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8.13.3.2 IfcPlanarBox

8.13.3.2.1 Semantic definition

A planar box specifies an arbitrary rectangular box and its location in a two dimensional Cartesian coordinate system. If the planar box is used within a three-dimensional coordinate system, it defines the rectangular box within the XY plane.

8.13.3.2.2 Entity inheritance

8.13.3.2.3 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.

IfcPlanarExtent (2)
1 SizeInX IfcLengthMeasure

The extent in the direction of the x-axis.

2 SizeInY IfcLengthMeasure

The extent in the direction of the y-axis.

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IfcPlanarBox (1)
3 Placement IfcAxis2Placement

The IfcAxis2Placement positions a local coordinate system for the definition of the rectangle. The origin of this local coordinate system serves as the lower left corner of the rectangular box.

Table A

8.13.3.2.4 Formal representation

ENTITY IfcPlanarBox
SUBTYPE OF (IfcPlanarExtent);
Placement : IfcAxis2Placement;
END_ENTITY;

8.13.3.2.5 References

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Last change: Improve definition split (#876) * bring back headers headers were previously removed by mistake, now bringing them back * add new lines and rename the tag add the word 'short' in it * unify newlines make exactly one newline before and two after the tag * resolving typos Because bringing back headers required to go back in time to previous version, I'm now re-resolving the issues: #861, #860, #856 by ArturTomczak on 2024-07-16T16:07:28+02:00

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