 | Räumliches Strukturelement |
 | Spatial Structure Element |
 | Elément de la structure spatiale |
A spatial structure element is the generalization of all spatial elements that might be used to define a spatial structure. That spatial structure is often used to provide a project structure to organize a building project.
A spatial project structure might define as many levels of decomposition as necessary for the building project. Elements within the spatial project structure are:
site as IfcSite
facility as IfcFacility, or specifically
facility part as IfcFacilityPart, or specifically
space as IfcSpace
or aggregations or parts thereof. The composition type declares an element to be either an element itself, or an aggregation (complex) or a decomposition (part). The interpretation of these types is given at each subtype of IfcSpatialStructureElement.
The IfcRelAggregates is defined as an 1-to-many relationship and used to establish the relationship between exactly two levels within the spatial project structure. Finally the highest level of the spatial structure is assigned to IfcProject using the IfcRelAggregates.
The subtypes of IfcSpatialStructureElement relate to other elements and systems by establishing the following relationships:
The subtypes of IfcSpatialStructureElement relate to each other by using the IfcRelAggregates relationship to build the project spatial structure. Figure 350 shows the use of IfcRelAggregates to establish a spatial structure including site, building, building section and storey. More information is provided at the level of the subtypes.
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Figure 350 — Spatial structure element composition |
HISTORY New entity in IFC2x.
Informal Propositions:
| # | Attribute | Type | Cardinality | Description | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
\X\0D
IFC4 CHANGE Attribute made optional. | X |
| Rule | Description |
|---|---|
| WR41 | All spatial structure elements shall be associated (using the IfcRelAggregates relationship) with another spatial structure element, or with IfcProject. |
| # | 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
\X\0D
IFC4 CHANGE Attribute made optional. | X |
Property Sets for Objects
The Property Sets for Objects concept template applies to this entity as shown in Table 142.
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Table 142 — IfcSpatialStructureElement Property Sets for Objects |
Instance diagram
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<ConceptRoot xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" uuid="db53273a-688b-4165-b02c-eb44bdb67551" name="IfcSpatialStructureElement" applicableRootEntity="IfcSpatialStructureElement">
<Applicability>
<Template ref="fd0c2878-6c97-4b4c-900d-3430fc63bac9" />
<TemplateRules operator="and">
</TemplateRules>
</Applicability>
<Concepts>
<Concept uuid="cb37c0db-4faa-4588-8e4a-e41929de82ed" name="Property Sets for Objects">
<Template ref="f74255a6-0c0e-4f31-84ad-24981db62461" />
<TemplateRules operator="and">
<TemplateRule Parameters="PsetName[Value]='Pset_PropertyAgreement'" />
</TemplateRules>
</Concept>
</Concepts>
</ConceptRoot>
<xs:element name="IfcSpatialStructureElement" type="ifc:IfcSpatialStructureElement" abstract="true" substitutionGroup="ifc:IfcSpatialElement" nillable="true"/>
<xs:complexType name="IfcSpatialStructureElement" abstract="true">
<xs:complexContent>
<xs:extension base="ifc:IfcSpatialElement">
<xs:attribute name="CompositionType" type="ifc:IfcElementCompositionEnum" use="optional"/>
</xs:extension>
</xs:complexContent>
</xs:complexType>
ENTITY IfcSpatialStructureElement
ABSTRACT SUPERTYPE OF(ONEOF(IfcBuildingStorey, IfcFacility, IfcFacilityPart, IfcSite, IfcSpace))
SUBTYPE OF (IfcSpatialElement);
CompositionType : OPTIONAL IfcElementCompositionEnum;
WHERE
WR41 : (HIINDEX(SELF\IfcObjectDefinition.Decomposes) = 1)
AND
('IFCKERNEL.IfcRelAggregates' IN TYPEOF(SELF\IfcObjectDefinition.Decomposes[1]))
AND
(('IFCKERNEL.IfcProject' IN TYPEOF (SELF\IfcObjectDefinition.Decomposes[1].RelatingObject)) OR
('IFCPRODUCTEXTENSION.IfcSpatialStructureElement' IN TYPEOF (SELF\IfcObjectDefinition.Decomposes[1].RelatingObject))
);
END_ENTITY;
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