Digital Engineering & Construction.

# Explore every wall in the model
import ifcopenshell
from ifcopenshell.util.element import get_container

model = ifcopenshell.open("house.ifc")
walls = model.by_type("IfcWall")

for wall in walls:
    name = wall.Name or "unnamed"
    container = get_container(wall)
    print(name, container)

// Explore every wall in the model
import { open } from "ifcopenshell";
import { getContainer } from "ifcopenshell/util/element";
import { tools } from "viewer";

const model = open("house.ifc");
const walls = model.byType("IfcWall");

for (const wall of walls) {
    const name = wall.Name ?? "unnamed";
    const container = getContainer(wall);
    console.log(name, container);
}

// → highlight them in the 3D view
tools.world.select(walls);