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IfcDistributionFlowElementType

Definition from IAI: The element type IfcDistributionFlowElementType defines a list of commonly shared property set definitions of an element and an optional set of product representations. It is used to define an element specification (i.e. the specific product information, that is common to all occurrences of that product type).

NOTE: The product representations are defined as representation maps (at the level of the supertype IfcTypeProduct, which get assigned by an element occurrence instance through the IfcShapeRepresentation.Item[1] being an IfcMappedItem.

A distribution flow element type is used to define the common properties of a distribution flow element that may be applied to many occurrences of that type. Distribution flow element types (or the instantiable subtypes) may be exchanged without being already assigned to occurrences.

The occurrences of the IfcDistributionFlowElementType are represented by instances of IfcDistributionFlowElement or its subtypes.

HISTORY: New entity in IFC Release 2x2.

EXPRESS specification:

ENTITY IfcDistributionFlowElementType
ABSTRACT SUPERTYPE OF (ONEOF(IfcEnergyConversionDeviceType, IfcFlowMovingDeviceType, IfcFlowControllerType, IfcFlowSegmentType, IfcFlowFittingType, IfcFlowStorageDeviceType, IfcFlowTreatmentDeviceType, IfcFlowTerminalType, IfcDistributionChamberElementType))
SUBTYPE OF ( IfcDistributionElementType);
END_ENTITY;

Inheritance graph

ENTITY IfcDistributionFlowElementType;
ENTITY IfcRoot;
GlobalId  :  IfcGloballyUniqueId;
OwnerHistory  :  IfcOwnerHistory;
Name  :  OPTIONAL IfcLabel;
Description  :  OPTIONAL IfcText;
ENTITY IfcObjectDefinition;
INVERSE
HasAssignments  :  SET OF IfcRelAssigns FOR RelatedObjects;
IsDecomposedBy  :  SET OF IfcRelDecomposes FOR RelatingObject;
Decomposes  :  SET [0:1] OF IfcRelDecomposes FOR RelatedObjects;
HasAssociations  :  SET OF IfcRelAssociates FOR RelatedObjects;
ENTITY IfcTypeObject;
ApplicableOccurrence  :  OPTIONAL IfcLabel;
HasPropertySets  :  OPTIONAL SET [1:?] OF IfcPropertySetDefinition;
INVERSE
ObjectTypeOf  :  SET [0:1] OF IfcRelDefinesByType FOR RelatingType;
ENTITY IfcTypeProduct;
RepresentationMaps  :  OPTIONAL LIST [1:?] OF UNIQUE IfcRepresentationMap;
Tag  :  OPTIONAL IfcLabel;
ENTITY IfcElementType;
ElementType  :  OPTIONAL IfcLabel;
ENTITY IfcDistributionElementType;
ENTITY IfcDistributionFlowElementType;
END_ENTITY;