Keeps the defaultvalues kwarg, and passes it through to newrawobject

geomeppy/patches.py

@@ -264,11 +264,12 @@ def read(self):
         )
         self.__class__.setidd(idd_info, idd_index, block, versiontuple)
 
-    def newidfobject(self, key, aname="", **kwargs):
-        # type: (str, str, **Any) -> EpBunch
+    def newidfobject(self, key, aname="", defaultvalues=True, **kwargs):
+        # type: (str, str, bool, **Any) -> EpBunch
         """Add a new idfobject to the model.
 
-        If you don't specify a value for a field, the default value will be set.
+        If you don't specify a value for a field, the default value will be set, unless
+        defaultvalues is set to False.
 
         For example ::
 
@@ -280,10 +281,11 @@ def newidfobject(self, key, aname="", **kwargs):
 
         :param key: The type of IDF object. This must be in ALL_CAPS.
         :param aname: This parameter is not used. It is left there for backward compatibility.
+        :param defaultvalues: Specifies whether to set default values when creating IDF objects.
         :param kwargs: Keyword arguments in the format `field=value` used to set fields in the EnergyPlus object.
         :returns: EpBunch object.
         """
-        obj = newrawobject(self.model, self.idd_info, key)
+        obj = newrawobject(self.model, self.idd_info, key, defaultvalues=defaultvalues)
         abunch = obj2bunch(self.model, self.idd_info, obj)
         if aname:
             warnings.warn(

tests/test_regressions.py

@@ -207,3 +207,8 @@ def test_shadow_intersecting(new_idf, shadow_matching):
     new_idf.intersect()
     shadows = [Polygon3D(s.coords) for s in new_idf.getshadingsurfaces()]
     assert len(shadows) == 23
+
+
+def test_defaultvalues_in_newidfobject(new_idf):
+    obj = new_idf.newidfobject("ZONE", Name="O-Zone", defaultvalues=True)
+    assert obj.Name == "O-Zone"