IfcTextLiteral

IfcTextLiteral

Definition from IAI: The text literal is a geometric representation item which describes a text string using a string literal and additional position, alignment and path information.

NOTE: The IfcTextLiteral is an entity that had been adopted from ISO 10303, Industrial automation systems and integration—Product data representation and exchange,.

NOTE Corresponding STEP name: text_literal. Please refer to ISO/IS 10303-46:1994 for the final definition of the formal standard.

HISTORY New entity in Release IFC2x 2nd Edition.

EXPRESS specification:

ENTITY IfcTextLiteral

SUPERTYPE OF

(IfcTextLiteralWithExtent)

SUBTYPE OF (

IfcGeometricRepresentationItem);

Literal

IfcPresentableText;

Placement

IfcAxis2Placement;

Alignment

IfcTextAlignment;

Path

IfcTextPath;

Font

IfcFontSelect;

END_ENTITY;

Attribute definitions:

Literal	:	The text literal to be presented.
Placement	:	An axis2 placement that determines the placement and orientation of the presented string. The y-axis is taken as the reference direction for the box rotation angle and the box slant angle.
Alignment	:	The alignment of the text literal relative to its position.
Path	:	The writing direction of the text literal.
Font	:	The predefined or externally defined font which shall be used for presenting the text literal.

Inheritance graph

ENTITY IfcTextLiteral;

ENTITY IfcRepresentationItem;

ENTITY IfcGeometricRepresentationItem;