IfcStructuralConnection

Definition from buildingSMART International: The abstract entity IfcStructuralConnection is the superclass of entities representing structural supports or connecting elements (nodes). Point connections, curve connections and surface connections are supported.

HISTORY: New entity in Release IFC2x Edition 2.

EXPRESS specification:

ENTITY IfcStructuralConnection

ABSTRACT SUPERTYPE OF

(ONEOF(IfcStructuralCurveConnection, IfcStructuralPointConnection, IfcStructuralSurfaceConnection))

SUBTYPE OF (

IfcStructuralItem);

AppliedCondition

OPTIONAL IfcBoundaryCondition;

INVERSE

ConnectsStructuralMembers

SET [1:?] OF IfcRelConnectsStructuralMember FOR RelatedStructuralConnection;

END_ENTITY;

Attribute definitions:

AppliedCondition	:	Optional reference to an instance of IfcBoundaryCondition which defines the support condition of this 'connection'.
ConnectsStructuralMembers	:	References to the IfcRelConnectsStructuralMembers relationship by which structural members can be associated to structural connections.

Inheritance graph

ENTITY IfcStructuralConnection;

ENTITY IfcRoot;

GlobalId

IfcGloballyUniqueId;

OwnerHistory

IfcOwnerHistory;

Name

OPTIONAL IfcLabel;

Description

OPTIONAL IfcText;

ENTITY IfcObjectDefinition;

INVERSE

HasAssignments

SET OF IfcRelAssigns FOR RelatedObjects;

IsDecomposedBy

SET OF IfcRelDecomposes FOR RelatingObject;

Decomposes

SET [0:1] OF IfcRelDecomposes FOR RelatedObjects;

HasAssociations

SET OF IfcRelAssociates FOR RelatedObjects;

ENTITY IfcObject;

ObjectType

OPTIONAL IfcLabel;

INVERSE

IsDefinedBy

SET OF IfcRelDefines FOR RelatedObjects;

ENTITY IfcProduct;

ObjectPlacement

OPTIONAL IfcObjectPlacement;

Representation

OPTIONAL IfcProductRepresentation;

INVERSE

ReferencedBy

SET OF IfcRelAssignsToProduct FOR RelatingProduct;

ENTITY IfcStructuralItem;

INVERSE

AssignedStructuralActivity

SET OF IfcRelConnectsStructuralActivity FOR RelatingElement;

ENTITY IfcStructuralConnection;

AppliedCondition

OPTIONAL IfcBoundaryCondition;

INVERSE

ConnectsStructuralMembers

SET [1:?] OF IfcRelConnectsStructuralMember FOR RelatedStructuralConnection;

END_ENTITY;