/// <summary>
/// A special case function that can export a Rebar element as an IfcBuildingElementProxy for view-specific exports where the exact geometry of the rebar matters.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="exporterIFC">The ExporterIFC object.</param>
/// <param name="rebarElement">The rebar element to be exported.</param>
/// <param name="productWrapper">The ProductWrapper object.</param>
/// <param name="cannotExportRebar">True if we tried to create an IFC entity but failed.</param>
/// <returns>True if the rebar was exported here, false otherwise.</returns>
/// <remarks>This functionality may be obsoleted in the future.</remarks>
private static IFCAnyHandle ExportRebarAsProxyElementInView(ExporterIFC exporterIFC, Element rebarElement, ProductWrapper productWrapper, out bool cannotExportRebar)
{
IFCAnyHandle rebarEntity = null;
cannotExportRebar = false;
if (rebarElement is Rebar && ExporterCacheManager.ExportOptionsCache.FilterViewForExport != null)
{
// The only options handled here is IfcBuildingElementProxy.
// Not Exported is handled previously, and ReinforcingBar vs Mesh will be handled later.
string ifcEnumType;
IFCExportInfoPair exportType = ExporterUtil.GetExportType(exporterIFC, rebarElement, out ifcEnumType);
if (exportType.ExportInstance == IFCEntityType.IfcBuildingElementProxy ||
exportType.ExportType == IFCEntityType.IfcBuildingElementProxyType)
{
Rebar rebar = rebarElement as Rebar;
GeometryElement rebarGeometry = rebar.GetFullGeometryForView(ExporterCacheManager.ExportOptionsCache.FilterViewForExport);
if (rebarGeometry != null)
{
rebarEntity = ProxyElementExporter.ExportBuildingElementProxy(exporterIFC, rebarElement, rebarGeometry, productWrapper);
}
cannotExportRebar = IFCAnyHandleUtil.IsNullOrHasNoValue(rebarEntity);
}
}
return(rebarEntity);
}