IfcStructuralCurveMemberVarying

Definition from IAI: Instances of the entity IfcStructuralCurveMemberVarying shall be used to describe linear structural elements with varying profile properties.

The varying profile properties are assigned through the IfcRelAssociatesProfileProperties with an additional link to the IfcShapeAspect, which relates the profile properties to the different vertices of the structural curve member.

HISTORY: New entity in Release IFC2x Edition 2.

Use Definition

The varying profiles along the longitudinal axis are assigned by using several relationships of IfcRelAssociatesProfileProperties, each assigning one profile definition (IfcProfileProperties optionally referencing one IfcProfileDef) to a vertex along the longitudial axis.

The topological representation is an IfcEdge, decomposed into IfcSubEdge's, a changing profile definition is associated to the start or end vertex of the IfcSubEdge.

Topology Use Definition

Instances of IfcStructuralCurveMemberVarying shall have a topology representation. It includes a placement and a product representation. The IfcProductRepresentation shall be given by an item of Representations being of type "IfcTopologyRepresentation".

The guidelines on using the location and topological representation capabilities are identical with the supertype IfcStructuralCurveMember. The additional requirement is that if the varying profile not only has different (morphing) profiles at the start and end edge, then the IfcTopologyRepresentation.Item[1] shall be an IfcEdge (or IfcEdgeCurve, IfcOrientedEdge) that is referenced by the Parent attribute of at least two IfcSubedge's.

Shape Aspect Use Definition

The attribute HasAssociations references a set of IfcRelAssociatesProfileProperties, each referring to an IfcShapeAspect, that has a list of ShapeRepresentations. Each individual IfcShapeRepresentation within that list shall have a single (or two) item(s) within its list of Items. The type of the item shall be:

IfcVertexPoint

It references either a start or an end vertex (or both) to which the profile properties apply.

EXPRESS specification:

ENTITY IfcStructuralCurveMemberVarying

SUBTYPE OF (

IfcStructuralCurveMember);

END_ENTITY;

Inheritance graph

ENTITY IfcStructuralCurveMemberVarying;

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 IfcObject;

ObjectType

OPTIONAL IfcLabel;

INVERSE

IsDefinedBy

SET OF IfcRelDefines FOR RelatedObjects;

ENTITY IfcProduct;

ObjectPlacement

OPTIONAL IfcObjectPlacement;

Representation

OPTIONAL IfcProductRepresentation;

INVERSE

ReferencedBy

SET OF IfcRelAssignsToProduct FOR RelatingProduct;

ENTITY IfcStructuralItem;

INVERSE

AssignedStructuralActivity

SET OF IfcRelConnectsStructuralActivity FOR RelatingElement;

ENTITY IfcStructuralMember;

INVERSE

ReferencesElement

SET OF IfcRelConnectsStructuralElement FOR RelatedStructuralMember;

ConnectedBy

SET OF IfcRelConnectsStructuralMember FOR RelatingStructuralMember;

ENTITY IfcStructuralCurveMember;

PredefinedType

IfcStructuralCurveTypeEnum;

ENTITY IfcStructuralCurveMemberVarying;

END_ENTITY;