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8.9.3.31 IfcElementarySurface

ABSTRACT This definition may not be instantiated

8.9.3.31.1 Semantic definition

An IfcElementarySurface in the common supertype of analytical surfaces.

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8.9.3.31.2 Entity inheritance

8.9.3.31.3 Attributes

# Attribute Type Description
IfcRepresentationItem (2)
LayerAssignment SET [0:1] OF IfcPresentationLayerAssignment FOR AssignedItems

Assignment of the representation item to a single or multiple layer(s). The LayerAssignments can override a LayerAssignments of the IfcRepresentation it is used within the list of Items.

StyledByItem SET [0:1] OF IfcStyledItem FOR Item

Reference to the IfcStyledItem that provides presentation information to the representation, e.g. a curve style, including colour and thickness to a geometric curve.

IfcSurface (1)
* Dim IfcDimensionCount

This attribute is formally derived.

 3

The space dimensionality of IfcSurface. It is always a three-dimensional geometric representation item.

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IfcElementarySurface (1)
1 Position IfcAxis2Placement3D

The position and orientation of the surface. This attribute is used in the definition of the parameterization of the surface.

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8.9.3.31.4 Formal representation

ENTITY IfcElementarySurface
ABSTRACT SUPERTYPE OF (ONEOF
(IfcCylindricalSurface
,IfcPlane
,IfcSphericalSurface
,IfcToroidalSurface))
SUBTYPE OF (IfcSurface);
Position : IfcAxis2Placement3D;
END_ENTITY;

8.9.3.31.5 References

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