* Add .db extension to git ignore list
* BIM: new feature - add ignore groups option on IFC exports
* BIM: create generic get_architectural_contents function
Fixes: #7387.
See comment: https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/issues/7387#issuecomment-2915599566
PR to change the base object of BezCurve, BSpline and Wire to `Part::FeaturePython`. This will only affect new objects. So code will have to also keep handling the old object type (`Part::Part2DObjectPython`).
The modification of BimPreflight.py needs to be verified. The steps in the old code lacked logic IMO. But I may have misunderstood.
Currently user has no possibility to insert Window to the host, if the
host is a Curtain Wall.
Solution is simple - just populate the array of acceptable hosts that
haven't been extended.
NOTE: Although this feels wrong, I've noted to change it as having some
kind of an internal flag allowing for add/remove for the host, since
extending this array looks like a really bad approach.
Fixes#16333.
Follow-up of #19487.
* The functions have been made nesting-aware. New objects are put in the same container (Group, Part) as the original objects. As a consequence for some operations the original objects must be in the same container as well.
* New objects receive the visual properties of the original objects. This is not always perfect. For example when upgrading to multiple wires there is currently no check to see which edge came from which orginal object. The fact that the `format_object` function is called from the Draft `make*` functions is problematic here. If construction mode is active `make_wire` puts new objects in the construction group and we don't always want that. This has been solved with a workaround (see 'cludge' in the code).
* The 'de-parametrize' downgrade option has also been enabled for features of PartDesign Bodies that have the `Profile` property.
* Before deleting objects there is a check to see if they are in use elsewhere (`InList` check). Base objects of arrays are not deleted if they are visible. If a PartDesign Body, or an object inside a Body is selected, the whole Body is deleted.
* The force options did not work for functions that take a single object.
* The `getShapeFromMesh` function in ArchCommands.py could return a solid that was not closed. A check for that has been added.
The line `t = t.encode("utf8")` returns a bytes object which does not make sense in the context of the rest of the code. It is probably a copy-paste error.
To test the bug:
1. open the file attached to this forum post: https://forum.freecad.org/viewtopic.php?t=89012#p770224
2. Make the rectangles visible.
3. Start the Survey command and box select all objects in the 3D view.
