Function V

src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/util/shape_builder.py:54–65

Convert floats / vector / sequence of vectors to numpy array. Note that `float` argument type also allows passing ints, which will be converted to floats (a double type) as IfcOpenShell is strict about setting int/float attributes.

(*args: Union[float, int, VectorType, SequenceOfVectors])

def V(*args: Union[float, int, VectorType, SequenceOfVectors]) -> npt.NDArray[np.float64]:
    """Convert floats / vector / sequence of vectors to numpy array.

    Note that `float` argument type also allows passing ints,
    which will be converted to floats (a double type) as IfcOpenShell is strict
    about setting int/float attributes.
    """
    if isinstance(args[0], (float, int)):
        return np.array(args, dtype="d")

    assert len(args) == 1, "Only single argument is supported if providing a vector or a sequence of them."
    return np.array(args[0], dtype="d")


def ifc_safe_vector_type(v: Union[VectorType, SequenceOfVectors]) -> Any: