Method traverse

src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/file.py:882–900

Get a list of all referenced instances for a particular instance including itself :param inst: The entity instance to get all sub instances :param max_levels: How far deep to recursively fetch sub instances. None or -1 means infinite. :param breadth_first: Whether to use bre

(
        self, inst: ifcopenshell.entity_instance, max_levels: Optional[int] = None, breadth_first: bool = False
    )

        return [entity_instance(e, self) for e in self.wrapped_data.by_type_excl_subtypes(type)]

    def traverse(
        self, inst: ifcopenshell.entity_instance, max_levels: Optional[int] = None, breadth_first: bool = False
    ) -> list[ifcopenshell.entity_instance]:
        """Get a list of all referenced instances for a particular instance including itself

        :param inst: The entity instance to get all sub instances
        :param max_levels: How far deep to recursively fetch sub instances. None or -1 means infinite.
        :param breadth_first: Whether to use breadth-first search, the default is depth-first.
        :returns: A list of ifcopenshell.entity_instance objects
        """
        if max_levels is None:
            max_levels = -1

        if breadth_first:
            fn = self.wrapped_data.traverse_breadth_first
        else:
            fn = self.wrapped_data.traverse

        return [entity_instance(e, self) for e in fn(inst.wrapped_data, max_levels)]

    @overload
    def get_inverse(