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5.1.3.36 IfcRelDefines

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5.1.3.36.1 Semantic definition

IfcRelDefines is a generic and abstract relationship which subtypes are used to:

  • assign an object type to an object occurrence
  • assign a property set to an object instance
  • assign a property set template to a property set

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5.1.3.36.2 Entity inheritance

5.1.3.36.3 Attributes

# Attribute Type Description
IfcRoot (4)
1 GlobalId IfcGloballyUniqueId

Assignment of a globally unique identifier within the entire software world.

2 OwnerHistory OPTIONAL IfcOwnerHistory

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.

3 Name OPTIONAL IfcLabel

An 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.

4 Description OPTIONAL IfcText

An optional description, provided to exchange informative comments.

Table A

5.1.3.36.4 Concept usage

Concept Usage Description
IfcRoot (2)
Revision Control General

Ownership, history, and merge state is captured using IfcOwnerHistory.

Software Identity General

IfcRoot assigns the globally unique ID. In addition, it may also provide a name and description for the concept.

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Table B

5.1.3.36.5 Formal representation

ENTITY IfcRelDefines
ABSTRACT SUPERTYPE OF (ONEOF
(IfcRelDefinesByObject
,IfcRelDefinesByProperties
,IfcRelDefinesByTemplate
,IfcRelDefinesByType))
SUBTYPE OF (IfcRelationship);
END_ENTITY;

5.1.3.36.6 References

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5 contributor(s): ArturTomczakDion MoultGeert HesselinkstefkeBbSI-Bot
Last change: Typos and small patches in content and entities (#986) * Typos and small patches in content and entities * revert redundant changes * Update docs/schemas/core/IfcKernel/Entities/IfcObjectDefinition.md Co-authored-by: Thomas Krijnen <t.krijnen@gmail.com> * Update docs/schemas/core/IfcKernel/Entities/IfcPropertySetDefinition.md Co-authored-by: Thomas Krijnen <t.krijnen@gmail.com> * Update docs/schemas/core/IfcKernel/Entities/IfcPropertyTemplateDefinition.md Co-authored-by: Thomas Krijnen <t.krijnen@gmail.com> * Update docs/schemas/core/IfcKernel/Entities/IfcRelDeclares.md Co-authored-by: Thomas Krijnen <t.krijnen@gmail.com> * Update docs/schemas/core/IfcKernel/Entities/IfcRelationship.md Co-authored-by: Thomas Krijnen <t.krijnen@gmail.com> --------- Co-authored-by: Thomas Krijnen <t.krijnen@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: ArturTomczak <artomczak@gmail.com> by Geert Hesselink on 2025-09-18T09:21:05+01:00

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5.1.3.36.7 Changelog

5.1.3.36.7.1 IFC4

  • attribute, RelatedObjects