Window and Door style configuration

[boes3d]

Hello M POSTLE
Thank you very much for the latest version of your Add on.
I started creating a new style.
I created an ifc file with a simple cube in blender 3.4, first.
But how are the various Yml files (assets, openings, etc.) associated with this precisely codified?
I took example on the current styles of your Addon but I continue to have many errors which are related to my lack of documentation on the creation of the associated *.yml files.
Thank you in advance if you can send me additional documentation.
Best regards.

Mr Rémy HAENEL
29, rue Arthur Rozier
75019 PARIS

[brunopostle]

There will be documentation for the YAML files, though there are still some minor changes that need to be made to the way they work.

The red ⮽ shaped window means that an IfcWindowType with the correct Name couldn't be found in the library.ifc file.

Windows and doors are equivalent. Each style has an openings.yml, and an assets.yml file (if these files are missing then Homemaker looks in the parent folder for them).

The keys in openings.yml are fixed, so there can only be one item called living outside window. This entry declares that external walls for 'living rooms' (ie. cells with the living usage) should use the sash window asset family, with a cill height of 0.75 metres:

living outside window:
  name: sash window
  type: window
  cill: 0.75

In the assets.yml file there needs to be a matching section with a sash window key, this section contains a list of different sized assets that can be used interchangeably (Homemaker will use the biggest that fits the available wall space, but lots of these lists only contain one asset):

sash window:
  - 
    file: sash_big
    height: 1.82
    width: 0.91
    side: 0.8
    end: 0.3
  - 
    file: sash_shorter
    height: 1.445
    width: 0.91
    side: 0.8
    end: 0.3

In standard BIM terminology this is a 'family', maybe I should rename assets.yml to families.yml?

The height, width, side and end variables are in metres ('side' and 'end' is the spacing between windows, and the space before the end of the wall). The 'file' variable is telling Homemaker to look for a Type in the library.ifc file with a Name matching sash_big:

[brunopostle]

Note bb6234e renames assets.yml to families.yml, and 696bcea renames the 'file' parameter to 'name'