IfcRelDefinesByProperties

Item	SPF	XML	Change	Description
IFC2x3 to IFC4 4.0.0.0
IfcRelDefinesByProperties
OwnerHistory			MODIFIED	Instantiation changed to OPTIONAL.
RelatedObjects	X	X	MODIFIED	Type changed from IfcObject to IfcObjectDefinition.
RelatingPropertyDefinition			MODIFIED	Type changed from IfcPropertySetDefinition to IfcPropertySetDefinitionSelect.

Semantic definitions at the entity

Entity definition

The objectified relationship IfcRelDefinesByProperties defines the relationships between property set definitions and objects. Properties are aggregated in property sets. Property sets can be either directly assigned to occurrence objects using this relationship, or assigned to an object type and assigned via that type to occurrence objects. The assignment of an IfcPropertySet to an IfcTypeObject is not handled via this objectified relationship, but through the direct relationship HasPropertySets at IfcTypeObject.

The IfcRelDefinesByProperties is an N-to-N relationship, as it allows for the assignment of one or more property sets to one or more objects. Those objects then share the same property definition.

HISTORY New entity in IFC2.0. Has been renamed from IfcRelAssignsProperties in IFC2x.

IFC4 CHANGE The attribute RelatedObjects had been demoted from the supertype IfcRelDefines to IfcRelDefinesByProperties. This relationship has been modified to support multiple property sets referenced by a single relationship.

Attribute definitions

#	Attribute	Type	Cardinality	Description	G
5	RelatedObjects	IfcObjectDefinition	S[1:?]	Reference to the objects (or single object) to which the property definition applies. IFC4 CHANGE Data type promoted from subtype IfcObject.	X
6	RelatingPropertyDefinition	IfcPropertySetDefinitionSelect		Reference to the property set definition for that object or set of objects.	X

Formal Propositions

Rule	Description
NoRelatedTypeObject	There shall be no related object being of typy IfcTypeObject. NOTE The relationship between a IfcTypeObject and a IfcPropertySet is handled through the direct relationship HasPropertySets at IfcTypeObject.

Inherited definitions from supertypes

Entity inheritance

Attribute inheritance

#	Attribute	Type	Cardinality	Description	G
IfcRoot
1	GlobalId	IfcGloballyUniqueId		Assignment of a globally unique identifier within the entire software world.	X
2	OwnerHistory	IfcOwnerHistory	?	Assignment of the information about the current ownership of that object, including owning actor, application, local identification and information captured about the recent changes of the object, NOTE only the last modification in stored - either as addition, deletion or modification. IFC4 CHANGE The attribute has been changed to be OPTIONAL.	X
3	Name	IfcLabel	?	Optional name for use by the participating software systems or users. For some subtypes of IfcRoot the insertion of the Name attribute may be required. This would be enforced by a where rule.	X
4	Description	IfcText	?	Optional description, provided for exchanging informative comments.	X
IfcRelationship
IfcRelDefines
IfcRelDefinesByProperties
5	RelatedObjects	IfcObjectDefinition	S[1:?]	Reference to the objects (or single object) to which the property definition applies. IFC4 CHANGE Data type promoted from subtype IfcObject.	X
6	RelatingPropertyDefinition	IfcPropertySetDefinitionSelect		Reference to the property set definition for that object or set of objects.	X

#	Concept	Template	Model View
IfcRoot
	Identity	Software Identity	General Usage
	Revision Control	Revision Control	General Usage

Formal representations

XML Specification

 <xs:element name="IfcRelDefinesByProperties" type="ifc:IfcRelDefinesByProperties" substitutionGroup="ifc:IfcRelDefines" nillable="true"/>

 <xs:complexType name="IfcRelDefinesByProperties">

  <xs:complexContent>

   <xs:extension base="ifc:IfcRelDefines">

    <xs:sequence>

     <xs:element name="RelatingPropertyDefinition">

      <xs:complexType>

       <xs:group ref="ifc:IfcPropertySetDefinitionSelect"/>

      </xs:complexType>

     </xs:element>

    </xs:sequence>

   </xs:extension>

  </xs:complexContent>

 </xs:complexType>

EXPRESS Specification


ENTITY IfcRelDefinesByProperties

 SUBTYPE OF (IfcRelDefines);

  RelatedObjects : SET [1:?] OF IfcObjectDefinition;

  RelatingPropertyDefinition : IfcPropertySetDefinitionSelect;

 WHERE

  NoRelatedTypeObject : SIZEOF(QUERY(Types <* SELF\IfcRelDefinesByProperties.RelatedObjects |  'IFCKERNEL.IfcTypeObject' IN TYPEOF(Types))) = 0;
END_ENTITY;

 EXPRESS-G diagram

	Definiert durch Merkmale - Relation
	Rel Defines By Properties
	Définition par propriétés

IfcRelDefinesByProperties

Semantic definitions at the entity

Inherited definitions from supertypes

Definitions applying to General Usage

Formal representations