5.1.3.9 IfcProcess
ABSTRACT This definition may not be instantiated
5.1.3.9.1 Semantic definition
IfcProcess is defined as one individual activity or event, that is ordered in time, that has sequence relationships with other processes, which transforms input in output, and may connect to other processes through input output relationships. An IfcProcess can be an activity (or task), or an event. It takes usually place in building construction with the intent of designing, costing, acquiring, constructing, or maintaining products or other and similar tasks or procedures. Figure 5.1.3.9.A illustrates process relationships.
Process information relates to other objects by establishing the following relationships:
- Nesting of processes : IfcRelNests - A process can contain sub processes and thereby be nested.
- Sequencing of processes : IfcRelSequence - Processes can be placed in sequence (including overlapping for parallel tasks), and have predecessors and successors.
- Assigning process to schedules : IfcRelAssignsToControl - Activities such as tasks, and predominately summary tasks, are assigned to a work schedule.
- Having a product assigned to the process as input : IfcRelAssignsToProcess - Products can be assigned as input to a process, such as for construction process planning.
- Having a product assigned to the process as output : IfcRelAssignsToProduct - Products can be assigned as output to a process, such as for construction process planning.
- Having a control assigned to the process as process control : IfcRelAssignsToProcess - Items that act as a control onto the process can be assigned to a process, such as for cost management (a cost item assigned to a work task).
- Having a resource assigned to the process as consumed by the process : IfcRelAssignsToProcess - Items that act as a mechanism to a process, such as labor, material and equipment in cost calculations.
5.1.3.9.2 Entity inheritance
5.1.3.9.3 Attributes
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IfcRoot (4) | |||
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, |
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 (7) | |||
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. |
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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 structures only). |
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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). |
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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. |
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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 definition can be aggregated by several other objects (occurrences or parts). |
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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 definition can only be part of a single decomposition (to allow hierarchical structures only). |
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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. |
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IfcObject (5) | |||
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 or when the concrete entity instantiated does not have a PredefinedType attribute. The latter is the case in some exceptional leaf classes and when instantiating IfcBuiltElement directly. |
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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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IfcProcess (5) | |||
6 | Identification | OPTIONAL IfcIdentifier |
An identifying designation given to a process or activity. It is the identifier at the occurrence level. |
7 | LongDescription | OPTIONAL IfcText |
An extended description or narrative that may be provided. |
IsPredecessorTo | SET [0:?] OF IfcRelSequence FOR RelatingProcess |
Dependency between two activities, it refers to the subsequent activity for which this activity is the predecessor. The link between two activities can include a link type and a lag time. |
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IsSuccessorFrom | SET [0:?] OF IfcRelSequence FOR RelatedProcess |
Dependency between two activities, it refers to the previous activity for which this activity is the successor. The link between two activities can include a link type and a lag time. |
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OperatesOn | SET [0:?] OF IfcRelAssignsToProcess FOR RelatingProcess |
Set of relationships to other objects, e.g. products, processes, controls, resources or actors, that are operated on by the process. |
5.1.3.9.4 Property sets
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Pset_Risk
- RiskName
- RiskType
- NatureOfRisk
- RiskAssessmentMethodology
- UnmitigatedRiskLikelihood
- UnmitigatedRiskConsequence
- UnmitigatedRiskSignificance
- MitigationPlanned
- MitigatedRiskLikelihood
- MitigatedRiskConsequence
- MitigatedRiskSignificance
- MitigationProposed
- AssociatedProduct
- AssociatedActivity
- AssociatedLocation
5.1.3.9.5 Concept usage
Concept | Usage | Description | |
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IfcRoot (2) | |||
Revision Control | General |
Ownership, history, and merge state is captured using IfcOwnerHistory. |
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Software Identity | General |
IfcRoot assigns the globally unique ID. In addition it may provide for a name and a description about the concept. |
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IfcObjectDefinition (9) | |||
Classification Association | General |
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. |
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Aggregation | General |
No description available. |
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Approval Association | General |
No description available. |
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Constraint Association | General |
No description available. |
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Document Association | General |
No description available. |
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Library Association | General |
No description available. |
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Material Association | General |
No description available. |
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Material Single | General |
No description available. |
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Nesting | General |
No description available. |
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IfcObject (5) | |||
Object Predefined Type | General |
No description available. |
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Object Typing | General |
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. This concept can be applied to the following resources: |
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Object User Identity | General |
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. |
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Property Sets with Override | General |
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. |
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Assignment to Group | General |
No description available. |
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IfcProcess (4) | |||
Property Sets for Objects | General |
This concept can be applied to the following resources: |
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Object Typing | General |
This concept can be applied to the following resources: |
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Process Assignment | General |
No description available. |
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Sequential Connectivity | General |
No description available. |
5.1.3.9.6 Formal representation
ENTITY IfcProcess
ABSTRACT SUPERTYPE OF (ONEOF
(IfcEvent
,IfcProcedure
,IfcTask))
SUBTYPE OF (IfcObject);
Identification : OPTIONAL IfcIdentifier;
LongDescription : OPTIONAL IfcText;
INVERSE
IsPredecessorTo : SET [0:?] OF IfcRelSequence FOR RelatingProcess;
IsSuccessorFrom : SET [0:?] OF IfcRelSequence FOR RelatedProcess;
OperatesOn : SET [0:?] OF IfcRelAssignsToProcess FOR RelatingProcess;
END_ENTITY;