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7.3.3.4 IfcConstructionMaterialResourceType

7.3.3.4.1 Semantic definition

The resource type IfcConstructionMaterialType defines commonly shared information for occurrences of construction material resources. The set of shared information may include:

  • common productivities
  • common cost rates
  • common properties within shared property sets

It is used to define a construction material resource specification (the specific resource information that is common to all occurrences of that resource). Resource types may be exchanged without being already assigned to occurrences.

Occurrences of the IfcConstructionMaterialResourceType are represented by instances of IfcConstructionMaterialResource.

Assignment Use Definition

In addition to assignments specified at the base class IfcConstructionResourceType, a construction material resource type may have assignments of its own using IfcRelAssignsToResource where RelatingResource refers to the IfcConstructionMaterialResourceType and RelatedObjects contains one or more IfcTypeProduct subtypes. Such relationship indicates material specifications to be used as input, which is instantiated as an occurrence assigned for each resource occurrence. The IfcGeographicElementType product type may be used to hold the material representation (via IfcRelAssociatesMaterial. There may be multiple chains of production where such product type may have its own task and resource types assigned indicating how to transport or extract such material.

7.3.3.4.2 Entity inheritance

7.3.3.4.3 Attributes

# Attribute Type Description
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.

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).

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).

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.

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).

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).

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.

IfcTypeObject (3)
5 ApplicableOccurrence OPTIONAL IfcIdentifier

The attribute optionally defines the data type of the occurrence object, to which the assigned type object can relate. If not present, no instruction is given to which occurrence object the type object is applicable. The following conventions are used: * The IFC entity name of the applicable occurrence using the IFC naming convention, CamelCase with IFC prefix * It can be optionally followed by the predefined type after the separator "/" (forward slash), using uppercase * If one type object is applicable to many occurrence objects, then those occurrence object names should be separate by comma "," forming a comma separated string.

6 HasPropertySets OPTIONAL SET [1:?] OF IfcPropertySetDefinition

Set ~~list~~ of unique property sets, that are associated with the object type and are common to all object occurrences referring to this object type.

Types SET [0:1] OF IfcRelDefinesByType FOR RelatingType

Reference to the relationship IfcRelDefinedByType and thus to those occurrence objects, which are defined by this type.

IfcTypeResource (4)
7 Identification OPTIONAL IfcIdentifier

An identifying designation given to a resource type.

8 LongDescription OPTIONAL IfcText

An long description, or text, describing the resource in detail.

9 ResourceType OPTIONAL IfcLabel

The type denotes a particular type that indicates the resource 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.

ResourceOf SET [0:?] OF IfcRelAssignsToResource FOR RelatingResource

Set of relationships to other objects, e.g. products, processes, controls, resources or actors to which this resource type is a resource.

IfcConstructionResourceType (2)
10 BaseCosts OPTIONAL LIST [1:?] OF IfcAppliedValue

Indicates the unit costs and environmental impacts for which accrued amounts should be calculated. Such unit costs may be split into Name designations (e.g. 'Standard', 'Overtime'), and may contain a hierarchy of cost values that apply at different dates (using IfcCostValue.ApplicableDate and IfcCostValue.FixedUntilDate).

11 BaseQuantity OPTIONAL IfcPhysicalQuantity

Identifies the quantity for which the BaseQuantityProduced applies. The Name of the IfcPhysicalQuantity identifies the quantity definition being measured, e.g. "GrossVolume". For production-based resources (e.g. carpentry labor), this value refers to quantities on IfcProduct(s) to which the assigned IfcTask is assigned. For duration-based resources (e.g. safety inspector, fuel for equipment), this value refers to quantities that may be assigned to occurrences of the assigned IfcTaskType.

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IfcConstructionMaterialResourceType (1)
12 PredefinedType IfcConstructionMaterialResourceTypeEnum

Defines types of construction material resources.

Table 7.3.3.4.A

7.3.3.4.4 Formal propositions

Name Description
CorrectPredefinedType

No description available.

(PredefinedType <> IfcConstructionMaterialResourceTypeEnum.USERDEFINED) OR
((PredefinedType = IfcConstructionMaterialResourceTypeEnum.USERDEFINED) AND EXISTS(SELF\IfcTypeResource.ResourceType))
Table 7.3.3.4.B

7.3.3.4.5 Property sets

7.3.3.4.6 Concept usage

Concept Usage Description
IfcRoot (2)
Revision Control General

Ownership, history, and merge state is captured using IfcOwnerHistory.

Software Identity General

IfcRoot assigns the globally unique ID. In addition it may provide for a name and a description about the concept.

IfcObjectDefinition (9)
Aggregation General

No description available.

Approval Association General

No description available.

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.

Constraint Association General

No description available.

Document Association General

No description available.

Library Association General

No description available.

Material Association General

No description available.

Material Single General

No description available.

Nesting General

No description available.

IfcTypeObject (1)
Property Sets for Types General

No description available.

IfcConstructionResourceType (1)
Property Sets for Objects General

This concept can be applied to the following resources:

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IfcConstructionMaterialResourceType (1)
Quantity Sets General

This concept can be applied to the following resources:

Table 7.3.3.4.C

7.3.3.4.7 Formal representation

ENTITY IfcConstructionMaterialResourceType
 SUBTYPE OF (IfcConstructionResourceType);
	PredefinedType : IfcConstructionMaterialResourceTypeEnum;
 WHERE
	CorrectPredefinedType : (PredefinedType <> IfcConstructionMaterialResourceTypeEnum.USERDEFINED) OR
((PredefinedType = IfcConstructionMaterialResourceTypeEnum.USERDEFINED) AND EXISTS(SELF\IfcTypeResource.ResourceType));
END_ENTITY;

7.3.3.4.8 References

7.3.3.4.9 Changelog

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