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8.9.3.61 IfcSegment

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8.9.3.61.1 Semantic definition

Definition of a curve segment with a trimming mechanism built in with a StartPlacement (first point) and SegmentLength (second point).

8.9.3.61.2 Entity inheritance

8.9.3.61.3 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.

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IfcSegment (3)
1 Transition IfcTransitionCode

The state of transition (i.e., geometric continuity from the last point of this segment to the first point of the next segment) in IfcCompositeCurve and subtypes.

UsingCurves SET [1:?] OF IfcCompositeCurve FOR Segments

The set of composite curves which use this composite curve segment as a segment. This set shall not be empty.

* Dim IfcDimensionCount

This attribute is formally derived.

 IfcSegmentDim(SELF)

The space dimensionality of this abstract class, handled by a function specific for concrete subtypes which returns the dimensionality of the ParentCurve attribute (defined on both subtypes).

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8.9.3.61.4 Formal representation

ENTITY IfcSegment
ABSTRACT SUPERTYPE OF (ONEOF
(IfcCompositeCurveSegment
,IfcCurveSegment))
SUBTYPE OF (IfcGeometricRepresentationItem);
Transition : IfcTransitionCode;
DERIVE
Dim : IfcDimensionCount := IfcSegmentDim(SELF);
INVERSE
UsingCurves : SET [1:?] OF IfcCompositeCurve FOR Segments;
END_ENTITY;

8.9.3.61.5 References

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Last change: eliminate single-character typo by Scott Lecher on 2025-06-05T10:05:39-04:00

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