IfcMaterial

Natural language names
Semantic definitions at the entity
Entity definition

A homogeneous substance that can be used to form elements.

NOTE  In this IFC Release only isotropic materials are allowed for. In future releases also anisotropic materials and their usage may be considered.
HISTORY  New entity in IFC1.0
IFC2x Edition 3 CHANGE  The inverse attribute HasRepresentation has been added. Upward compatibility for file based exchange is guaranteed.
Attribute definitions
#AttributeTypeCardinalityDescription A
1NameIfcLabel[1:1] Name of the material.X
Inherited definitions from supertypes
Entity inheritance
Attribute inheritance
#AttributeTypeCardinalityDescriptionA
IfcMaterial
1NameIfcLabel[1:1] Name of the material.X
Formal representations
XSD Specification
 <xs:element name="IfcMaterial" type="ifc:IfcMaterial" substitutionGroup="ifc:Entity" nillable="true"/>
 <xs:complexType name="IfcMaterial">
  <xs:complexContent>
   <xs:extension base="ifc:Entity">
    <xs:attribute name="Name" type="ifc:IfcLabel" use="optional"/>
   </xs:extension>
  </xs:complexContent>
 </xs:complexType>
EXPRESS Specification
ENTITY IfcMaterial;
  Name : IfcLabel;
 INVERSE
END_ENTITY;

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