A request is the act or instance of asking for something, such as a request for information, bid submission, or performance of work. Requests may take many forms depending on the need including fault reports for maintenance, requests for small works, and purchase requests (where these are to be made through a help desk or buying function).
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The IfcActor defines all actors or human agents involved in a project during its full life cycle. It facilitates the use of person and organization definitions in the resource part of the IFC object model. This includes name, address, telecommunication addresses, and roles.
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This entity indicates a role which is performed by an actor, either a person, an organization or a person related to an organization.

An annotation is an information element within the geometric (and spatial) context of a project, that adds a note or meaning to the objects which constitutes the project model. Annotations include additional points, curves, text, dimensioning, hatching and other forms of graphical notes. It also includes virtual or symbolic representations of additional model components, not representing products or spatial structures, such as event elements, survey points, contour lines or similar.
If available, the annotation should be related to the spatial context of the project, by containing the annotation within the appropriate level of the building structure (site, facility, facility part... more

An asset is a uniquely identifiable grouping of elements acting as a single entity that has a financial value or that can be operated on as a single unit.
An asset is generally the level of granularity at which maintenance operations are undertaken. An asset is a group that can contain one or more elements. Whilst the financial value of a component or element can be defined, financial value is also defined for accounting purposes at the level of the asset.
There are a number of actors that can be associated with an asset, each actor having a role. Actors... more

An IfcBeam is a horizontal, or nearly horizontal, structural member that is capable of withstanding load primarily by resisting bending. It represents such a member from an architectural point of view. It is not required to be load bearing. There are two main representations for beam occurrences:... more

A building represents a structure that provides shelter for its occupants or contents and stands in one place. The building also provides a basic element within the spatial structure hierarchy for the components of a building project (together with site, storey, and space). A building is (if specified) associated to a site. The site can include a collection of buildings that are organized as a building complex. A building can be decomposed in parts to define a building sections:... more

IfcBuildingElementPart represents major components as subordinate parts of a building element. Typical usage examples include precast concrete sandwich walls, where the layers can have different geometry representations. In this case the layered material representation does not sufficiently describe the element. Each layer is represented by an own instance of the IfcBuildingElementPart with its own geometry description.
The kind of building element part is further specified by a corresponding instance of IfcBuildingElementPartType, referred to by IfcRelDefinesByType.
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The IfcBuildingElementProxy is a proxy definition that provides the same functionality as subtypes of IfcBuildingElement, but without having a predefined meaning of the special type of building element, it represents. Proxies can also be used as spatial place holders or provisions, that are later replaced by special types of elements.
One use of the proxy object is a provision for voids, i.e. where a particular volume of space is requested by an engineering function that might later be accepted or rejected. If accepted it is transformed into a void within a building element, like a wall opening, or a slab... more

The colour specification entity contains a direct colour definition. Colour component values refer directly to a specific colour space.

An IfcColumn is a vertical structural member which often is aligned with a structural grid intersection. It represents a vertical, or nearly vertical, structural member that transmits, through compression, the weight of the structure above to other structural elements below. It represents such a member from an architectural point of view. It is not required to be load bearing.
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IfcComplexProperty is used to define complex properties to be handled completely within a property set. The included set of properties may be a mixed or consistent collection of IfcProperty subtypes. This enables the definition of a set of properties to be included as a single 'property' entry in an IfcPropertySet. The definition of such an IfcComplexProperty can be reused in many different IfcPropertySet's.

An IfcCompositeCurve is a continuous curve composed of curve segments that are joined end-to-end. The parameterization of the composite curve is an accumulation of the parametric ranges of the referenced bounded curves.... more

IfcControl is the abstract generalization of all concepts that control or constrain the utilization of products, processes, or resources in general. It can be seen as a regulation, cost schedule, request or order, or other requirements applied to a product, process or resource whose requirements and provisions must be fulfilled.... more

An IfcCostItem describes a cost or financial value together with descriptive information that describes its context in a form that enables it to be used within a cost schedule. An IfcCostItem can be used to represent the cost of goods and services, the execution of works by a process, lifecycle cost and more.
Each instance of IfcCostItem may have a name and a description. Depending on the use for which the cost is intended, these values should be asserted on the basis of agreement. For instance, the Name attribute could be used to provide a common value that enables distinct... more

An IfcCostSchedule brings together instances of IfcCostItem either for the purpose of identifying purely cost information as in an estimate for constructions costs or for including cost information within another presentation form such as a work order.
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A covering is an element which covers some part of another element and is fully dependent on that other element. The IfcCovering defines the occurrence of a covering type, that (if specified) is expressed by the IfcCoveringType.
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A curtain wall is an exterior wall of a building which is an assembly of components, hung from the edge of the floor/roof structure rather than bearing on a floor. Curtain wall is represented as a building element assembly and implemented as a subtype of IfcBuildingElement that uses an IfcRelAggregates relationship.
The geometric representation of IfcCurtainWall is defined using the following multiple shape representations for its definition:... more

IfcCurve is a curve in two-dimensional or three-dimensional space. It includes definitions for bounded and unbounded curves.

The IfcCurveBoundedPlane is a parametric planar surface with curved boundaries. The bounded plane is defined to be the portion of the basis surface in the direction of N x T from any point on the boundary, where N is the surface normal and T the boundary curve tangent vector at this point. The defined region will be arcwise connected.
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An IfcCurveStyle provides the style table for presentation information assigned to geometric curves. The style is defined by a color, a font and a width. The IfcCurveStyle defines curve patterns as model patterns, that is, the distance between visible and invisible segments of curve patterns that are given in model space dimensions (that have to be scaled using the target plot scale).

This class represents a curve style font that combines several curve style font pattern entities into a more complex pattern. The resulting pattern is repeated along the curve.

The IfcCurveStyleFontAndScaling allows for the reuse of the same curve style definition in several sizes. The definition of the CurveFontScale is the scaling of a base curve style pattern to be used as a new or derived curve style pattern.

A curve style font pattern is a pair of visible and invisible curve segment length measures in presentation area units.

A discrete accessory is a representation of different kinds of accessories included in or added to elements.... more

This IfcDistributionElement is a generalization of all elements that participate in a distribution system. Typical examples of IfcDistributionElement's are:... more

A distribution port is an inlet or outlet of a product through which a particular substance can flow.
Distribution ports are used for passage of solid, liquid, or gas substances, as well as electricity for power or communications. Flow segments (pipes, ducts, cables) can be used to connect ports across products. Distribution ports are defined by system type and flow direction such that for two ports to be connected, they must share the same system type and have opposite flow directions (one side being a SOURCE and the other being a SINK). Ports are similar to openings in that they... more

The door is a built element that is predominately used to provide controlled access for people, goods, animals and vehicles. It includes constructions with hinged, pivoted, sliding, and additionally revolving and folding operations. A door can:... more

The door lining is the frame which enables the door leaf to be fixed in position. The door lining is used to hang the door leaf. The parameters of the door lining define the geometrically relevant parameter of the lining.
The IfcDoorLiningProperties are included in the list of properties of IfcDoorType.HasPropertySets. More information about the door lining can be included in the same list of the IfcDoorTyype using another IfcPropertySet for dynamic extensions. The IfcDoorLiningProperties does not hold its own geometric representation. However it defines parameters which can be used to create the shape of the door type (which is... more

A door panel is normally a door leaf that opens to allow people or goods to pass. The parameters of the door panel define the geometrically relevant parameter of the panel. The IfcDoorPanelProperties are used to parametrically describe the shape and operation of door panels. The parametric definition can be added solely or additionally to the explicit shape representation of the door.
The parameters of the IfcDoorPanelProperties do not hold a geometric representation. Instead they define a standard door panel, including (if given) a proportional width to define non-uniform double swing (or sliding, or folding) doors. The outer boundary of... more

An element is a generalization of all components that make up an AEC product. Elements are physically existent objects, although they might be void elements, such as holes. Elements can be either assembled on site or pre-manufactured and built in on site.... more

The IfcElementAssembly represents complex element assemblies aggregated from several elements, such as discrete elements, building elements, or other elements. The geometry of an IfcElementAssembly is generally formed from its components, in which case it does not need to have an explicit geometric representation. In some cases it can be useful to also expose an own explicit representation of the aggregate.
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An element component is a representation for minor items included in, added to or connecting to or between elements, which usually are not of interest from the overall building structure viewpoint. However, these small parts may have vital and load carrying functions within the construction. These items do not provide any actual space boundaries. Typical examples of _IfcElementComponent_s include different kinds of fasteners and various accessories.
It is often desirable to model a number of same-shaped element components by means of a single occurrence object, e.g. several bolts within a connection or a row of reinforcement elements. In this IFC... more

An IfcElementQuantity defines a set of derived measures of an element's physical property. Elements could be spatial structure elements (like buildings, storeys, or spaces) or building elements (like walls, slabs, finishes). The IfcElementQuantity gets assigned to the element by using the IfcRelDefinesByProperties relationship.
The IfcElementQuantity can have the following subtypes of IfcPhysicalQuantity within its SET of Quantities, which count for the basis measure types used:... more

Representations of fixing parts which are used as fasteners to connect or join elements with other elements. Excluded are mechanical fasteners which are modeled by a separate entity (IfcMechanicalFastener).
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A feature element is a generalization of all existence-dependent elements which modify the shape and appearance of the associated master element. The IfcFeatureElement offers the ability to handle shape modifiers as semantic objects within the IFC object model.
In contrary to the aggregation, as used in IfcElementAssembly, that defines the aggregate as a container element, that has equally treated parts, the feature concept introduced by IfcFeatureElement defines the master element with subordinate parts as additions, or with voids or cut-outs as subtractions.
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A feature element addition is a specialization of the general feature element, that represents an existence dependent element which modifies the shape and appearance of the associated master element. The IfcFeatureElementAddition offers the ability to handle shape modifiers as semantic objects within the IFC object model that add to the shape of the master element.
The IfcFeatureElementAddition is associated to its master element by virtue of the objectified relationship IfcRelProjectsElement. This relationship implies a Boolean 'union' operation between the shape of the master element and the shape of the addition feature. The local placement for IfcFeatureElementAddition is defined in its... more

The IfcFeatureElementSubtraction is specialization of the general feature element, that represents an existence dependent elements which modifies the shape and appearance of the associated master element. The IfcFeatureElementSubtraction offers the ability to handle shape modifiers as semantic objects within the IFC object model that subtract from the shape of the master element.
The voiding relationship between a master element and a subtraction feature is geometrically resolved by a Boolean difference operation. The local placement for IfcFeatureElementSubtraction is defined in its supertype IfcProduct. It is defined by the IfcLocalPlacement, which defines the local coordinate system that is referenced by all geometric... more

A footing is a part of the foundation of a structure that spreads and transmits the load to the soil. A footing is also characterized as shallow foundation, where the loads are transferred to the ground near the surface.
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A furnishing element is a generalization of all furniture related objects. Furnishing objects can be:... more

IfcGroup is an generalization of any arbitrary group. A group is a logical collection of objects. It does not have its own position, nor can it hold its own shape representation. Therefore a group is an aggregation under some non-geometrical / topological grouping aspects.
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An inventory is a list of items within an enterprise. Various types of inventory can be included. These are identified by the range of values within the inventory type enumeration which includes space, asset, and furniture. User defined inventories can also be defined for lists of particular types of element such as may be required in operating and maintenance instructions. Such inventories should be constrained to contain a list of elements of a restricted type.
There are a number of actors that can be associated with an inventory, each actor having a role. Actors within the scope of the project... more

A mechanical fasteners connecting building elements or parts mechanically. A single instance of this class can represent one or many of actual mechanical fasteners, for example an array of bolts or a row of nails.
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An IfcMember is a structural member designed to carry loads between or beyond points of support. It is not required to be load bearing. The orientation of the member (being horizontal, vertical or sloped) is not relevant to its definition (in contrary to IfcBeam and IfcColumn). An IfcMember represents a linear structural element from an architectural or structural modeling point of view and is used if it cannot be expressed more specifically as either an IfcBeam or an IfcColumn.
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An IfcObject is the generalization of any semantically treated thing or process. Objects are things as they appear - i.e. occurrences.
Objects are independent pieces of information that might contain or reference other pieces of information. There are several relationships in which objects can be involved:... more

An occupant is a type of actor that defines the form of occupancy of a property. The principal purpose of IfcOccupant is to determine the nature of occupancy of a property for a particular actor. All characteristics relating to the actor (name and organization details) are inherited from the IfcActor entity.

The opening element stands for opening, recess or chase, all reflecting voids. It represents a void within any element that has physical manifestation. Openings can be inserted into walls, slabs, beams, columns, or other elements. There are two different types of opening elements. The attribute PredefinedType should be used to capture the differences:... more

IfcPerformanceHistory is used to document the actual performance of an occurrence instance over time. It includes machine-measured data from building automation systems and human-specified data such as task and resource usage. The data may represent actual conditions, predictions, or simulations.
The realtime data tracked by performance history takes the form of property sets where all properties are based on time series. Unlike design-based data at occurrences and types, performance-driven data is time-sensitive and may change in realtime by some measurement device. Data may be captured at irregular intervals such as when values change beyond established thresholds, or at regular intervals... more

This entity is a description of a panel within a door or window (as fillers for opening) which allows for air flow. It is given by its properties (IfcPermeableCoveringProperties). A permeable covering is a casement, such as a component, fixed or opening, consisting essentially of a frame and the infilling. The infilling is normally a grill, a louver or a screen. The way of operation is defined in the operation type.
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A permit is a permission to perform work in places and on artifacts where regulatory, security or other access restrictions apply.
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An IfcPlate is a planar and often flat part with constant thickness. A plate can carry loads between or beyond points of support, or provide stiffening. The location of the plate (being horizontal, vertical or sloped) is not relevant to its definition.
Plates are normally made of steel, other metallic material, or by glass panels. However the definition of IfcPlate is material independent and specific material information is handled by using IfcAssociatesMaterial to assign a material specification to the IfcPlate.
Plates are often add-on parts. This is represented by the IfcRelAggregates decomposition mechanism used to aggregate parts, such as IfcPlate,... more

A port provides the means for an element to connect to other elements.
An IfcPort is associated with an IfcElement, it belongs to through the objectified relationship IfcRelNests if such port is fixed, or IfcRelConnectsPortToElement if such port is dynamically attached. Exactly two ports, belonging to two different elements, are connected with each other through the objectified relationship IfcRelConnectsPorts.
An instance of IfcElement may have one or more points at which it connects to other instances of IfcElement. An instance of IfcPort is located at a point where a connection can occur. The location of the port is determined in... more

A predefined item is a qualified name given to a style or font which is determined within the data exchange specification by convention on using the Name attribute value (in contrary to externally defined items, which are agreed by an external source).
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An IfcProcedure is a logical set of actions to be taken in response to an event or to cause an event to occur.
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IfcProcess is defined as one individual activity or event, that is ordered in time, that has sequence relationships with other processes, which transforms input in output, and may connect to other other processes through input output relationships. An IfcProcess can be an activity (or task), or an event. It takes usually place in building construction with the intent of designing, costing, acquiring, constructing, or maintaining products or other and similar tasks or procedures. The next image illustrates process relationships.

Process information relates to other objects by establishing the following relationships:... more

The IfcProduct is an abstract representation of any object that relates to a geometric or spatial context. An IfcProduct occurs at a specific location in space if it has a geometric representation assigned. It can be placed relatively to other products, but ultimately relative to the project coordinate system. The ObjectPlacement attribute establishes the coordinate system in which all points and directions used by the geometric representation items under Representation are founded. The Representation is provided by an IfcProductDefinitionShape being either a geometric shape representation, or a topology representation (with or without underlying geometry of the topological items).
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IfcProject represents processes in design, engineering, construction, or maintenance activities performed for a product. The project forms the context for exchangeable information and it may optionally represent a construction project. The main aim of IfcProject's in an exchange structure is to provide the root instance and the context for other information items.
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A project order is a directive to purchase products and/or perform work, such as for construction or facilities management.
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The projection element is a specialization of the general feature element to represent projections applied to building elements. It represents a solid attached to any element that has physical manifestation. An IfcProjectionElement has to be linked to a element (all subtypes of IfcElement) by using the IfcRelProjectsElement relationship. Its existence depends on the existence of the master element. The relationship implies a Boolean union operation between the volume of the projection element and the volume of the element.
The IfcProjectionElement does not participate in the containment relationship, i.e. it is not linked directly to the spatial structure of the project.... more

IfcProperty is an abstract generalization for all types of properties that can be associated with IFC objects through the property set mechanism.

This class defines a property object which has a maximum of two (numeric or descriptive) values assigned. The first value specifies the upper bound and the second value specifies the lower bound. It defines a property - value bound (min-max) combination for which the property Name, optional Description,  optional UpperBoundValuewith measure type, optional LowerBoundValuewith measure type, and optional Unitis specified. A SetPointValueattribute can be provided in addition to the upper and lower bound values for operational value setting.

IfcPropertyDefinition defines the generalization of all characteristics (i.e. a grouping of individual properties), that can be assigned to objects. Currently, subtypes of IfcPropertyDefinition include property set occurrences, property set templates and property templates.
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An IfcPropertyDependencyRelationship describes an identified dependency between the value of one property and that of another. The determination of value according to the dependency is required to be performed by an application that can then use the Expression attribute to flag the form of the dependency.

IfcPropertyEnumeratedValue defines a property object which has a value assigned that is chosen from an enumeration. The defined property is a value combination for which the property Name, an optional Description,  optional EnumerationValues with measure type and optionally Unit is specified.

IfcPropertyEnumeration is a collection of simple or measure values that define a prescribed set of alternatives from which 'enumeration values' are selected. This enables inclusion of enumeration values in property sets. IfcPropertyEnumeration provides a name for the enumeration as well as a list of unique (numeric or descriptive) values (that may have a measure type assigned). The entity defines the list of potential enumerators to be exchanged together (or separately) with properties of type IfcPropertyEnumeratedValue that selects their actual property values from this enumeration.
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An IfcPropertyListValue defines a property that has several (numeric or descriptive) values assigned, these values are given by an ordered list.  It defines a property - list value combination for which the property Name, an optional Description,  the optional ListValues with measure type and optionally an Unit are specified. An IfcPropertyListValue is an ordered list of values. All list members must be have the same type.... more

The IfcPropertyReferenceValue allows a property value to have the same type as a resource level entity. The applicable entities that can be used as value references are given by the IfcObjectReferenceSelect.

The IfcPropertySet contains properties within a property tree. These properties are interpreted according to their name attribute. Property sets applicable to certain objects are listed in the object specification. The specification supposes usage of the naming convention "Pset_Xxx". Such naming convention is applied to the property sets that are defined as part of this specification and be used as the value of the Name attribute.
IfcPropertySet can be assigned to object occurrences and object types. An IfcPropertySet assigned to an object type is shared among all occurrences of the same object type.
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IfcPropertySetDefinition is a generalization of all individual property sets that can be assigned to an object or type object. The property set definition can be either:... more

The property with a single value IfcPropertySingleValue defines a property object which has a single (numeric or descriptive) value assigned. It defines a property - single value combination for which the property Name, an optional Description, and an optional NominalValue with measure type is provided. In addition, the default unit as specified within the project unit context can be overridden by assigning an Unit.
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IfcPropertyTableValue is a property with a value range defined by a property object which has two lists of (numeric or descriptive) values assigned. The values specify a table with two columns. The defining values provide the first column and establish the scope for the defined values (the second column). An optional Expression attribute may give the equation used for deriving the range value, which is for information purposes only.
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IfcProxy is intended to be a kind of a container for wrapping objects which are defined by associated properties, which may or may not have a geometric representation and placement in space. A proxy can have a semantic meaning, defined by the Name attribute, and property definitions, attached through the property assignment relationship, which definition can be outside of the definitions given by the current release of IFC.
The ProxyType can give an indication to which high level semantic breakdown of object the semantic definition of the proxy relates to. The Tag attribute can be used to assign a human... more

The railing is a frame assembly adjacent to human or vehicle circulation spaces and at some space boundaries where it is used in lieu of walls or to complement walls. Designed as an optional physical support, or to prevent injury or damage, either by falling or collision.
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A ramp is a vertical passageway which provides a human or vehicle circulation link between one floor level and another floor level at a different elevation. It can include a landing as an intermediate floor slab. A ramp normally does not include steps.
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A ramp comprises a single inclined segment, or several inclined segments that are connected by a horizontal segment, referred to as a landing. A ramp flight is the single inclined segment and part of the ramp construction. In case of single flight ramps, the ramp flight and the ramp are identical.
An IfcRampFlight is an aggregated part of an IfcRamp realized through the IfcRelAggregates relationship, the ramp flight is therefore included in the set of IfcRelAggregates.RelatedObjects. An IfcRampFlight connects the floor slab of zero to two different storeys (or partial storeys or landings) within a building. The connection relationship between... more

IfcReinforcementDefinitionProperties defines the cross section properties of reinforcement included in reinforced concrete building elements.
This subtype of IfcPropertySetDefinition is used to define the reinforcement properties in early design stages, such as in requirement definition or scheme design. In later design stages explicit instances of subtypes of IfcReinforcingElement are used. The intended usage may be indicated using the DefinitionType attribute value as a designator: recommended values are 'Reinforcement area requirement' or 'Reinforcement configuration requirement'. Other values may be used according to local standards.

A reinforcing element represents bars, wires, strands, meshes, tendons, and other components embedded in concrete in such a manner that the reinforcement and the concrete act together in resisting forces.
One or several instances of subtypes of IfcReinforcingElement should always have a defining instance of a respective subtype of IfcReinforcingElementType. The type object holds shape and material information.
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The aggregation relationship IfcRelAggregates is a special type of the general composition/decomposition (or whole/part) relationship IfcRelDecomposes. The aggregation relationship can be applied to all subtypes of IfcObjectDefinition. Decompositions imply a dependency, implying that the whole depends on the definition of the parts and the parts depend on the existence of the whole. The behavior that is implied from the dependency relationship has to be established inside the applications.

The assignment relationship, IfcRelAssigns, is a generalization of "link" relationships among instances of IfcObject and its various 1st level subtypes. A link denotes the specific association through which one object (the client) applies the services of other objects (the suppliers), or through which one object can navigate to other objects.
The client is denoted as the relating object and is established at the level of the specific, instantiable subtypes of IfcRelAssigns. The suppliers are denoted as the related objects and they are established by the RelatedObjects attribute.

The objectified relationship IfcRelAssignsToActor handles the assignment of objects (subtypes of IfcObject) to an actor (subtypes of IfcActor). The IfcRelAssignsToActor objectified relationship defines a relationship between an IfcActor and one or many objects. A particular role of the actor played in that relationship can be associated. If specified, it takes priority over the role that may be directly assigned to the person or organization.

The objectified relationship IfcRelAssignsToControl handles the assignment of control objects (represented by subtypes of IfcControl) to other objects (represented by subtypes of IfcObject, with the exception of controls).... more

The objectified relationship IfcRelAssignsToGroup handles the assignment of object definitions (individual object occurrences as subtypes of IfcObject, and object types as subtypes of IfcTypeObject) to a group (subtypes of IfcGroup). The relationship handles the assignment of group members to the group object. It allows for grouping arbitrary objects within a group, including other groups. The grouping relationship can be applied in a recursive manner. The resulting group is of type IfcGroup.
The inherited attribute RelatedObjects gives the references to the objects, which are the elements within the group. The RelatingGroup is the group that comprises all elements. The same object... more

The objectified relationship IfcRelAssignsToProcess handles the assignment of one or many objects to a process or activity. An object can be a product that is the item the process operates on. Processes and activities can operate on things other than products, and can operate in ways other than input and output.... more

The objectified relationship IfcRelAssignsToProduct handles the assignment of objects (subtypes of IfcObject) to a product (subtypes of IfcProduct). The Name attribute should be used to classify the usage of the IfcRelAssignsToProduct objectified relationship. The following Name values are proposed:... more

The objectified relationship IfcRelAssignsToResource handles the assignment of objects (as subtypes of IfcObject), acting as a resource usage or consumption, to a resource (as subtypes of IfcResource).... more

The association relationship IfcRelAssociates refers to sources of information (most notably a classification, library, document, approval, constraint, or material). The information associated may reside internally or externally of the project data. There is no dependency implied by the association.
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This entity is used to apply approval information defined by IfcApproval, in IfcApprovalResource schema, to subtypes of IfcRoot.

The objectified relationship IfcRelAssociatesClassification handles the assignment of a classification item (items of the select IfcClassificationSelect) to objects occurrences (subtypes of IfcObject) or object types (subtypes of IfcTypeObject).
The relationship is used to assign a classification item, or a classification system itself to objects. Depending on the type of the RelatingClassification it is either:... more

This entity is used to apply constraint information defined by IfcConstraint, in the IfcConstraintResource schema, to subtypes of IfcRoot.

The objectified relationship (IfcRelAssociatesDocument) handles the assignment of a document information (items of the select IfcDocumentSelect) to objects occurrences (subtypes of IfcObject) or object types (subtypes of IfcTypeObject). The relationship is used to assign a document reference or a more detailed document information to objects. A single document reference can be applied to multiple objects.

The objectified relationship (IfcRelAssociatesLibrary) handles the assignment of a library item (items of the select IfcLibrarySelect) to subtypes of IfcObjectDefinition or IfcPropertyDefinition. The relationship is used to assign a library reference or a more detailed link to a library information to objects, property sets or types. A single library reference can be applied to multiple items.

IfcRelAssociatesMaterial is an objectified relationship between a material definition and elements or element types to which this material definition applies.
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IfcRelConnects is a connectivity relationship that connects objects under some criteria. As a general connectivity it does not imply constraints, however subtypes of the relationship define the applicable object types for the connectivity relationship and the semantics of the particular connectivity.

This objectified relationship provides the generalization of the connectivity between elements. It is a 1 to 1 relationship. The concept of two elements being physically or logically connected is described independently from the connecting elements. The connectivity may be related to the shape representation of the connected entities by providing a connection geometry.... more

The IfcRelConnectsPathElements relationship provides the connectivity information between two elements which have path information. This objectified relationship provides the additional information required to describe the connection between two path based elements that might have single or multiple layers of material. The connection type specifies where at the path-based element a connection is given (at the start, in the middle or at the end).
The connection is described by a connection geometry, given within the object coordinate systems of the RelatingElement and of the RelatedElement. In case of IfcWallStandardCase as the RelatingElement and RelatedElement the connection geometry is provided by the... more

IfcRelConnectsPortToElement is a relationship between a distribution element and dynamically connected ports where connections are realized to other distribution elements.

An IfcRelConnectsPorts relationship defines the relationship that is made between two ports at their point of connection. It may include the connection geometry between two ports. This objectified relationship is required for defining how two instances of IfcPort connect together. Each of the ports is logically contained within the IfcDistributionElement by using the ordered collection IfcRelNests.

The IfcRelConnectsStructuralActivity relationship connects a structural activity (either an action or reaction) to a structural member, structural connection, or element.

The entity IfcRelConnectsStructuralMember defines all needed properties describing the connection between structural members and structural connection objects (nodes or supports).
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IfcRelConnectsWithRealizingElements defines a generic relationship that is made between two elements that require the realization of that relationship by means of further realizing elements. An IfcRelConnectsWithRealizingElements is a specialization of IfcRelConnectsElement where the connecting operation has the additional attribute of (one or many) realizing elements that may be used to realize or further qualify the relationship.

This objectified relationship is used to assign elements to a certain level of the spatial project structure. Any element can only be assigned once to a certain level of the spatial structure. The question, which level is relevant for which type of element, can only be answered within the context of a particular project and might vary within the various regions.
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The IfcRelCoversBldgElements relationship is an objectified relationship between an element and one to many coverings, which cover that element.
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The decomposition relationship, IfcRelDecomposes, defines the general concept of elements being composed or decomposed. The decomposition relationship denotes a whole/part hierarchy with the ability to navigate from the whole (the composition) to the parts and vice versa. Decompositions may be constrained by requiring both, the whole and its parts, to be of the same type - thus establishing a nesting relationship. Or they may require some form of physical containment, thus establishing special types of aggregation relationships.
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This class represents a generic and abstract relationship which subtypes are used to:... more

The objectified relationship IfcRelDefinesByProperties defines the relationships between property set definitions and objects. Properties are aggregated in property sets. Property sets can be either directly assigned to occurrence objects using this relationship, or assigned to an object type and assigned via that type to occurrence objects. The assignment of an IfcPropertySet to an IfcTypeObject is not handled via this objectified relationship, but through the direct relationship HasPropertySets at IfcTypeObject.
The IfcRelDefinesByProperties is an N-to-N relationship, as it allows for the assignment of one or more property sets to one or more objects. Those objects then share the same property definition.... more

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IfcRelFillsElement is an objectified relationship between an opening element and an element that fills (or partially fills) the opening element. It is an one-to-one relationship.

This objectified relationship between a distribution flow element occurrence and one-to-many control element occurrences indicates that the control element(s) sense or control some aspect of the flow element. It is applied to IfcDistributionFlowElement and IfcDistributionControlElement.
This relationship may be used to indicate an operational relationship such as an actuator operating a valve, damper, or switch. It may also be used to indicate a sensing relationship such as a sensor detecting conditions of fluid flow. This relationship implies a sensing or controlling relationship; if elements are merely connected without any control relationship, then IfcRelConnectsElements should be used.

The nesting relationship IfcRelNests is a special type of the general composition/decomposition (or whole/part) relationship IfcRelDecomposes. The nesting relationship can be applied to all non physical subtypes of object and object types, namely processes, controls (like cost items), and resources. It can also be applied to physical subtypes of object and object types, namely elements having ports. The nesting implies an order among the nested parts.

The IfcRelProjectsElement is an objectified relationship between an element and one projection element that creates a modifier to the shape of the element. The relationship is defined to be a 1:1 relationship, if an element has more than one projection, several relationship objects have to be used, each pointing to a different projection element. The IfcRelProjectsElement establishes an aggregation relationship between the main element and a sub ordinary addition feature.
The IfcRelProjectsElement implies a Boolean operation of addition for the geometric bodies of the element and the feature element. As with all decomposition relationships it determines:... more

IfcRelSequence is a sequential relationship between processes where one process must occur before the other in time and where the timing of the relationship may be described as a type of sequence. The relating process (IfcRelSequence.RelatingProcess) is considered to be the predecessor in the relationship (has precedence) whilst the related process (IfcRelSequence.RelatedProcess) is the successor. IfcRelSequence is defined as one-to-one relationship; therefore it assigns one predecessor to one successor.

This entity is an objectified relationship that defines the relationship between a system and the sites, buildings, storeys, spaces, or spatial zones, it serves. Examples of systems are:... more

The space boundary defines the physical or virtual delimiter of a space by the relationship IfcRelSpaceBoundary to the surrounding elements.
The IfcRelSpaceBoundary is defined as an objectified relationship that handles the element to space relationship by objectifying the relationship between an element and the space it bounds. It is given as a one-to-one relationship, but allows each element (including virtual elements and openings) to define many such relationship and each space to be defined by many such relationships.
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IfcRelVoidsElement is an objectified relationship between a building element and one opening element that creates a void in the element. It is a one-to-one relationship. This relationship implies a Boolean operation of subtraction between the geometric bodies of the element and the opening.
The following image shows the insertion of a void into a wall that is represented by the relationship IfcRelVoidsElement. The opening is created within the wall by IfcWall(StandardCase) o-- IfcRelVoidsElement --o IfcOpeningElement.

IfcRelationship is the abstract generalization of all objectified relationships in IFC. Objectified relationships are the preferred way to handle relationships among objects. This allows to keep relationship specific properties directly at the relationship and opens the possibility to later handle relationship specific behavior.
There are two different types of relationships, 1-to-1 relationships and 1-to-many relationship. used within the subtypes of IfcRelationship. The following convention applies to all subtypes:... more

A roof is the covering of the top part of a building, it protects the building against the effects of weather. The IfcRoof can either be represented:... more

IfcRoot is the most abstract and root class for all entity definitions that roots in the kernel or in subsequent layers of the IFC specification. It is therefore the common supertype of all IFC entities, beside those defined in an IFC resource schema. All entities that are subtypes of IfcRoot can be used independently, whereas resource schema entities, that are not subtypes of IfcRoot, are not supposed to be independent entities. The IfcRoot assigns the globally unique ID, and the ownership and history information to the entity. In addition it may provide for a name and a description about the... more

IfcSimpleProperty is a generalization of a single property object. Various subtypes of IfcSimpleProperty establish different ways in which a property value can be set.

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A slab is a component of the construction that may enclose a space vertically. The slab can provide the lower support (floor) or upper construction (roof slab) in any space in a building. Only the core or constructional part of this construction is considered to be a slab. The upper finish (flooring, roofing) and the lower finish (ceiling, suspended ceiling) are considered to be coverings. A special type of slab is the landing, described as a floor section to which one or more stair flights or ramp flights connect.
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A stair is a vertical passageway allowing occupants to walk (step) from one floor level to another floor level at a different elevation. It may include a landing as an intermediate floor slab. The IfcStair can either be represented:... more

A stair flight is an assembly of building components in a single "run" of stair steps (not interrupted by a landing). The stair steps and any stringers are included in the stair flight. A winder is also regarded a part of a stair flight.
An IfcStairFlight is normally aggregated by an IfcStair through the IfcRelAggregates relationship, the stair flight is then included in the set of IfcRelAggregates.RelatedObjects. An IfcStairFlight normally connects the floor slab of zero to two different storeys (or partial storeys, or landings) within a building. The connection relationship between the IfcStairFlight and the IfcSlab can be expressed... more

A structural action is a structural activity that acts upon a structural item or building element. Structural actions are grouped into either an IfcStructuralLoadGroup of predefined type LOAD_GROUP or, more often, an IfcStructuralLoadCase. This is accomplished via the inverse relationship HasAssignments and an IfcRelAssignsToGroup relationship object. IfcStructuralLoadGroup.LoadGroupFor or IfcStructuralLoadCase.LoadGroupFor respectively refers to the structural analysis model(s) in which the loads are used.
It is possible to establish relationships between actions in one analysis model and reactions in another analysis model which cause the actions. For example, a support reaction from one structural system can be taken over as a load... more

The abstract entity IfcStructuralActivity combines the definition of actions (such as forces, displacements, etc.) and reactions (support reactions, internal forces, deflections, etc.) which are specified by using the basic load definitions from the IfcStructuralLoadResource.
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The IfcStructuralAnalysisModel is used to assemble all information needed to represent a structural analysis model. It encompasses certain general properties (such as analysis type), references to all contained structural members, structural supports or connections, as well as loads and the respective load results.
Important functionalities for the description of an analysis model are derived from existing IFC entities:... more

The abstract entity IfcStructuralItem is the generalization of structural members and structural connections, that is, analysis idealizations of elements in the building model. It defines the relation between structural members and connections with structural activities (actions and reactions).
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This entity defines an action with constant value which is distributed over a curve.

The entity IfcStructuralLoadGroup is used to structure the physical impacts. By using the grouping features inherited from IfcGroup, instances of IfcStructuralAction (or its subclasses) and of IfcStructuralLoadGroup can be used to define load groups, load cases and load combinations. (See also IfcLoadGroupTypeEnum.)

This entity defines an action with constant value which is distributed over a surface.

This entity defines an action which acts on a point. A point action is typically connected with a point connection. It can also be connected with a curve member or curve connection, or surface member or surface connection.
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This entity defines a reaction which occurs at a point. A point reaction is typically connected with a point connection. It can also be connected with a curve member or curve connection, or surface member or surface connection.
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A structural reaction is a structural activity that results from a structural action imposed to a structural item or building element. Examples are support reactions, internal forces, and deflections.
Structural reactions are grouped into IfcStructuralResultGroup_s via the inverse relationship _HasAssignments and an IfcRelAssignsToGroup relationship object. IfcStructuralResultGroup.ResultGroupFor finally refers to the structural analysis model in which the results occur. It is furthermore possible to establish relationships between reactions in one analysis model and actions which they cause in another analysis model.
For example, a support reaction from one structural system can be taken over as a load onto another supporting structural... more

Instances of the entity IfcStructuralResultGroup are used to group results of structural analysis calculations and to capture the connection to the underlying basic load group. The basic functionality for grouping inherited from IfcGroup is used to collect instances from IfcStructuralReaction or its respective subclasses.
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IfcSurfaceStyle is an assignment of one or many surface style elements to a surface, defined by subtypes of IfcSurface, IfcFaceBasedSurfaceModel, IfcShellBasedSurfaceModel, or by subtypes of IfcSolidModel. The positive direction of the surface normal relates to the positive side. In case of solids the outside of the solid is to be taken as positive side.

IfcSurfaceStyleLighting is a container class for properties for calculation of physically exact illuminance related to a particular surface style. The next image shows the reflection and transmission components from an incident ray.
The sum of the components for reflection and transmission is a value of 1.0 denoting that the incident ray is completely decomposed into reflection and transmission components. Each value of reflection and transmission is therefore within the range 0.0 to 1.0.

All these factors can be measured physically and are ratios for the red, green and blue part of the light. These properties are defined in the model... more

IfcSurfaceStyleRefraction extends the surface style lighting, or the surface style rendering definition for properties for calculation of physically exact illuminance by adding seldomly used properties. Currently this includes the refraction index (by which the light ray refracts when passing through a prism) and the dispersion factor (or Abbe constant) which takes into account the wavelength dependency of the refraction.

The IfcSurfaceStyleShading allows for colour information and transparency used for shading and simple rendering. The surface colour is used for colouring or simple shading of the assigned surfaces and the transparency for identifying translucency, where 0.0 is completely opaque, and 1.0 is completely transparent.

This entity allows to include image textures in surface styles. These image textures can be applied repeating across the surface or mapped with a particular scale upon the surface. This entity is part of the surface style table for presentation information assigned to surfaces for shading, rendering and lighting with textures. The mapping of the texture onto the surface or the solid is determined by the texture coordinates, in absence of an IfcTextureCoordinate assigned to each surface texture, a default mapping of the texture to the geometric face or surface applies.
Surface textures included in the IfcSurfaceStyleWithTextures are two dimensional... more

An IfcSurfaceTexture provides a 2-dimensional image-based texture map. It can either be given by referencing an external image file through an URL reference (IfcImageTexture), including the image file as a blob (long binary) into the data set (IfcBlobTexture), or by explicitly including an array of pixels (IfcPixelTexture).
Texture are defined by 2D images that contain an array of colour values describing the texture. The texture values are interpreted differently depending on the number of components in the texture and the specifics of the image format. In general, texture may be described using one of the following forms:... more

A system is an organized combination of related parts within an AEC product, composed for a common purpose or function or to provide a service. A system is essentially a functionally related aggregation of products. The grouping relationship to one or several instances of IfcProduct (the system members) is handled by IfcRelAssignsToGroup.
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An IfcTask is an identifiable unit of work to be carried out in a construction project. A task is typically used to describe an activity for the construction or installation of products, but is not limited to these types. For example, it might be used to describe design processes, move operations and other design, construction and operation related activities as well. Quantities of resources consumed by the task are dealt with by defining the IfcElementQuantity for the resource and not at the instance of IfcTask.
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The IfcTextStyle is a presentation style for annotations that place a text in model space. The IfcTextStyle provides the text style for presentation information assigned to IfcTextLiteral's. The style is defined by color, text font characteristics, and text box characteristics.
An IfcTextStyle is instantiated with:
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The IfcTextureCoordinate is an abstract supertype of the different kinds to apply texture coordinates to geometries. For vertex-based geometry an explicit assignment of 2D texture vertices to the 3D geometry points is supported by the IfcTextureMap subtype, in addition there can be a procedural description of how texture coordinates are applied to geometric items. If no IfcTextureCoordinate is provided for the IfcSurfaceTexture, the default mapping is used.

An IfcTextureVertex is a list of 2 (S, T) texture coordinates. Each vertex-based geometry node uses a set of 2D texture coordinates that map textures to vertices. Texture map values ( ImageTexture, PixelTexture) range from [0.0, 1.0] along the S-axis and T-axis. However, texture coordinate values may be in the range (-∞,∞). Texture coordinates identify a location (and thus a colour value) in the texture map. The horizontal coordinate S is specified first, followed by the vertical coordinate T. If the texture map is repeated in a given direction (S-axis or T-axis), a texture coordinate C (s or t) is... more

A transport element is a generalization of all transport related objects that move people, animals or goods within a Facility. The IfcTransportElement defines the occurrence of a transport element, that is expressed by the IfcTransportElementType.
Transport element can describe fixed or non fixed elements, which can either be identified as specified operational assets within a facility or vehicles that interact with the facility as a user or customer. In the case of operational assets, instances of IfcTransportElement can represent individual identifiable vehicles or structures with properties such as serial numbers, registration numbers etc. and be typed accordingly by instances of... more

The object type defines the specific information about a type, being common to all occurrences of this type. It refers to the specific level of the well recognized generic - specific - occurrencemodeling paradigm. The IfcTypeObject gets assigned to the individual object instances (the occurrences) via the IfcRelDefinesByType relationship.... more

A virtual element is a special element used to provide imaginary boundaries, such as between two adjacent, but not separated, spaces. Virtual elements are usually not displayed and does not have quantities and other measures. Therefore IfcVirtualElement does not have material information and quantities attached.
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The wall represents a vertical construction that may bound or subdivide spaces. Wall are usually vertical, or nearly vertical, planar elements, often designed to bear structural loads. A wall is however not required to be load bearing.
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The window is a building element that is predominately used to provide natural light and fresh air. It includes vertical opening but also horizontal opening such as skylights or light domes. It includes constructions with swinging, pivoting, sliding, or revolving panels and fixed panels. A window consists of a lining and one or several panels. A window can:
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The window lining is the outer frame which enables the window to be fixed in position. The window lining is used to hold the window panels or other casements. The parameter of the IfcWindowLiningProperties define the geometrically relevant parameter of the lining.
The IfcWindowLiningProperties are included in the set of properties of IfcWindowStyle.HasPropertySets. More information about the window lining can be included in the same set of the IfcWindowType using another IfcPropertySet for dynamic extensions.
The IfcWindowLiningProperties does not hold a geometric representation. However it defines parameters which can be used to create the shape of the window type (which... more

A window panel is a casement, that is, a component, fixed or opening, consisting essentially of a frame and the infilling. The infilling of a window panel is normally glazing. The way of operation is defined in the operation type.... more

An IfcWorkControl is an abstract supertype which captures information that is common to both IfcWorkPlan and IfcWorkSchedule.
A work control may have resources assigned to it. This is handled by the IfcRelAssignsToControl relationship. A work control should also define a context that gives further information about its usage. If no special context information is required then the IfcProject instance as a global context should be used instead. An explicit link between the work control and the IfcProject via IfcRelDeclares should then be provided.
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An IfcWorkPlan represents work plans in a construction or a facilities management project.... more

An IfcWorkSchedule represents a task schedule of a work plan, which in turn can contain a set of schedules for different purposes.
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A zone is a group of spaces, partial spaces or other zones. Zone structures may not be hierarchical (in contrary to the spatial structure of a project - see IfcSpatialStructureElement), i.e. one individual IfcSpace may be associated with zero, one, or several IfcZone's. IfcSpace's are grouped into an IfcZone by using the objectified relationship IfcRelAssignsToGroup as specified at the supertype IfcGroup.
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A data type that represents a smart pointer to a Ifc2DCompositeCurve object.

A data type that represents a smart pointer to a IfcActionRequest object.

A data type that represents a smart pointer to a IfcActor object.

A data type that represents a smart pointer to a IfcActorRole object.

A data type that represents a smart pointer to a IfcActuatorType object.

A data type that represents a smart pointer to a IfcAddress object.

A data type that represents a smart pointer to a IfcAirTerminalBoxType object.

A data type that represents a smart pointer to a IfcAirTerminalType object.

A data type that represents a smart pointer to a IfcAirToAirHeatRecoveryType object.

A data type that represents a smart pointer to a IfcAlarmType object.

A data type that represents a smart pointer to a IfcAngularDimension object.

A data type that represents a smart pointer to a IfcAnnotationCurveOccurrence object.

A data type that represents a smart pointer to a IfcAnnotationFillAreaOccurrence object.

A data type that represents a smart pointer to a IfcAnnotationFillArea object.

A data type that represents a smart pointer to a IfcAnnotationOccurrence object.

A data type that represents a smart pointer to a IfcAnnotation object.

A data type that represents a smart pointer to a IfcAnnotationSurfaceOccurrence object.

A data type that represents a smart pointer to a IfcAnnotationSymbolOccurrence object.

A data type that represents a smart pointer to a IfcAnnotationTextOccurrence object.

A data type that represents a smart pointer to a IfcApplication object.

A data type that represents a smart pointer to a IfcAppliedValue object.

A data type that represents a smart pointer to a IfcAppliedValueRelationship object.

A data type that represents a smart pointer to a IfcApprovalActorRelationship object.

A data type that represents a smart pointer to a IfcApprovalPropertyRelationship object.

A data type that represents a smart pointer to a IfcApproval object.

A data type that represents a smart pointer to a IfcApprovalRelationship object.

A data type that represents a smart pointer to a IfcArbitraryClosedProfileDef object.

A data type that represents a smart pointer to a IfcArbitraryOpenProfileDef object.

A data type that represents a smart pointer to a IfcArbitraryProfileDefWithVoids object.

A data type that represents a smart pointer to a IfcAsset object.

A data type that represents a smart pointer to a IfcAsymmetricIShapeProfileDef object.

A data type that represents a smart pointer to a IfcAxis1Placement object.