| Item | SPF | XML | Change | Description | IFC4x2 Candidate 4.2.0.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IfcFacility | ADDED | IFC4x2 to IFC4x3_RC1 | ||
| IfcFacility | ||||
| ReferencedInStructures | ADDED | IFC4x3_RC4 Update | ||
| IfcFacility | ||||
| IsInterferedByElements | ADDED | |||
| InterferesElements | ADDED |
A Facility (derived from IfcSpatialStructureElement) may be an IfcBuilding, an IfcBridge, an IfcRailway, an IfcRoad, an IfcMarineFacility (or any other type of built facility defined in the future, such as IfcTunnel).
| # | 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 |
| IfcObjectDefinition | |||||
| HasAssignments | IfcRelAssigns @RelatedObjects | S[0:?] | Reference to the relationship objects, that assign (by an association relationship) other subtypes of IfcObject to this object instance. Examples are the association to products, processes, controls, resources or groups. | X | |
| Nests | IfcRelNests @RelatedObjects | S[0:1] | References to the decomposition relationship being a nesting. It determines that this object definition is a part within an ordered whole/part decomposition relationship. An object occurrence or type can only be part of a single decomposition (to allow hierarchical strutures only).
IFC4 CHANGE The inverse attribute datatype has been added and separated from Decomposes defined at IfcObjectDefinition. | X | |
| IsNestedBy | IfcRelNests @RelatingObject | S[0:?] | References to the decomposition relationship being a nesting. It determines that this object definition is the whole within an ordered whole/part decomposition relationship. An object or object type can be nested by several other objects (occurrences or types).
IFC4 CHANGE The inverse attribute datatype has been added and separated from IsDecomposedBy defined at IfcObjectDefinition. | X | |
| HasContext | IfcRelDeclares @RelatedDefinitions | S[0:1] | References to the context providing context information such as project unit or representation context. It should only be asserted for the uppermost non-spatial object.
IFC4 CHANGE The inverse attribute datatype has been added. | X | |
| IsDecomposedBy | IfcRelAggregates @RelatingObject | S[0:?] | References to the decomposition relationship being an aggregation. It determines that this object definition is whole within an unordered whole/part decomposition relationship. An object definitions can be aggregated by several other objects (occurrences or parts).
IFC4 CHANGE The inverse attribute datatype has been changed from the supertype IfcRelDecomposes to subtype IfcRelAggregates. | X | |
| Decomposes | IfcRelAggregates @RelatedObjects | S[0:1] | References to the decomposition relationship being an aggregation. It determines that this object definition is a part within an unordered whole/part decomposition relationship. An object definitions can only be part of a single decomposition (to allow hierarchical strutures only).
IFC4 CHANGE The inverse attribute datatype has been changed from the supertype IfcRelDecomposes to subtype IfcRelAggregates. | X | |
| HasAssociations | IfcRelAssociates @RelatedObjects | S[0:?] | Reference to the relationship objects, that associates external references or other resource definitions to the object.. Examples are the association to library, documentation or classification. | X | |
| IfcObject | |||||
| 5 | ObjectType | IfcLabel | ? | The type denotes a particular type that indicates the object further. The use has to be established at the level of instantiable subtypes. In particular it holds the user defined type, if the enumeration of the attribute PredefinedType is set to USERDEFINED. | X |
| IsDeclaredBy | IfcRelDefinesByObject @RelatedObjects | S[0:1] | Link to the relationship object pointing to the declaring object that provides the object definitions for this object occurrence. The declaring object has to be part of an object type decomposition. The associated IfcObject, or its subtypes, contains the specific information (as part of a type, or style, definition), that is common to all reflected instances of the declaring IfcObject, or its subtypes.
IFC4 CHANGE New inverse relationship, change made with upward compatibility for file based exchange. | X | |
| Declares | IfcRelDefinesByObject @RelatingObject | S[0:?] | Link to the relationship object pointing to the reflected object(s) that receives the object definitions. The reflected object has to be part of an object occurrence decomposition. The associated IfcObject, or its subtypes, provides the specific information (as part of a type, or style, definition), that is common to all reflected instances of the declaring IfcObject, or its subtypes.
IFC4 CHANGE New inverse relationship, change made with upward compatibility for file based exchange. | X | |
| IsTypedBy | IfcRelDefinesByType @RelatedObjects | S[0:1] | Set of relationships to the object type that provides the type definitions for this object occurrence. The then associated IfcTypeObject, or its subtypes, contains the specific information (or type, or style), that is common to all instances of IfcObject, or its subtypes, referring to the same type.
IFC4 CHANGE New inverse relationship, the link to IfcRelDefinesByType had previously be included in the inverse relationship IfcRelDefines. Change made with upward compatibility for file based exchange. | X | |
| IsDefinedBy | IfcRelDefinesByProperties @RelatedObjects | S[0:?] | Set of relationships to property set definitions attached to this object. Those statically or dynamically defined properties contain alphanumeric information content that further defines the object.
IFC4 CHANGE The data type has been changed from IfcRelDefines to IfcRelDefinesByProperties with upward compatibility for file based exchange. | X | |
| IfcProduct | |||||
| 6 | ObjectPlacement | IfcObjectPlacement | ? | Placement of the product in space, the placement can either be absolute (relative to the world coordinate system), relative (relative to the object placement of another product), or constraint (e.g. relative to grid axes). It is determined by the various subtypes of IfcObjectPlacement, which includes the axis placement information to determine the transformation for the object coordinate system. | X |
| 7 | Representation | IfcProductRepresentation | ? | Reference to the representations of the product, being either a representation (IfcProductRepresentation) or as a special case a shape representations (IfcProductDefinitionShape). The product definition shape provides for multiple geometric representations of the shape property of the object within the same object coordinate system, defined by the object placement. | X |
| ReferencedBy | IfcRelAssignsToProduct @RelatingProduct | S[0:?] | Reference to the IfcRelAssignsToProduct relationship, by which other products, processes, controls, resources or actors (as subtypes of IfcObjectDefinition) can be related to this product. | X | |
| PositionedRelativeTo | IfcRelPositions @RelatedProducts | S[0:?] | X | ||
| ReferencedInStructures | IfcRelReferencedInSpatialStructure @RelatedElements | S[0:?] | X | ||
| IfcSpatialElement | |||||
| 8 | LongName | IfcLabel | ? |
Long name for a spatial structure element, used for informal purposes. It should be used, if available, in conjunction with the inherited Name attribute.
NOTE In many scenarios the Name attribute refers to the short name or number of a spacial element, and the LongName refers to the full descriptive name. | X |
| ContainsElements | IfcRelContainedInSpatialStructure @RelatingStructure | S[0:?] | Set of spatial containment relationships, that holds those elements, which are contained within this element of the project spatial structure.
NOTE The spatial containment relationship, established by IfcRelContainedInSpatialStructure, is required to be an hierarchical relationship, where each element can only be assigned to 0 or 1 spatial structure element. | X | |
| ServicedBySystems | IfcRelServicesBuildings @RelatedBuildings | S[0:?] | Set of relationships to systems, that provides a certain service to the spatial element for which it is defined. The relationship is handled by the objectified relationship IfcRelServicesBuildings.
IFC4 CHANGE The inverse attribute has been promoted to the new supertype IfcSpatialElement with upward compatibility for file based exchange. | X | |
| ReferencesElements | IfcRelReferencedInSpatialStructure @RelatingStructure | S[0:?] | Set of spatial reference relationships, that holds those elements, which are referenced, but not contained, within this element of the project spatial structure.
NOTE The spatial reference relationship, established by IfcRelReferencedInSpatialStructure, is not required to be an hierarchical relationship, i.e. each element can be assigned to 0, 1 or many spatial structure elements. EXAMPLE A curtain wall maybe contained in the ground floor, but maybe referenced in all floors, it reaches. IFC2x3 CHANGE The inverse attribute has been added with upward compatibility for file based exchange. Ø\X | X | |
| IsInterferedByElements | IfcRelInterferesElements @RelatedElement | S[0:?] | Reference to the interference relationship to indicate the spatial element that is interfered. The relationship, if provided, indicates that this spatial element has an interference with one or many other spatial elements.
NOTE There is no indication of precedence between IsInterferedByElements and InterferesElements orientated interference is defined by IfcRelInterferesElements.ImpliedOrder or IfcRelInterferesElements.InterferenceType. IFC4x3 CHANGE New inverse relationship. | X | |
| InterferesElements | IfcRelInterferesElements @RelatingElement | S[0:?] | Reference to the interference relationship to indicate the spatial element that interferes. The relationship, if provided, indicates that this spatial element has an interference with one or many other spatial elements.
NOTE There is no indication of precedence between IsInterferedByElements and InterferesElements. Orientated interference is defined by IfcRelInterferesElements.ImpliedOrder or IfcRelInterferesElements.InterferenceType. IFC4x3 CHANGE New inverse relationship. | X | |
| IfcSpatialStructureElement | |||||
| 9 | CompositionType | IfcElementCompositionEnum | ? |
Denotes, whether the predefined spatial structure element represents itself, or an aggregate (complex) or a part (part). The interpretation is given separately for each subtype of spatial structure element. If no CompositionType is asserted, the dafault value ''ELEMENT'' applies.\X\0D
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IFC4 CHANGE Attribute made optional. | X |
| IfcFacility | |||||
Spatial Composition
The Spatial Composition concept template applies to this entity as shown in Table 108.
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Table 108 — IfcFacility Spatial Composition |
NOTE By using the inverse relationship IfcFacility.Decomposes it references IfcProject || IfcSite || IfcFacility through IfcRelAggregates.RelatingObject. If it refers to another instance of IfcFacility, the referenced IfcFacility needs to have a different and higher CompositionType, i.e. COMPLEX (if the other IfcBuilding has ELEMENT), or ELEMENT (if the other IfcFacility has PARTIAL).
Spatial Decomposition
The Spatial Decomposition concept template applies to this entity as shown in Table 109.
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Table 109 — IfcFacility Spatial Decomposition |
NOTE By using the inverse relationship IfcFacility.IsDecomposedBy it references IfcFacility || IfcFacilityPart through IfcRelAggregates.RelatedObjects. If it refers to another instance of IfcFacility, the referenced IfcFacility needs to have a different and lower CompositionType, i.e. ELEMENT (if the other IfcFacility has COMPLEX), or PARTIAL (if the other IfcFacility has ELEMENT).
Spatial Container
The Spatial Container concept template applies to this entity as shown in Table 110.
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Table 110 — IfcFacility Spatial Container |
NOTE If there are building elements and/or other elements directly related to the IfcFacility (like a curtain wall spanning several stories), they are associated with the IfcFacility by using the objectified relationship IfcRelContainedInSpatialStructure. The IfcFacility references them by its inverse relationship: > * IfcFacility.ContainsElements -- referencing any subtype of IfcProduct (with the exception of other spatial structure element) by IfcRelContainedInSpatialStructure.RelatedElements.
Placement
The Product Local Placement concept applies to this entity.
The placement for IfcFacility is defined in its supertype IfcProduct. It is defined by either IfcLocalPlacement or by IfcLinearPlacement>/em> which define the local coordinate system that is referenced by all geometric representations.
Body Geometry
The Body Geometry concept applies to this entity.
The body (or solid model) geometric representation (if the facility has an independent geometric representation) of IfcFacility is defined using faceted B-Rep capabilities (with or without voids), based on the IfcFacetedBrep or on the IfcFacetedBrepWithVoids. In the case of alignment based infrastructure, the geometric representation can be defined using IfcSectionedSolidHorizontal optionally IfcSweptAreaSolid.
NOTE Since the building shape is usually described by the exterior building elements, an independent shape representation shall only be given, if the building is exposed independently from its constituting elements and such independent geometric representation may be prohibited in model view definitions.
Instance diagram
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<TemplateRule Description="Direct assignment to project, if the facility is the outermost spatial container, and no site information is provided for the building projects" Parameters="RelatingObject[Type]='IfcProject'" />
<TemplateRule Description="Assignment to site, if the facility is the spatial container for the building project with site information" Parameters="RelatingObject[Type]='IfcSite'" />
<TemplateRule Description="Assignment to another facility as spatial container, e.g. if this facility represents a facility section." Parameters="RelatingObject[Type]='IfcFacility'" />
</TemplateRules>
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<TemplateRules operator="and">
<TemplateRule Description="Spatial decomposition into facility parts." Parameters="RelatedObjects[Type]='IfcFacilityPart'" />
<TemplateRule Description="Spatial decomposition into other buildings, e.g. if this building represents a complex facilities that is subdivided into facility sections." Parameters="RelatedObjects[Type]='IfcFacility'" />
</TemplateRules>
</Concept>
<Concept uuid="9b85fa17-e486-4cfc-b09b-1d4d38191d62" name="Spatial Container">
<Template ref="61dd08ed-fd01-4955-9337-8afd284a0e6f" />
<TemplateRules operator="and">
<TemplateRule Description="Physical elements contained in the facility." Parameters="Type[Type]='IfcElement'" />
<TemplateRule Description="Annotations that are directly related to the facility." Parameters="Type[Type]='IfcAnnotation'" />
<TemplateRule Description="Positioning elements that are directly related to the facility." Parameters="Type[Type]='IfcPositioningElement'" />
</TemplateRules>
</Concept>
<Concept uuid="0de04c9c-9994-4e8d-985d-6313665cc164" name="Placement">
<Template ref="cbe85b5f-7912-4a43-8bb7-1e63bf40b26d" />
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<Concept uuid="9ce8d558-e8ad-4425-ab88-938c5d8eaeab" name="Body Geometry">
<Template ref="c446bd16-2de3-4b97-b34f-4446ac0badc2" />
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</ConceptRoot>
<xs:element name="IfcFacility" type="ifc:IfcFacility" substitutionGroup="ifc:IfcSpatialStructureElement" nillable="true"/>
<xs:complexType name="IfcFacility">
<xs:complexContent>
<xs:extension base="ifc:IfcSpatialStructureElement"/>
</xs:complexContent>
</xs:complexType>
ENTITY IfcFacility
SUPERTYPE OF(ONEOF(IfcBridge, IfcBuilding, IfcMarineFacility, IfcRailway, IfcRoad, IfcTunnel))
SUBTYPE OF (IfcSpatialStructureElement);
END_ENTITY;
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