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8.9.3.63 IfcSeventhOrderPolynomialSpiral

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8.9.3.63.1 Semantic definition

The IfcSeventhOrderPolynomialSpiral is a specialization of IfcSpiral. The curvature Îș and radius of the curvature ρ, at any point of the curve, are related to the arc length s by the seventh order formulae:

formula
Figure A

Interpretation of the parameters:

C = SELF\IfcSpiral.Position.Location x = SELF\IfcSpiral.Position.P[1] y = SELF\IfcSpiral.Position.P[2] A7 = SepticTerm A6 = SexticTerm A5 = QuinticTerm A4 = QuarticTerm A3 = CubicTerm A2 = QuadraticTerm A1 = LinearTerm A0 = ContantTerm

and the seventh order polynomial spiral is parameterized as:

formula
Figure B

where:

formula
Figure C

and the parametric range is: -∞ < u < ∞.

8.9.3.63.2 Entity inheritance

8.9.3.63.3 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.

IfcCurve (1)
* Dim IfcDimensionCount

This attribute is formally derived.

 IfcCurveDim(SELF)

The space dimensionality of this abstract class, defined differently for all subtypes, i.e. for IfcLine, IfcConic and IfcBoundedCurve.

IfcSpiral (1)
1 Position IfcAxis2Placement

No description available.

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IfcSeventhOrderPolynomialSpiral (8)
2 SepticTerm IfcLengthMeasure

The constant that defines the septic term in the equation which defines the relation between curvature and arc length for the curve.

3 SexticTerm OPTIONAL IfcLengthMeasure

The constant that defines the sextic term in the equation which defines the relation between curvature and arc length for the curve.

4 QuinticTerm OPTIONAL IfcLengthMeasure

The constant that defines the quintic term in the equation which defines the relation between curvature and arc length for the curve.

5 QuarticTerm OPTIONAL IfcLengthMeasure

The constant that defines the quartic term in the equation which defines the relation between curvature and arc length for the curve.

6 CubicTerm OPTIONAL IfcLengthMeasure

The constant that defines the cubic term in the equation which defines the relation between curvature and arc length for the curve.

7 QuadraticTerm OPTIONAL IfcLengthMeasure

The constant that defines the quadratic term in the equation which defines the relation between curvature and arc length for the curve.

8 LinearTerm OPTIONAL IfcLengthMeasure

The constant that defines the linear term in the equation which defines the relation between curvature and arc length for the curve.

9 ConstantTerm OPTIONAL IfcLengthMeasure

The constant that defines the constant term in the equation which defines the relation between curvature and arc length for the curve.

Table D

8.9.3.63.4 Formal representation

ENTITY IfcSeventhOrderPolynomialSpiral
SUBTYPE OF (IfcSpiral);
SepticTerm : IfcLengthMeasure;
SexticTerm : OPTIONAL IfcLengthMeasure;
QuinticTerm : OPTIONAL IfcLengthMeasure;
QuarticTerm : OPTIONAL IfcLengthMeasure;
CubicTerm : OPTIONAL IfcLengthMeasure;
QuadraticTerm : OPTIONAL IfcLengthMeasure;
LinearTerm : OPTIONAL IfcLengthMeasure;
ConstantTerm : OPTIONAL IfcLengthMeasure;
END_ENTITY;

8.9.3.63.5 References

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8.9.3.63.6 Changelog

8.9.3.63.6.1 IFC4.3_ADD2

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