/// <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 later check IfcExportAs 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);
}
// Check to see if the category should be exported. This overrides the IfcExportAs parameter.
if (!ShouldCategoryBeExported(exporterIFC, element, allowSeparateOpeningExport))
{
return(false);
}
string exportAsEntity = "IFCExportAs";
string elementClassName;
if (ParameterUtil.GetStringValueFromElementOrSymbol(element, exportAsEntity, out elementClassName) != null)
{
string enumTypeValue = string.Empty;
ExporterUtil.ExportEntityAndPredefinedType(elementClassName, out elementClassName, out enumTypeValue);
if (CompareAlphaOnly(elementClassName, "DONTEXPORT"))
{
return(false);
}
// Check whether the intended Entity type is inside the export exclusion set
Common.Enums.IFCEntityType elementClassTypeEnum;
if (Enum.TryParse <Common.Enums.IFCEntityType>(elementClassName, out elementClassTypeEnum))
{
if (ExporterCacheManager.ExportOptionsCache.IsElementInExcludeList(elementClassTypeEnum))
{
return(false);
}
}
}
return(true);
}
