeometry() because it converts all geometries into B-Splines.

ohh this would not be wanted ...

if removeSplitter() is used on a Shape the Shape returned has all placement incorporated into the vertices coordinates. The placement of the top-level shape is applied to the direct child shapes and not only to the vertexes. ... this was the key information. Together with this https://github.com/If...

- https://forum.freecad.org/viewtopic.php?p=675456#p675456 says removeSplitter() moves the placement not to the vertexes but to the direct child shapes. - https://github.com/IfcOpenShell/IfcOpenShell/issues/2992 confirms IfcOS has a problem if placement it applied to the outer level of a shape. That...

black on FEM Python code viewtopic.php?t=77747

as a follows up of this https://forum.freecad.org/viewtopic.php?t=77205 I gave black a try on FEM to see what it means ... I used black -l 100 src/Mod/Fem/ the result can be seen here ... https://github.com/berndhahnebach/FreeCAD_bhb/commits/femblack I may rebase it in the future to be uptodate ... ...

To see how the tree looks like what yorik wrote, you could import a ifc with the preference "create Arch component objects"

issue on ifcos https://github.com/IfcOpenShell/IfcOpen ... ssues/2992

- If the both brep are loaded into FreeCAD the cylinder are on the same place - if the ifc exported from FreeCAD are loaded the cylinder are on different places - if the ifc created with IfcOS are loaded the cylinder are on different places It means both brep are on the same place but when from thes...