Definition from IAI: The element type
IfcDistributionControlElementType 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 control element type is used to define the common
properties of a distribution control element that may be applied to many
occurrences of that type. Distribution control element types (or the
instantiable subtypes) may be exchanged without being already assigned to
occurrences.
The occurrences of the IfcDistributionControlElementType are
represented by instances of IfcDistributionControlElement or its
subtypes.
HISTORY: New entity in IFC Release
2x2.