/// <summary>
/// Checks if element should be exported using a variety of different checks.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="exporterIFC">The ExporterIFC object.</param>
/// <param name="element">The element.</param>
/// <param name="allowSeparateOpeningExport">True if IfcOpeningElement is allowed to be exported.</param>
/// <returns>True if the element should be exported, false otherwise.</returns>
/// <remarks>There are some inefficiencies here, as we call GetExportInfoFromParameters
/// in other contexts. We should attempt to get the value only once.</remarks>
public static bool ShouldElementBeExported(ExporterIFC exporterIFC, Element element, bool allowSeparateOpeningExport)
{
// Allow the ExporterStateManager to say that an element should be exported regardless of settings.
if (ExporterStateManager.CanExportElementOverride())
{
return(true);
}
// First, check if the element is set explicitly to be exported or not exported. This
// overrides category settings.
Element elementType = element.Document.GetElement(element.GetTypeId());
IFCExportElement?exportElementState = GetExportElementState(element, elementType);
if (exportElementState.HasValue)
{
return(exportElementState.Value == IFCExportElement.Yes);
}
// Check to see if the category should be exported if parameters aren't set.
// Note that in previous versions, the category override the parameter settings. This is
// no longer true.
if (!ShouldCategoryBeExported(exporterIFC, element, allowSeparateOpeningExport))
{
return(false);
}
// Check whether the intended Entity type is inside the export exclusion set
IFCExportInfoPair exportInfo = ExporterUtil.GetIFCExportElementParameterInfo(element, IFCEntityType.IfcRoot);
return(!ExporterCacheManager.ExportOptionsCache.IsElementInExcludeList(exportInfo.ExportInstance));
}