IfcProtectiveDeviceType

IfcProtectiveDeviceType

Definition from IAI: An IfcProtectiveDeviceType is a device that breaks an electrical circuit when a stated electric current that passes through it is exceeded.

HISTORY: New entity in IFC 2x2

Use Definitions

An IfcProtectiveDeviceType is a subtype of IfcFlowControllerType that provides for various devices that ensure the safety of an electrical circuit.

Usage of IfcProtectiveDeviceType defines the parameters for one or more occurrences of IfcFlowController. Parameters are specified through property sets that are enumerated in the IfcIfcProtectiveDeviceTypeEnum data type.

Geometry Use Definitions

The geometric representation of an occurrence of an IfcProtectiveDeviceType (instance of IfcFlowController) of a particular type is given by the IfcProductDefinitionShape, allowing multiple geometric representations.

EXPRESS specification:

ENTITY IfcProtectiveDeviceType

SUBTYPE OF (

IfcFlowControllerType);

PredefinedType

IfcProtectiveDeviceTypeEnum;

END_ENTITY;

Attribute definitions:

PredefinedType

Identifies the predefined types of protective device from which the type required may be set.

Inheritance graph

ENTITY IfcProtectiveDeviceType;

ENTITY IfcRoot;

GlobalId

IfcGloballyUniqueId;

OwnerHistory

IfcOwnerHistory;

Name

OPTIONAL IfcLabel;

Description

OPTIONAL IfcText;

ENTITY IfcPropertyDefinition;

INVERSE

HasAssociations

SET OF IfcRelAssociates FOR RelatedObjects;

ENTITY IfcTypeObject;

ApplicableOccurrence

OPTIONAL IfcLabel;

HasPropertySets

OPTIONAL LIST [1:?] OF UNIQUE 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;

ENTITY IfcFlowControllerType;

ENTITY IfcProtectiveDeviceType;

PredefinedType

IfcProtectiveDeviceTypeEnum;

END_ENTITY;