6.3.2.1 IfcBuildingElementPartTypeEnum

6.3.2.1.1 Semantic definition

This enumeration defines the different types of building element parts.

Type	Description
`APRON`	A form of scour protection consisting of timber, concrete, riprap, paving, or other construction placed adjacent to abutments and piers to prevent undermining.
`ARMOURUNIT`	A large quarry stone or concrete shaped unit used as erosion prevention on slopes such as revetments and breakwaters. These units are grouped together into a Course layer. NOTE definition in ISO 21650: relatively large quarry stone or concrete shaped unit that is selected to fit specified geometric characteristics and density.
`INSULATION`	The part provides thermal insulation, for example as insulation layer between wall panels in sandwich walls or as infill in stud walls.
`PRECASTPANEL`	The part is a precast panel, usually as an internal or external layer in a sandwich wall panel.
`SAFETYCAGE`	Safety cages are an assembly of circular and vertical bars that are fastened to the stiles of fixed ladders and are arranged to enclose the path of a worker when climbing the ladder. Ladders so enclosed are also known as caged or hooped ladders.
`USERDEFINED`	User-defined accessory.
`NOTDEFINED`	Undefined accessory.

Table A

TYPE IfcBuildingElementPartTypeEnum = ENUMERATION OF
(APRON
,ARMOURUNIT
,INSULATION
,PRECASTPANEL
,SAFETYCAGE
,USERDEFINED
,NOTDEFINED);
END_TYPE;