5.1.3.19 IfcQuantitySet
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5.1.3.19.1 Semantic definition
IfcQuantitySet is the the abstract supertype for all quantity sets attached to objects. The quantity set is a container class that holds the individual quantities within a quantity tree. These quantities are interpreted according to their name attribute and classified according to their measure type. Some quantity sets are included in the IFC specification and have a predefined set of quantities indicated by assigning a significant name. These quantity sets are listed as "quantity sets" within this specification. Quantity sets applicable to certain objects are listed in the object specification.
An IfcPropertySetTemplate may define the underlying structure, i.e. the required name, the applicable object or object types to which the quantity set can be attached, and the individual quantities that maybe included. Quantity sets are related to other objects by using the relationship object that refers to the corresponding object:
- Occurrence Object: IfcRelDefinesByProperties using the inverse attribute DefinesOccurrence.
- Type Object: using a direct link by inverse attribute DefinesType.
- Underlying template: IfcRelDefinesByTemplate using the inverse attribute IsDefinedBy.
- External reference: subtypes of IfcRelAssociates are used to provide a link to a classification system, or external library providing further reference to the quantity set. Accessible by inverse attribute HasAssociations.
5.1.3.19.2 Entity inheritance
5.1.3.19.3 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. |
5.1.3.19.4 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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5.1.3.19.5 Formal representation
ENTITY IfcQuantitySet
ABSTRACT SUPERTYPE OF (ONEOF
(IfcElementQuantity))
SUBTYPE OF (IfcPropertySetDefinition);
END_ENTITY;