IfcSurfaceFeature

Natural language names
Oberflächenbearbeitung
Surface Feature
Traitement de surface
Change log
ItemSPFXMLChangeDescription
IFC2x3 to IFC4 4.0.0.0
    IfcSurfaceFeatureADDED
IFC4 Addendum 1 4.0.1.0
    IfcSurfaceFeature
      HasCoveringsADDED
IFC4x2 Candidate 4.2.0.0
    IfcSurfaceFeature
      PositionedRelativeToADDED
IFC4x3_RC3 to IFC4x3_RC4
    IfcSurfaceFeature
      HasSurfaceFeaturesADDED
      AdheresToElementADDED
Semantic definitions at the entity
Entity definition

A surface feature is a modification at (onto, or into) of the surface of an element. Parts of the surface of the entire surface may be affected. The volume and mass of the element may be increased, remain unchanged, or be decreased by the surface feature, depending on manufacturing technology. However, any increase or decrease of volume is small compared to the total volume of the element.

The part–whole relationship is established by an aggregation relationship object, expressing the decomposition of an element type into one or more additive elements (element parts) and zero or more feature elements.

HISTORY  New entity in IFC4.

Containment Use Definition:

Surface features shall have no spatial containment relationship to the spatial structure since they are dependent on element types without spatial containment relationships or on an element occurrence with own spatial containment relationship.

Geometry use definition:

The geometric representation of IfcSurfaceFeatureElement is given by the IfcProductDefinitionShape, allowing multiple geometric representation.

Local Placement

The local placement for IfcSurfaceFeatureElement is defined in its supertype IfcProduct. It is defined by the IfcLocalPlacement, which defines the local coordinate system that is referenced by all geometric representations.

Shape representation

Different shape representations may be used, depending on the nature of the feature and information requirements:

Higher-level parameters (geometric and non-geometric) may be provided by property sets based on local agreements.

Attribute definitions
#AttributeTypeCardinalityDescription G
9PredefinedTypeIfcSurfaceFeatureTypeEnum? Indicates the kind of surface feature. X
AdheresToElementIfcRelAdheresToElement
@RelatedSurfaceFeatures
Reference to the IfcRelAdheresToElement relationship that uses this IfcSurfaceFeature to ahere or treat the surface of the IfcRelAdheresToElement.RelatingElement. X
Formal Propositions
RuleDescription
CorrectPredefinedType
Inherited definitions from supertypes
Entity inheritance IfcFeatureElement IfcElement IfcProduct IfcObject IfcObjectDefinition IfcRoot
Attribute inheritance
#AttributeTypeCardinalityDescriptionG
IfcRoot
1GlobalIdIfcGloballyUniqueId Assignment of a globally unique identifier within the entire software world. X
2OwnerHistoryIfcOwnerHistory? 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
3NameIfcLabel? 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
4DescriptionIfcText? Optional description, provided for exchanging informative comments. X
IfcObjectDefinition
HasAssignmentsIfcRelAssigns
@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
NestsIfcRelNests
@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
IsNestedByIfcRelNests
@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
HasContextIfcRelDeclares
@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
IsDecomposedByIfcRelAggregates
@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
DecomposesIfcRelAggregates
@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
HasAssociationsIfcRelAssociates
@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
5ObjectTypeIfcLabel? 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
IsDeclaredByIfcRelDefinesByObject
@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
DeclaresIfcRelDefinesByObject
@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
IsTypedByIfcRelDefinesByType
@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
IsDefinedByIfcRelDefinesByProperties
@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
6ObjectPlacementIfcObjectPlacement? 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
7RepresentationIfcProductRepresentation? 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
ReferencedByIfcRelAssignsToProduct
@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
PositionedRelativeToIfcRelPositions
@RelatedProducts
S[0:?]X
ReferencedInStructuresIfcRelReferencedInSpatialStructure
@RelatedElements
S[0:?]X
IfcElement
8TagIfcIdentifier? The tag (or label) identifier at the particular instance of a product, e.g. the serial number, or the position number. It is the identifier at the occurrence level. X
FillsVoidsIfcRelFillsElement
@RelatedBuildingElement
S[0:1]Reference to the IfcRelFillsElement Relationship that puts the element as a filling into the opening created within another element. X
ConnectedToIfcRelConnectsElements
@RelatingElement
S[0:?]Reference to the element connection relationship. The relationship then refers to the other element to which this element is connected to. X
IsInterferedByElementsIfcRelInterferesElements
@RelatedElement
S[0:?]Reference to the interference relationship to indicate the element that is interfered. The relationship, if provided, indicates that this element has an interference with one or many other elements.
NOTE  There is no indication of precedence between IsInterferedByElements and InterferesElements.
IFC4 CHANGE New inverse relationship.
X
InterferesElementsIfcRelInterferesElements
@RelatingElement
S[0:?]Reference to the interference relationship to indicate the element that interferes. The relationship, if provided, indicates that this element has an interference with one or many other elements.
NOTE  There is no indication of precedence between IsInterferedByElements and InterferesElements.
IFC4 CHANGE New inverse relationship.
X
HasProjectionsIfcRelProjectsElement
@RelatingElement
S[0:?]Projection relationship that adds a feature (using a Boolean union) to the IfcBuildingElement. X
HasOpeningsIfcRelVoidsElement
@RelatingBuildingElement
S[0:?]Reference to the IfcRelVoidsElement relationship that creates an opening in an element. An element can incorporate zero-to-many openings. For each opening, that voids the element, a new relationship IfcRelVoidsElement is generated. X
IsConnectionRealizationIfcRelConnectsWithRealizingElements
@RealizingElements
S[0:?]Reference to the connection relationship with realizing element. The relationship, if provided, assigns this element as the realizing element to the connection, which provides the physical manifestation of the connection relationship. X
ProvidesBoundariesIfcRelSpaceBoundary
@RelatedBuildingElement
S[0:?]Reference to space boundaries by virtue of the objectified relationship IfcRelSpaceBoundary. It defines the concept of an element bounding spaces. X
ConnectedFromIfcRelConnectsElements
@RelatedElement
S[0:?]Reference to the element connection relationship. The relationship then refers to the other element that is connected to this element. X
ContainedInStructureIfcRelContainedInSpatialStructure
@RelatedElements
S[0:1]Containment relationship to the spatial structure element, to which the element is primarily associated. This containment relationship has to be hierachical, i.e. an element may only be assigned directly to zero or one spatial structure. X
HasCoveringsIfcRelCoversBldgElements
@RelatingBuildingElement
S[0:?]Reference to IfcCovering by virtue of the objectified relationship IfcRelCoversBldgElement. It defines the concept of an element having coverings associated. X
HasSurfaceFeaturesIfcRelAdheresToElement
@RelatingElement
S[0:?]Reference to the IfcRelAdheresToElement relationship that adheres a IfcSurfaceFeature to an element. An element can incorporate zero-to-many surface features in one relationship. X
IfcFeatureElement
IfcSurfaceFeature
9PredefinedTypeIfcSurfaceFeatureTypeEnum? Indicates the kind of surface feature. X
AdheresToElementIfcRelAdheresToElement
@RelatedSurfaceFeatures
Reference to the IfcRelAdheresToElement relationship that uses this IfcSurfaceFeature to ahere or treat the surface of the IfcRelAdheresToElement.RelatingElement. X
Definitions applying to General Usage

 Instance diagram


IfcSurfaceFeature
Concept usage

Property Sets

The Property Sets for Objects concept template applies to this entity as shown in Table 745.

Table 745 — IfcSurfaceFeature Property Sets for Objects



Placement

The Product Local Placement concept template applies to this entity as shown in Table 746.

Table 746 — IfcSurfaceFeature Product Local Placement

The local placement for IfcSurfaceFeatureElement is defined in its supertype IfcProduct. It is defined by the IfcLocalPlacement, which defines the local coordinate system that is referenced by all geometric representations.



Body Geometry

The Body Geometry concept template applies to this entity as shown in Table 747.

Description
Surface representations of treated parts of the lement surface by means of IfcShellBasedSurfaceModel. The faces within the surface model may be included into a B-Rep model within a representation map of the parent element type.

Table 747 — IfcSurfaceFeature Body Geometry



mvdXML Specification
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ConceptRoot xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" uuid="0363f51c-a75e-4935-b594-4295c56815b0" name="IfcSurfaceFeature" applicableRootEntity="IfcSurfaceFeature">
 <Applicability>
  <Template ref="e6e09889-cd5d-44ef-bab3-2c7c5353de2d" />
  <TemplateRules operator="and">
  </TemplateRules>
 </Applicability>
 <Concepts>
  <Concept uuid="08d33b0b-77a1-48af-8a04-e9e86e8fd8da" name="Property Sets">
   <Template ref="f74255a6-0c0e-4f31-84ad-24981db62461" />
  </Concept>
  <Concept uuid="55f870ed-e0fd-428a-ae1f-b7ad809a2d71" name="Placement">
   <Template ref="cbe85b5f-7912-4a43-8bb7-1e63bf40b26d" />
  </Concept>
  <Concept uuid="9d94eaf1-8f5c-4519-a035-cc1a3e12d5c6" name="Body Geometry">
   <Template ref="c446bd16-2de3-4b97-b34f-4446ac0badc2" />
   <TemplateRules operator="and">
    <TemplateRule Description="Surface representations of treated parts of the lement surface by means of _IfcShellBasedSurfaceModel_. The faces within the surface model may be included into a B-Rep model within a representation map of the parent element type." />
   </TemplateRules>
  </Concept>
 </Concepts>
</ConceptRoot>
Concept inheritance

#ConceptTemplateModel View
IfcRoot
IdentitySoftware IdentityGeneral Usage
Revision ControlRevision ControlGeneral Usage
IfcObjectDefinition
Classification AssociationClassification AssociationGeneral Usage
Assignment to ProductAssignment to ProductGeneral Usage
IfcObject
Object User IdentityObject User IdentityGeneral Usage
Object Predefined TypeObject Predefined TypeGeneral Usage
Object TypingObject TypingGeneral Usage
Property Sets with OverrideProperty Sets with OverrideGeneral Usage
IfcProduct
Product PlacementProduct PlacementGeneral Usage
Product Geometric RepresentationProduct Geometric RepresentationGeneral Usage
Relative PositionProduct Relative PositioningGeneral Usage
Product Span PositioningProduct Span PositioningGeneral Usage
Product Geometry ColourProduct Geometry ColourGeneral Usage
Product Geometry LayerProduct Geometry LayerGeneral Usage
Product Relative PlacementProduct Relative PlacementGeneral Usage
IfcElement
Element InterferenceElement InterferenceGeneral Usage
CoG GeometryCoG GeometryGeneral Usage
Box GeometryBox GeometryGeneral Usage
FootPrint GeometryFootPrint GeometryGeneral Usage
Body SurfaceOrSolidModel GeometryBody SurfaceOrSolidModel GeometryGeneral Usage
Body SurfaceModel GeometryBody SurfaceModel GeometryGeneral Usage
Body Tessellation GeometryBody Tessellation GeometryGeneral Usage
Body Brep GeometryBody Brep GeometryGeneral Usage
Body AdvancedBrep GeometryBody AdvancedBrep GeometryGeneral Usage
Body CSG GeometryBody CSG GeometryGeneral Usage
Mapped GeometryMapped GeometryGeneral Usage
Element OpeningsElement OpeningsGeneral Usage
Element ProjectingElement ProjectingGeneral Usage
Linear PlacementProduct Linear PlacementGeneral Usage
Element Voiding FeaturesElement Voiding FeaturesGeneral Usage
Surface Feature AdherenceSurface Feature AdherenceGeneral Usage
Body AdvancedSwept Directrix GeometryBody AdvancedSwept Directrix GeometryGeneral Usage
Body AdvancedSwept DiskSolid PolyCurve GeometryBody AdvancedSwept DiskSolid PolyCurve GeometryGeneral Usage
Body AdvancedSwept Tapered GeometryBody AdvancedSwept Tapered GeometryGeneral Usage
Body SectionedSolidHorizontalBody SectionedSolidHorizontalGeneral Usage
Body SweptSolid Composite GeometryBody SweptSolid Composite GeometryGeneral Usage
Body SweptSolid ParameterizedProfile GeometryBody SweptSolid ParameterizedProfile GeometryGeneral Usage
Body SweptSolid CompositeCurve GeometryBody SweptSolid CompositeCurve GeometryGeneral Usage
Body SweptSolid PolyCurve GeometryBody SweptSolid PolyCurve GeometryGeneral Usage
FootPrint Annotation GeometryFootPrint Annotation GeometryGeneral Usage
FootPrint GeomSet PolyCurve GeometryFootPrint GeomSet PolyCurve GeometryGeneral Usage
Surface Sectioned GeometrySurface Sectioned GeometryGeneral Usage
Surface Tessellation GeometrySurface Tessellation GeometryGeneral Usage
Product Grid PlacementProduct Grid PlacementGeneral Usage
IfcFeatureElement
Spatial ContainmentSpatial ContainmentGeneral Usage
IfcSurfaceFeature
Property SetsProperty Sets for ObjectsGeneral Usage
PlacementProduct Local PlacementGeneral Usage
Body GeometryBody GeometryGeneral Usage
Formal representations
XML Specification
 <xs:element name="IfcSurfaceFeature" type="ifc:IfcSurfaceFeature" substitutionGroup="ifc:IfcFeatureElement" nillable="true"/>
 <xs:complexType name="IfcSurfaceFeature">
  <xs:complexContent>
   <xs:extension base="ifc:IfcFeatureElement">
    <xs:attribute name="PredefinedType" type="ifc:IfcSurfaceFeatureTypeEnum" use="optional"/>
   </xs:extension>
  </xs:complexContent>
 </xs:complexType>
EXPRESS Specification
ENTITY IfcSurfaceFeature
 SUBTYPE OF (IfcFeatureElement);
  PredefinedType : OPTIONAL IfcSurfaceFeatureTypeEnum;
 INVERSE
  AdheresToElement : IfcRelAdheresToElement FOR RelatedSurfaceFeatures;
 WHERE
  CorrectPredefinedType : NOT(EXISTS(PredefinedType)) OR
(PredefinedType <> IfcSurfaceFeatureTypeEnum.USERDEFINED) OR
((PredefinedType = IfcSurfaceFeatureTypeEnum.USERDEFINED) AND EXISTS (SELF\IfcObject.ObjectType));
END_ENTITY;

Link to EXPRESS-G diagram EXPRESS-G diagram

References  References: IfcRelAdheresToElement

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