Arch IFC import and export, new lines and comments

src/Mod/Arch/exportIFC.py

@@ -107,9 +107,7 @@ END-ISO-10303-21;
 
 
 # ************************************************************************************************
-# ********** duplicate methods ****************
-# TODO get rid of this duplicate
-
+# ********** get the prefs, available in import and export ****************
 def getPreferences():
 
     """retrieves IFC preferences"""
@@ -135,9 +133,9 @@ def getPreferences():
 
     return preferences
 
+
 # ************************************************************************************************
 # ********** export IFC ****************
-
 def export(exportList,filename,colors=None,preferences=None):
 
     """export(exportList,filename,colors=None,preferences=None) -- exports FreeCAD contents to an IFC file.

src/Mod/Arch/exportIFCHelper.py

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ def getObjectsOfIfcType(objects, ifcType):
                 results.append(object)
     return results
 
+
 class SIUnitCreator:
     def __init__(self, file, text, type):
         self.prefixes = ["EXA", "PETA", "TERA", "GIGA", "MEGA", "KILO", "HECTO",
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ class SIUnitCreator:
                 return unitName
         return None
 
+
 class ContextCreator:
     def __init__(self, file, objects):
         self.file = file
@@ -171,8 +173,6 @@ class ContextCreator:
         return json.loads(self.project_object.IfcData['complex_attributes'])["RepresentationContexts"]
 
 
-
-
 class recycler:
 
     "the compression engine - a mechanism to reuse ifc entities if needed"

src/Mod/Arch/importIFC.py

@@ -138,8 +138,7 @@ structuralifcobjects = (
 
 
 # ************************************************************************************************
-# ********** duplicate methods, they are in importIFC and exportIFC ****************
-# TODO get rid of this duplicate
+# ********** get the prefs, available in import and export ****************
 def getPreferences():
 
     """retrieves IFC preferences"""

src/Mod/Arch/importIFCHelper.py

@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ import ArchIFC
 
 # ************************************************************************************************
 # ********** some helper, used in import and export, or should stay together
-
 def decode(filename,utf=False):
 
     "turns unicodes into strings"
@@ -243,8 +242,6 @@ def buildRelMattable(ifcfile):
 # color relation tables
 # products can have a color and materials can have a color and products can have a material
 # colors for material assigned to a product and product color can be different
-
-
 def buildRelColors(ifcfile, prodrepr):
     """build the colors relation table and"""