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8.18.3.13 IfcRepresentationContext

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8.18.3.13.1 Semantic definition

The IfcRepresentationContext defines the context to which the IfcRepresentation of a product is related.

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8.18.3.13.2 Entity inheritance

8.18.3.13.3 Attributes

# Attribute Type Description
IfcRepresentationContext (3)
1 ContextIdentifier OPTIONAL IfcLabel

The optional identifier of the representation context as used within a project.

2 ContextType OPTIONAL IfcLabel

The description of the type of a representation context. The supported values for context type are to be specified by implementers agreements.

RepresentationsInContext SET [0:?] OF IfcRepresentation FOR ContextOfItems

All shape representations that are defined in the same representation context.

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8.18.3.13.4 Formal representation

ENTITY IfcRepresentationContext
ABSTRACT SUPERTYPE OF (ONEOF
(IfcGeometricRepresentationContext));
ContextIdentifier : OPTIONAL IfcLabel;
ContextType : OPTIONAL IfcLabel;
INVERSE
RepresentationsInContext : SET [0:?] OF IfcRepresentation FOR ContextOfItems;
END_ENTITY;

8.18.3.13.5 References

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8.18.3.13.6 Changelog

8.18.3.13.6.1 IFC4

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