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8.10.3.5 IfcMaterialDefinition

ABSTRACT This definition may not be instantiated

8.10.3.5.1 Semantic definition

IfcMaterialDefinition is a general supertype for all material related information items in IFC that have common material related properties that may include association of material with some shape parameters or assignments to identified parts of a component.

There are three ways of assigning materials to a single component or multiple components; they are characterized as:

  • by layer - assigning a material to a layer with constant thickness
  • by profile - assigning a material to a profile with a constant of varying shape along an extrusion
  • by constituents - assigning a material to an identified part of a component shape; the identification is by a keyword rather than by a shape parameter

Each instantiable subtype of IfcMaterialDefinition may have material properties assigned, or have an external classification of its definition. It can be assigned to either a subtype of IfcElement, or a subtype of IfcElementType by using the objectified relationship IfcRelAssociatesMaterial.

8.10.3.5.2 Entity inheritance

8.10.3.5.3 Attributes

# Attribute Type Description
IfcMaterialDefinition (3)
AssociatedTo SET [0:?] OF IfcRelAssociatesMaterial FOR RelatingMaterial

Use of the IfcMaterialDefinition subtypes within the material association of an element occurrence or element type. The association is established by the IfcRelAssociatesMaterial relationship.

HasExternalReferences SET [0:?] OF IfcExternalReferenceRelationship FOR RelatedResourceObjects

Reference to external references, e.g. library, classification, or document information, that are associated to the material.

HasProperties SET [0:?] OF IfcMaterialProperties FOR Material

Material properties assigned to instances of subtypes of IfcMaterialDefinition.

Table 8.10.3.5.A

8.10.3.5.4 Formal representation

ENTITY IfcMaterialDefinition
 ABSTRACT SUPERTYPE OF (ONEOF
	(IfcMaterial
	,IfcMaterialConstituent
	,IfcMaterialConstituentSet
	,IfcMaterialLayer
	,IfcMaterialLayerSet
	,IfcMaterialProfile
	,IfcMaterialProfileSet));
 INVERSE
	AssociatedTo : SET [0:?] OF IfcRelAssociatesMaterial FOR RelatingMaterial;
	HasExternalReferences : SET [0:?] OF IfcExternalReferenceRelationship FOR RelatedResourceObjects;
	HasProperties : SET [0:?] OF IfcMaterialProperties FOR Material;
END_ENTITY;

8.10.3.5.5 References

8.10.3.5.6 Changelog

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