4.8.1.14.1 Surface 3D Geometry

The Surface 3D Geometry is the standard surfacic represenation for elements having a 'Surface' representation describing the inner or outer surface of the object, e.g. for defining thermal boundaries idealized at the middle plane of an element.

The following attribute values for the IfcShapeRepresentation holding this geometric representation shall be used:

Figure 250 illustrates an instance diagram.

Surface 3D GeometryIfcElementIfcProductDefinitionShapeIfcShapeRepresentationIfcGeometricRepresentationContextIfcLabelIfcLabelIfcBoundedSurfaceIfcSweptSurface

Figure 250 — Surface 3D Geometry

mvdXML Specification
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ConceptTemplate xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" uuid="bd82983d-39d5-41b2-9ee8-f3bd8777d315" name="Surface 3D Geometry" applicableSchema="IFC4" applicableEntity="IfcElement">
  <Rules>
    <AttributeRule AttributeName="Representation">
      <EntityRules>
        <EntityRule EntityName="IfcProductDefinitionShape">
          <AttributeRules>
            <AttributeRule AttributeName="Representations">
              <EntityRules>
                <EntityRule EntityName="IfcShapeRepresentation">
                  <AttributeRules>
                    <AttributeRule AttributeName="ContextOfItems">
                      <EntityRules>
                        <EntityRule EntityName="IfcGeometricRepresentationContext" />
                      </EntityRules>
                    </AttributeRule>
                    <AttributeRule RuleID="Identifier" AttributeName="RepresentationIdentifier">
                      <EntityRules>
                        <EntityRule EntityName="IfcLabel">
                          <Constraints>
                            <Constraint Expression="Identifier[Value] = 'Surface'" />
                          </Constraints>
                        </EntityRule>
                      </EntityRules>
                    </AttributeRule>
                    <AttributeRule RuleID="Type" AttributeName="RepresentationType">
                      <EntityRules>
                        <EntityRule EntityName="IfcLabel">
                          <Constraints>
                            <Constraint Expression="Type[Value] = 'Surface3D'" />
                          </Constraints>
                        </EntityRule>
                      </EntityRules>
                    </AttributeRule>
                    <AttributeRule RuleID="Items" AttributeName="Items">
                      <EntityRules>
                        <EntityRule EntityName="IfcBoundedSurface" />
                        <EntityRule EntityName="IfcSweptSurface" />
                      </EntityRules>
                    </AttributeRule>
                  </AttributeRules>
                </EntityRule>
              </EntityRules>
            </AttributeRule>
            <AttributeRule AttributeName="Name" />
            <AttributeRule AttributeName="Description" />
          </AttributeRules>
        </EntityRule>
      </EntityRules>
    </AttributeRule>
  </Rules>
</ConceptTemplate>

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