| additions | attributes | Duration |
| deletions | attributes | CreationDate |
| deletions | attributes | FinishTime |
| deletions | attributes | UserDefinedControlType |
| deletions | attributes | WorkControlType |
| deletions | where_rules | WR1 |
| modifications | attributes Duration definition | Changed from IfcTimeMeasure to IfcDuration |
| modifications | attributes Duration name | Changed from Duration to TotalFloat |
| modifications | attributes Identifier definition | Changed from IfcIdentifier to IfcDateTime |
| modifications | attributes Identifier name | Changed from Identifier to CreationDate |
| modifications | attributes StartTime definition | Changed from IfcDateTimeSelect to IfcDateTime |
| modifications | attributes StartTime is_optional | Changed from False to True |
| modifications | attributes StartTime name | Changed from StartTime to FinishTime |
| modifications | attributes TotalFloat definition | Changed from IfcTimeMeasure to IfcDateTime |
| modifications | attributes TotalFloat is_optional | Changed from True to False |
| modifications | attributes TotalFloat name | Changed from TotalFloat to StartTime |
An IfcWorkControl is an abstract supertype which captures information that is common to both IfcWorkPlan and IfcWorkSchedule.
HISTORY New entity in IFC2x
CHANGE IFC4 Corrected assignment of resources to work control in documentation. Assignment of tasks to work control updated based on changes of task time definitions and the introduction of a summary task. Identifier has been renamed (now Identification) and promoted to supertype IfcControl
A work control may have resources assigned to it. This is handled by the IfcRelAssignsToControl relationship. A work control should also define a context that gives further information about its usage. If no special context information is required then the IfcProject instance as a global context should be used instead. An explicit link between the work control and the IfcProject via IfcRelDeclares should then be provided.
The attribute IfcWorkControl.Purpose is used to define the purpose of either a work schedule or a work plan. In the case of IfcWorkPlan, the purpose attribute can be used to determine if the work plan is for cost estimating, task scheduling or some other defined purpose.
| # | Attribute | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| IfcRoot | |||
| 1 | GlobalId | IfcGloballyUniqueId | Assignment of a globally unique identifier within the entire software world. |
| 2 | OwnerHistory | OPTIONAL 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. |
| 3 | Name | OPTIONAL 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. |
| 4 | Description | OPTIONAL IfcText | Optional description, provided for exchanging informative comments. |
| IfcObjectDefinition | |||
| HasAssignments | SET [0:?] OF IfcRelAssigns FOR RelatedObjects | 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. | |
| Nests | SET [0:1] OF IfcRelNests FOR RelatedObjects | 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. | |
| IsNestedBy | SET [0:?] OF IfcRelNests FOR RelatingObject | 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. | |
| HasContext | SET [0:1] OF IfcRelDeclares FOR RelatedDefinitions | 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. | |
| IsDecomposedBy | SET [0:?] OF IfcRelAggregates FOR RelatingObject | 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. | |
| Decomposes | SET [0:1] OF IfcRelAggregates FOR RelatedObjects | 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. | |
| HasAssociations | SET [0:?] OF IfcRelAssociates FOR RelatedObjects | 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. | |
| IfcObject | |||
| 5 | ObjectType | OPTIONAL 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. |
| IsDeclaredBy | SET [0:1] OF IfcRelDefinesByObject FOR RelatedObjects | 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. | |
| Declares | SET [0:?] OF IfcRelDefinesByObject FOR RelatingObject | 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. | |
| IsTypedBy | SET [0:1] OF IfcRelDefinesByType FOR RelatedObjects | 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. | |
| IsDefinedBy | SET [0:?] OF IfcRelDefinesByProperties FOR RelatedObjects | 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. | |
| IfcControl | |||
| 6 | Identification | OPTIONAL IfcIdentifier | An identifying designation given to a control It is the identifier at the occurrence level. > IFC4 CHANGE Attribute unified by promoting from various subtypes of IfcControl. |
| Controls | SET [0:?] OF IfcRelAssignsToControl FOR RelatingControl | Reference to the relationship that associates the control to the object(s) being controlled. | |
| IfcWorkControl | |||
| 7 | CreationDate | IfcDateTime | The date that the plan is created. |
| 8 | Creators | OPTIONAL SET [1:?] OF IfcPerson | The authors of the work plan. |
| 9 | Purpose | OPTIONAL IfcLabel | A description of the purpose of the work schedule. |
| 10 | Duration | OPTIONAL IfcDuration | The total duration of the entire work schedule. |
| 11 | TotalFloat | OPTIONAL IfcDuration | The total time float of the entire work schedule. |
| 12 | StartTime | IfcDateTime | The start time of the schedule. |
| 13 | FinishTime | OPTIONAL IfcDateTime | The finish time of the schedule. |
Any object occurrence or object type can have a reference to a specific classification reference, i.e. to a particular facet within a classification system.
From IFC4 onwards the assignment of tasks to the work control is handled by the IfcRelAssignsToControl relationship. IfcRelAssignsTasks as used in previous IFC releases has been deleted and can not be used any longer. Another change in IFC4 is that it is not necessary to assign each task to a work control as it is regarded to be sufficient if the summary task (root task in the task hierarchy defined through IfcRelNests relationships) is assigned to a work control.
IfcRoot assigns the globally unique ID. In addition it may provide for a name and a description about the concept.
Any object occurrence can be typed by being assigned to a common object type utilizing this concept. A particular rule, restricting the applicable subtypes of IfcTypeObject that can be assigned, is introduced by overriding this concept at the level of subtypes of IfcObject.
An attribute Name and optionally Description can be used for all subypes of IfcObject. For those subtypes, that have an object type definition, such as ifcBeam - IfcBeamType, the common Name and optionally Description is associated with the object type.
| PsetName |
|---|
| 'Pset_WorkControlCommon' |
Any object occurrence can hold property sets, either directly at the object occurrence as element specific property sets, or at the object type, as type property sets. In this case, the properties that are provided to the object occurrence are the combinations of element specific and type properties. In case, that the same property (within the same property set, is defined both, in occurrence and type properties, the property value of the occurrence property overrides the property value of the type property.
Ownership, history, and merge state is captured using IfcOwnerHistory.
ENTITY IfcWorkControl ABSTRACT SUPERTYPE OF (ONEOF (IfcWorkPlan ,IfcWorkSchedule)) SUBTYPE OF (IfcControl); CreationDate : IfcDateTime; Creators : OPTIONAL SET [1:?] OF IfcPerson; Purpose : OPTIONAL IfcLabel; Duration : OPTIONAL IfcDuration; TotalFloat : OPTIONAL IfcDuration; StartTime : IfcDateTime; FinishTime : OPTIONAL IfcDateTime; END_ENTITY;