This enumeration defines the different types of building element parts.
6.3.2.1.2 Type values
Type
Description
APRON
A form of scour protection consisting of timber, concrete, riprap, paving, or other construction placed adjacent to abutments and piers to prevent undermining.
ARMOURUNIT
A large quarry stone or concrete shaped unit used as erosion prevention on slopes such as revetments and breakwaters. These units are grouped together into a Course layer.
INSULATION
The part provides thermal insulation, for example as insulation layer between wall panels in sandwich walls or as infill in stud walls.
PRECASTPANEL
The part is a precast panel, usually as an internal or external layer in a sandwich wall panel.
SAFETYCAGE
Safety cages are an assembly of circular and vertical bars that are fastened to the stiles of fixed ladders and are arranged to enclose the path of a worker when climbing the ladder. Ladders so enclosed are also known as caged or hooped ladders.
USERDEFINED
User-defined accessory.
NOTDEFINED
Undefined accessory.
Table 6.3.2.1.A
6.3.2.1.3 Formal representation
TYPE IfcBuildingElementPartTypeEnum = ENUMERATION OF
(APRON
,ARMOURUNIT
,INSULATION
,PRECASTPANEL
,SAFETYCAGE
,USERDEFINED
,NOTDEFINED);
END_TYPE;