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IfcGeneralMaterialProperties

Definition from IAI: A container class with general material properties defined in IFC specification.

HISTORY: New entity in Release IFC2x.

EXPRESS specification:

ENTITY IfcGeneralMaterialProperties
SUBTYPE OF ( IfcMaterialProperties);
MolecularWeight  :  OPTIONAL IfcMolecularWeightMeasure;
Porosity  :  OPTIONAL IfcNormalisedRatioMeasure;
MassDensity  :  OPTIONAL IfcMassDensityMeasure;
UNIQUE
UR11  :  Material;
END_ENTITY;

Attribute definitions:

MolecularWeight  :  Molecular weight of material (typically gas), measured in g/mole.
Porosity  :  The void fraction of the total volume occupied by material (Vbr - Vnet)/Vbr [m3/m3].
MassDensity  :  Material mass density, usually measured in [kg/m3].

Inheritance graph

ENTITY IfcGeneralMaterialProperties;
ENTITY IfcMaterialProperties;
Material  :  IfcMaterial;
ENTITY IfcGeneralMaterialProperties;
MolecularWeight  :  OPTIONAL IfcMolecularWeightMeasure;
Porosity  :  OPTIONAL IfcNormalisedRatioMeasure;
MassDensity  :  OPTIONAL IfcMassDensityMeasure;
END_ENTITY;