IfcProject

Natural language names
Projekt
Project
Projet
Change log
ItemSPFXMLChangeDescription
4.0.0.0
    IfcProject
      OwnerHistoryMODIFIEDInstantiation changed to OPTIONAL.
      RepresentationContextsMODIFIEDInstantiation changed to OPTIONAL.
      UnitsInContextMODIFIEDInstantiation changed to OPTIONAL.
Semantic definitions at the entity
Entity definition

IfcProject indicates the undertaking of some design, engineering, construction, or maintenance activities leading towards a product. The project establishes the context for information to be exchanged or shared, and it may represent a construction project but does not have to. The IfcProject's main purpose in an exchange structure is to provide the root instance and the context for all other information items included.

The context provided by the IfcProject includes:

HISTORY  New entity in IFC1.0
IFC4 CHANGE  The attributes RepresentationContexts and UnitsInContext are made optional and are promoted to supertype IfcContext.

Informal Propositions:

  1. There shall only be one project within the exchange context. This is enforced by the global rule IfcSingleProjectInstance.
Formal Propositions
RuleDescription
HasNameThe Name attribute has to be provided for IfcProject. It is the short name for the project.
CorrectContextIf a RepresentationContexts relation is provided then there shall be no instance of IfcGeometricRepresentationSubContext directly included in the set of RepresentationContexts.
NoDecompositionThe IfcProject represents the root of the any decomposition tree. It shall therefore not be used to decompose any other object definition.
Inherited definitions from supertypes
Entity inheritance IfcContext IfcObjectDefinition IfcRoot
Attribute inheritance
#AttributeTypeCardinalityDescriptionR
IfcRoot
1GlobalIdIfcGloballyUniqueId Assignment of a globally unique identifier within the entire software world. X
2OwnerHistoryIfcOwnerHistory? Assignment of the information about the current ownership of that object, including owning actor, application, local identification and information captured about the recent changes of the object,
NOTE  only the last modification in stored - either as addition, deletion or modification.
IFC4 CHANGE  The attribute has been changed to be OPTIONAL.
X
3NameIfcLabel? Optional name for use by the participating software systems or users. For some subtypes of IfcRoot the insertion of the Name attribute may be required. This would be enforced by a where rule. X
4DescriptionIfcText? Optional description, provided for exchanging informative comments.X
IfcObjectDefinition
HasAssignmentsIfcRelAssigns
@RelatedObjects
S[0:?]Reference to the relationship objects, that assign (by an association relationship) other subtypes of IfcObject to this object instance. Examples are the association to products, processes, controls, resources or groups.X
NestsIfcRelNests
@RelatedObjects
S[0:1]References to the decomposition relationship being a nesting. It determines that this object definition is a part within an ordered whole/part decomposition relationship. An object occurrence or type can only be part of a single decomposition (to allow hierarchical strutures only).
IFC4 CHANGE  The inverse attribute datatype has been added and separated from Decomposes defined at IfcObjectDefinition.
IsNestedByIfcRelNests
@RelatingObject
S[0:?]References to the decomposition relationship being a nesting. It determines that this object definition is the whole within an ordered whole/part decomposition relationship. An object or object type can be nested by several other objects (occurrences or types).
IFC4 CHANGE  The inverse attribute datatype has been added and separated from IsDecomposedBy defined at IfcObjectDefinition.
X
HasContextIfcRelDeclares
@RelatedDefinitions
S[0:1]References to the context providing context information such as project unit or representation context. It should only be asserted for the uppermost non-spatial object.
IFC4 CHANGE  The inverse attribute datatype has been added.
IsDecomposedByIfcRelAggregates
@RelatingObject
S[0:?]References to the decomposition relationship being an aggregation. It determines that this object definition is whole within an unordered whole/part decomposition relationship. An object definitions can be aggregated by several other objects (occurrences or parts).
IFC4 CHANGE  The inverse attribute datatype has been changed from the supertype IfcRelDecomposes to subtype IfcRelAggregates.
X
DecomposesIfcRelAggregates
@RelatedObjects
S[0:1]References to the decomposition relationship being an aggregation. It determines that this object definition is a part within an unordered whole/part decomposition relationship. An object definitions can only be part of a single decomposition (to allow hierarchical strutures only).
IFC4 CHANGE  The inverse attribute datatype has been changed from the supertype IfcRelDecomposes to subtype IfcRelAggregates.
X
HasAssociationsIfcRelAssociates
@RelatedObjects
S[0:?]Reference to the relationship objects, that associates external references or other resource definitions to the object.. Examples are the association to library, documentation or classification.X
IfcContext
5ObjectTypeIfcLabel? The object type denotes a particular type that indicates the object further. The use has to be established at the level of instantiable subtypes.
NOTE  Subtypes of IfcContext do not introduce a PredefinedType attribute, therefore the usage of ObjectType is not bound to the selection of USERDEFINED within the PredefinedType enumaration.
X
6LongNameIfcLabel? Long name for the context as used for reference purposes.X
7PhaseIfcLabel? Current project phase, or life-cycle phase of this project. Applicable values have to be agreed upon by view definitions or implementer agreements. X
8RepresentationContextsIfcRepresentationContext? S[1:?] Context of the representations used within the context. When the context is a project and it includes shape representations for its components, one or several geometric representation contexts need to be included that define e.g. the world coordinate system, the coordinate space dimensions, and/or the precision factor.
IFC4 CHANGE  The attribute has been changed to be optional. Change made with upward compatibility for file based exchange.
X
9UnitsInContextIfcUnitAssignment? Units globally assigned to measure types used within the context.
IFC4 CHANGE  The attribute has been changed to be optional. Change made with upward compatibility for file based exchange.
X
IsDefinedByIfcRelDefinesByProperties
@RelatedObjects
S[0:?]Set of relationships to property set definitions attached to this context. Those statically or dynamically defined properties contain alphanumeric information content that further defines the context.
IFC4 CHANGE  The data type has been changed from IfcRelDefines to IfcRelDefinesByProperties with upward compatibility for file based exchange.
DeclaresIfcRelDeclares
@RelatingContext
S[0:?]Reference to the IfcRelDeclares relationship that assigns the uppermost entities of includes hierarchies to this context instance.
NOTE  The spatial hiearchy is assigned to IfcProject using the IfcRelAggregates relationship. This is a single exception due to compatibility reasons with earlier releases.
X
IfcProject
Definitions applying to Reference View

 Instance diagram


Concept usage

Project Units

The Project Units concept template applies to this entity as shown in Table 1.

HasUnitsDescription
Length unit as meters, millimeters, or inches.

Table 1 — IfcProject Project Units



Project Representation Context 3D

The Project Representation Context 3D concept template applies to this entity as shown in Table 2.

ContextTypeSubContextTypeDescription
Model Main representation context for all sub contexts defining geometric representations in 3D coordinate space.
ModelModelMain representation subcontext for all 3D body geometry of model elements

Table 2 — IfcProject Project Representation Context 3D

The main representation context defined at the IfcProject shall be a 3D representation concept.



Project Global Positioning

The Project Global Positioning concept applies to this entity.

The representation context of the project refers to a global positioning, i.e. the local engineering coordinate system of the project has a mapping to a defined projected coordinate system (a rectangular map coordinate system, as used in GIS systems)



Project Type Definitions

The Project Type Definitions concept applies to this entity.



Project Classification Information

The Project Classification Information concept applies to this entity.



Spatial Decomposition

The Spatial Decomposition concept template applies to this entity as shown in Table 3.

RelatedObjectsDescription
If referenced, the site is the root of the spatial structure.

Table 3 — IfcProject Spatial Decomposition

The IfcProject is used to reference the root of the spatial structure of a building or other construction project (that serves as the primary project breakdown and is required to be hierarchical). The spatial structure elements are linked together, and to the IfcProject, by using the objectified relationship IfcRelAggregates.



mvdXML Specification
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ConceptRoot xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" uuid="45d0fd71-1824-4d74-b838-f8bcad703221" name="IfcProject" status="sample" applicableRootEntity="IfcProject">
  <Applicability uuid="00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000" status="sample">
    <Template ref="5917f9b6-2950-4772-9243-28d187e2355e" />
    <TemplateRules operator="and" />
  </Applicability>
  <Concepts>
    <Concept uuid="fb29fda3-4544-4709-99fd-e90bfc197006" name="Project Units" status="sample" override="false">
      <Template ref="4ccaac0c-88f8-4c1d-91fd-2214d0e513c4" />
      <Requirements>
        <Requirement applicability="export" requirement="recommended" exchangeRequirement="dcd96125-898e-4ff0-b294-eb02afe953aa" />
        <Requirement applicability="import" requirement="recommended" exchangeRequirement="dcd96125-898e-4ff0-b294-eb02afe953aa" />
      </Requirements>
      <TemplateRules operator="and">
        <TemplateRule Description="Length unit as meters, millimeters, or inches." Parameters="NamedUnitType=LENGTHUNIT;" />
        <TemplateRule Description="Angle unit as degrees or radians." Parameters="NamedUnitType=PLANEANGLEUNIT;" />
      </TemplateRules>
    </Concept>
    <Concept uuid="85e713ac-599b-453c-bfda-29a78246924f" name="Project Representation Context 3D" status="sample" override="false">
      <Template ref="0c93e2c2-cb23-46a8-8b9a-c772c280fc26" />
      <Requirements>
        <Requirement applicability="export" requirement="not-relevant" exchangeRequirement="dcd96125-898e-4ff0-b294-eb02afe953aa" />
        <Requirement applicability="import" requirement="not-relevant" exchangeRequirement="dcd96125-898e-4ff0-b294-eb02afe953aa" />
      </Requirements>
      <TemplateRules operator="and">
        <TemplateRule Description="Main representation context for all sub contexts defining geometric representations in 3D coordinate space." Parameters="ContextType=Model;" />
        <TemplateRule Description="Main representation subcontext for all 3D body geometry of model elements" Parameters="ContextType=Model;SubContextType=Model;" />
        <TemplateRule Description="Representation subcontext for curve-based axis representation of model elements (wall axis, beam axis, etc.)" Parameters="ContextType=Model;SubContextType=Model;" />
      </TemplateRules>
    </Concept>
    <Concept uuid="7cdc703f-2081-43d1-ba70-453801409dd1" name="Project Global Positioning" status="sample" override="false">
      <Template ref="d326800d-02e0-4442-84e7-b8fb4fde0400" />
    </Concept>
    <Concept uuid="d999fd8d-6987-4ee9-8416-d11b96836fcf" name="Project Type Definitions" status="sample" override="false">
      <Template ref="634e27f7-7edb-4e22-b8cc-25f1cdc765ce" />
    </Concept>
    <Concept uuid="1f3d17a8-cfd2-4b20-ab7f-ec4414926c83" name="Project Classification Information" status="sample" override="false">
      <Template ref="818ca5a3-4574-49b1-9951-ae7bad5c3341" />
    </Concept>
    <Concept uuid="0fd7660d-d8e2-41cb-b959-514c678fafe9" name="Spatial Decomposition" status="sample" override="false">
      <Template ref="667f8443-ecce-4a8d-a63f-931fab0453e0" />
      <Requirements>
        <Requirement applicability="export" requirement="recommended" exchangeRequirement="dcd96125-898e-4ff0-b294-eb02afe953aa" />
        <Requirement applicability="import" requirement="recommended" exchangeRequirement="dcd96125-898e-4ff0-b294-eb02afe953aa" />
      </Requirements>
      <TemplateRules operator="and">
        <TemplateRule Description="If referenced, the site is the root of the spatial structure." Parameters="" />
        <TemplateRule Description="If referenced, the building is the root of the spatial structure (no explicit site information included)." Parameters="Spatial Parts=IfcBuilding;" />
        <TemplateRule Description="If referenced, the spatial zone is the root of the spatial structure (to be used as a stub for non-building related projects)." Parameters="Spatial Parts=IfcSpatialZone;" />
      </TemplateRules>
    </Concept>
  </Concepts>
</ConceptRoot>
Concept inheritance

#ConceptTemplateModel View
IfcRoot
IdentitySoftware IdentityReference View
Revision ControlRevision ControlReference View
IfcObjectDefinition
ClassificationClassificationReference View
IfcProject
Project UnitsProject UnitsReference View
Project Representation Context 3DProject Representation Context 3DReference View
Project Global PositioningProject Global PositioningReference View
Project Type DefinitionsProject Type DefinitionsReference View
Project Classification InformationProject Classification InformationReference View
Spatial DecompositionSpatial DecompositionReference View
Examples
Formal representations
XML Specification
 <xs:element name="IfcProject" type="ifc:IfcProject" substitutionGroup="ifc:IfcContext" nillable="true"/>
 <xs:complexType name="IfcProject">
  <xs:complexContent>
   <xs:extension base="ifc:IfcContext"/>
  </xs:complexContent>
 </xs:complexType>
EXPRESS Specification
ENTITY IfcProject
 SUBTYPE OF (IfcContext);
 WHERE
  HasName : EXISTS(SELF\IfcRoot.Name);
  CorrectContext : NOT(EXISTS(SELF\IfcContext.RepresentationContexts)) OR
(SIZEOF(QUERY(Temp <* SELF\IfcContext.RepresentationContexts |
'IFCREPRESENTATIONRESOURCE.IfcGeometricRepresentationSubContext' IN TYPEOF(Temp)
)) = 0);
  NoDecomposition : SIZEOF(SELF\IfcObjectDefinition.Decomposes) = 0;
END_ENTITY;

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