IfcRepresentationContext

IfcRepresentationContext

Definition from ISO/CD 10303-42:1992: A representation context is a context in which a set of representation items are related.

Definition from IAI: The IfcRepresentationContext defines the context to which the representation (IfcRepresentation) of a product is related.

NOTE: The definition of this class relates to the STEP entity representation_context. Please refer to ISO/IS 10303-43:1994 for the final definition of the formal standard.

HISTORY: New entity in IFC Release 1.5.

EXPRESS specification:

ENTITY IfcRepresentationContext

SUPERTYPE OF

(IfcGeometricRepresentationContext);

ContextIdentifier

OPTIONAL IfcLabel;

ContextType

OPTIONAL IfcLabel;

INVERSE

RepresentationsInContext

SET OF IfcRepresentation FOR ContextOfItems;

END_ENTITY;

Attribute definitions:

ContextIdentifier	:	The optional identifier of the representation context as used within a project.
ContextType	:	The description of the type of a representation context. The supported values for context type are to be specified by implementers agreements. Example: Values for the subtype IfcGeometricRepresentationContext could be: 'Sketch','Outline','Design','Detail','UserDefined','NotDefined'
RepresentationsInContext	:	All shape representations that are defined in the same representation context.

Inheritance graph

ENTITY IfcRepresentationContext;

ContextIdentifier

OPTIONAL IfcLabel;

ContextType

OPTIONAL IfcLabel;

INVERSE

RepresentationsInContext

SET OF IfcRepresentation FOR ContextOfItems;

END_ENTITY;