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 | Type | Cardinality | Description | A |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Name | IfcLabel | [1:1] | Name of the material. | X |
# | Attribute | Type | Cardinality | Description | A |
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IfcMaterial | |||||
1 | Name | IfcLabel | [1:1] | Name of the material. | X |
<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>
ENTITY IfcMaterial;
Name : IfcLabel;
INVERSE
END_ENTITY;