IfcDistributionFlowElementType

Inherited definitions from supertypes

Entity inheritance

Attribute inheritance

#	Attribute	Type	Cardinality	Description	C
IfcRoot
1	GlobalId	IfcGloballyUniqueId	[1:1]	Assignment of a globally unique identifier within the entire software world.	X
2	OwnerHistory	IfcOwnerHistory	[0:1]	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, NOTE only the last modification in stored - either as addition, deletion or modification.	X
3	Name	IfcLabel	[0:1]	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.	X
4	Description	IfcText	[0:1]	Optional description, provided for exchanging informative comments.	X
IfcObjectDefinition
	HasAssignments	IfcRelAssigns @RelatedObjects	S[0:?]	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.	X
	Nests	IfcRelNests @RelatedObjects	S[0:1]	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).	X
	IsNestedBy	IfcRelNests @RelatingObject	S[0:?]	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).	X
	HasContext	IfcRelDeclares @RelatedDefinitions	S[0:1]	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.	X
	IsDecomposedBy	IfcRelAggregates @RelatingObject	S[0:?]	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).	X
	Decomposes	IfcRelAggregates @RelatedObjects	S[0:1]	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).	X
	HasAssociations	IfcRelAssociates @RelatedObjects	S[0:?]	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.	X
IfcTypeObject
5	ApplicableOccurrence	IfcIdentifier	[0:1]	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. EXAMPLE Refering to a furniture as applicable occurrence entity would be expressed as 'IfcFurnishingElement', refering to a brace as applicable entity would be expressed as 'IfcMember/BRACE', refering to a wall and wall standard case would be expressed as 'IfcWall, IfcWallStandardCase'.	X
6	HasPropertySets	IfcPropertySetDefinition	S[1:?]	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.	X
	Types	IfcRelDefinesByType @RelatingType	S[0:1]	Reference to the relationship IfcRelDefinedByType and thus to those occurrence objects, which are defined by this type.	X
IfcTypeProduct
7	RepresentationMaps	IfcRepresentationMap	~L[1:?]	List of unique representation maps. Each representation map describes a block definition of the shape of the product style. By providing more than one representation map, a multi-view block definition can be given.	X
8	Tag	IfcLabel	[0:1]	The tag (or label) identifier at the particular type of a product, e.g. the article number (like the EAN). It is the identifier at the specific level.	X
	ReferencedBy	IfcRelAssignsToProduct @RelatingProduct	S[0:?]	Reference to the IfcRelAssignsToProduct relationship, by which other products, processes, controls, resources or actors (as subtypes of IfcObjectDefinition) can be related to this product type.	X
IfcElementType
9	ElementType	IfcLabel	[0:1]	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.	X
IfcDistributionElementType
IfcDistributionFlowElementType

Definitions applying to Common Use Definitions

Instance diagram

Concept usage

Type Axis Geometry

The Type Axis Geometry concept applies to this entity as shown in Table 214.

Type	Geometry
Curve3D	IfcBoundedCurve

Table 214 — IfcDistributionFlowElementType Type Axis Geometry

This represents the 3D flow path of the item having IfcShapeRepresentation.RepresentationType of 'Curve3D' and containing a single IfcBoundedCurve subtype such as IfcPolyline, IfcTrimmedCurve, or IfcCompositeCurve. For elements containing directional ports (IfcDistributionPort with FlowDirection of SOURCE or SINK), the direction of the curve indicates direction of flow where a SINK port is positioned at the start of the curve and a SOURCE port is positioned at the end of the curve. This representation is most applicable to flow segment types (pipes, ducts, cables), however may be used at other elements to define a primary flow path if applicable.

If an element type is defined parametrically (such as a flow segment type defining common material profile but no particular length or path), then no representations shall be asserted at the type.

NOTE The product representations are defined as representation maps (at the level of the supertype IfcTypeProduct, which get assigned by an element occurrence instance through the IfcShapeRepresentation.Item[1] being an IfcMappedItem.

Type Clearance Geometry

The Type Clearance Geometry concept applies to this entity as shown in Table 215.

Type	Geometry
Surface3D	IfcSurface

Table 215 — IfcDistributionFlowElementType Type Clearance Geometry

This represents the 3D clearance volume of the item having RepresentationType of 'Surface3D'. Such clearance region indicates space that should not intersect with the 'Body' representation between element occurrences, though may intersect with the 'Clearance' representation of other element occurrences. The particular use of clearance space may be for safety, maintenance, or other purposes.

Type Lighting Geometry

The Type Lighting Geometry concept applies to this entity as shown in Table 216.

Type	Geometry
LightSource	IfcLightSource

Table 216 — IfcDistributionFlowElementType Type Lighting Geometry

This represents the light emission of the item having IfcShapeRepresentation.RepresentationType of 'LightSource' and containing one or more IfcLightSource subtypes. This representation is most applicable to lamps and light fixtures, however may be used at other elements that emit light.

Concept inheritance

#	Concept	Model View
IfcRoot
	Software Identity	Common Use Definitions
	Revision Control	Common Use Definitions
IfcTypeProduct
	Product Type Shape	Common Use Definitions
IfcDistributionFlowElementType
	Type Axis Geometry	Common Use Definitions
	Type Clearance Geometry	Common Use Definitions
	Type Lighting Geometry	Common Use Definitions

Formal representations

XSD Specification

 <xs:element name="IfcDistributionFlowElementType" type="ifc:IfcDistributionFlowElementType" abstract="true" substitutionGroup="ifc:IfcDistributionElementType" nillable="true"/>

 <xs:complexType name="IfcDistributionFlowElementType" abstract="true">

  <xs:complexContent>

   <xs:extension base="ifc:IfcDistributionElementType"/>

  </xs:complexContent>

 </xs:complexType>

EXPRESS Specification


ENTITY IfcDistributionFlowElementType

 ABSTRACT SUPERTYPE OF(ONEOF(IfcDistributionChamberElementType, IfcEnergyConversionDeviceType, IfcFlowControllerType, IfcFlowFittingType, IfcFlowMovingDeviceType, IfcFlowSegmentType, IfcFlowStorageDeviceType, IfcFlowTerminalType, IfcFlowTreatmentDeviceType))

 SUBTYPE OF (IfcDistributionElementType);

END_ENTITY;

 EXPRESS-G diagram

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	Komponente der TGA (allgemein) - Typ
	Distribution Flow Element Type
	Type d'élément de distribution de fluide

IfcDistributionFlowElementType

Semantic definitions at the entity

Inherited definitions from supertypes

Definitions applying to Common Use Definitions

Formal representations