From c6fbcbe08610d1872721fbfbc3e17d5e2da4a023 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yorik van Havre <yorik@uncreated.net>
Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2013 17:43:34 -0200
Subject: [PATCH] Arch: added alternative load mode for IFC files for
 benchmarking

---
 src/Mod/Arch/importIFC.py | 14 ++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/Mod/Arch/importIFC.py b/src/Mod/Arch/importIFC.py
index cf54bba00..3f70867b3 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Arch/importIFC.py
+++ b/src/Mod/Arch/importIFC.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ __url__ = "http://www.freecadweb.org"
 # config
 subtractiveTypes = ["IfcOpeningElement"] # elements that must be subtracted from their parents
 SCHEMA = "http://www.steptools.com/support/stdev_docs/express/ifc2x3/ifc2x3_tc1.exp"
+MAKETEMPFILES = False # if True, shapes are passed from ifcopenshell to freecad through temp files
 # end config
 
 if open.__module__ == '__builtin__':
@@ -526,8 +527,17 @@ def getShape(obj):
     import Part
     sh=Part.Shape()
     try:
-        sh.importBrepFromString(obj.mesh.brep_data)
-        #sh = Part.makeBox(2,2,2)
+        if MAKETEMPFILES:
+            import tempfile
+            tf = tempfile.mkstemp(suffix=".brp")[1]
+            of = pyopen(tf,"wb")
+            of.write(obj.mesh.brep_data)
+            of.close()
+            sh = Part.read(tf)
+            os.remove(tf)
+        else:
+            sh.importBrepFromString(obj.mesh.brep_data)
+            #sh = Part.makeBox(2,2,2)
     except:
         print "Error: malformed shape"
         return None