5.1.3.15 IfcPropertySetDefinition
ABSTRACT This definition may not be instantiated
5.1.3.15.1 Semantic definition
IfcPropertySetDefinition is a generalization of all individual property sets that can be assigned to an object or type object. The property set definition can be either:
- Dynamically extendable property sets - IfcPropertySet, a set of properties for which the IFC specification only provides a kind of "meta model", to be further declared by agreement. This means no entity definition of the properties exists within the IFC specification. The declaration is done by assigning a significant string value to the Name attribute of the entity as defined in the entity IfcPropertySet and at each subtype of IfcProperty, referenced by the property set. Dynamically defined property sets may have an underlying template provided by IfcPropertySetTemplate.
- Statically defined property sets - IfcPreDefinedPropertySet, a property set entity that exists within the IFC specification. The semantic meaning of each statically defined property set is declared by its entity type and the meaning of the properties is defined by the name and data type of the explicit attribute representing it.
Property set definitions define information that is shared among multiple instances of objects, either object occurrences or object types. IfcPropertySetDefinition's (by their instantiable subtypes) can participate within the following relationships:
- Assignment to object types - an DefinesType direct relationship to IfcTypeObject that applies the property set, with all included properties, to the object type. Those properties apply to all object occurrences having the same object type.
- Assignment to object occurrences - an DefinesOccurrence relationship to IfcRelDefinesByProperties that applies the property set, with all included properties, to the object occurrence.
5.1.3.15.2 Entity inheritance
5.1.3.15.3 Attributes
# | Attribute | Type | Description |
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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. |
IfcPropertyDefinition (2) | |||
HasContext | SET [0:1] OF IfcRelDeclares FOR RelatedDefinitions |
Reference to the relationship IfcRelDeclares and thus to the IfcProject or IfcProjectLibrary. |
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HasAssociations | SET [0:?] OF IfcRelAssociates FOR RelatedObjects |
Reference to the relationship IfcRelAssociates and thus to those externally defined concepts, like classifications, documents, or library information, which are associated to the property definition. |
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IfcPropertySetDefinition (3) | |||
DefinesType | SET [0:?] OF IfcTypeObject FOR HasPropertySets |
The type object to which the property set is assigned. The property set acts as a shared property set to all occurrences of the type object. |
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IsDefinedBy | SET [0:?] OF IfcRelDefinesByTemplate FOR RelatedPropertySets |
Relation to the property set template, via the objectified relationship IfcRelDefinesByTemplate, that, if given, provides the definition template for the property set or quantity set and its properties. |
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DefinesOccurrence | SET [0:?] OF IfcRelDefinesByProperties FOR RelatingPropertyDefinition |
Reference to the relation to one or many object occurrences that are characterized by the property set definition. A single property set can be assigned to multiple object occurrences using the objectified relationship IfcRefDefinesByProperties. |
5.1.3.15.4 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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5.1.3.15.5 Formal representation
ENTITY IfcPropertySetDefinition
ABSTRACT SUPERTYPE OF (ONEOF
(IfcPreDefinedPropertySet
,IfcPropertySet
,IfcQuantitySet))
SUBTYPE OF (IfcPropertyDefinition);
INVERSE
DefinesType : SET [0:?] OF IfcTypeObject FOR HasPropertySets;
IsDefinedBy : SET [0:?] OF IfcRelDefinesByTemplate FOR RelatedPropertySets;
DefinesOccurrence : SET [0:?] OF IfcRelDefinesByProperties FOR RelatingPropertyDefinition;
END_ENTITY;
5.1.3.15.6 References
- IfcDoorLiningProperties
- IfcDoorPanelProperties
- IfcPreDefinedPropertySet
- IfcPropertyDefinition
- IfcPropertySet
- IfcPropertySetDefinitionSelect
- IfcPropertySetDefinitionSet
- IfcQuantitySet
- IfcRelDefinesByTemplate
- IfcTypeObject
- IfcUniqueDefinitionNames
- IfcUniquePropertySetNames
- IfcWindowLiningProperties
- IfcWindowPanelProperties