IfcTessellatedFaceSet

Natural language names
tesselliertes Element aus Flächen
Tessellated Face Set
Ensemble de faces tessellées
Change log
ItemSPFXMLChangeDescription
IFC2x3 to IFC4 4.0.0.0
    IfcTessellatedFaceSetADDED
IFC2x3 to IFC4 4.0.0.0
    IfcTessellatedFaceSetADDED
Semantic definitions at the entity
Entity definition

The IfcTessellatedFaceSet is a boundary representation topological model limited to planar faces and straight edges. It may represent an approximation of an analytical surface or solid that may be provided in addition to its tessellation as a separate shape representation. The IfcTessellatedFaceSet provides a compact data representation of an connected face set using indices into ordered lists of vertices, normals, colours, and texture maps.

NOTE  The compact representation has been chosen to enable small data sets despite potentially large sets of faces, edges and vertices needed to represent tessellations of analyticals surfaces and solids, and despite large sets of colour and texture information to annotate the tessellated faces.

The IfcTessellatedFaceSet is an abstract supertype of tesselated face sets each imposing specific constraints on face generation for tessellation, such as triangulation (with or without strip and fans), or quadrilaterals, or polygonal faces (with or without inner loops).

NOTE  Not all different constraints on face sets are included as specific subtypes in this release of the specification.

The following attributes apply to all subtypes:

Each face of the tessellated face set shall have:

NOTE  The definition of IfcTessellatedFaceSet is based on the indexedFaceSet defined in ISO/IEC 19775-1

HISTORY  New entity in IFC4.

Attribute definitions
#AttributeTypeCardinalityDescription G
1CoordinatesIfcCartesianPointList3D An ordered list of Cartesian points used by the coordinate index defined at the subtypes of IfcTessellatedFaceSet. X
HasColoursIfcIndexedColourMap
@MappedTo
S[0:1]Reference to the indexed colour map providing the corresponding colour RGB values to the faces of the subtypes of IfcTessellatedFaceSet. X
HasTexturesIfcIndexedTextureMap
@MappedTo
S[0:?]Reference to the indexed texture map providing the corresponding texture coordinates to the vertices bounding the faces of the subtypes of IfcTessellatedFaceSet. X
Dim
:=3
IfcDimensionCountThe space dimensionality of this geometric representation item, it is always 3. X
Inherited definitions from supertypes
Entity inheritance IfcPolygonalFaceSet IfcTriangulatedFaceSet IfcTessellatedItem IfcGeometricRepresentationItem IfcRepresentationItem
Attribute inheritance
#AttributeTypeCardinalityDescriptionG
IfcRepresentationItem
LayerAssignmentIfcPresentationLayerAssignment
@AssignedItems
S[0:1]Assignment of the representation item to a single or multiple layer(s). The LayerAssignments can override a LayerAssignments of the IfcRepresentation it is used within the list of Items.
IFC2x3 CHANGE  The inverse attribute LayerAssignments has been added.
IFC4 CHANGE  The inverse attribute LayerAssignment has been restricted to max 1. Upward compatibility for file based exchange is guaranteed.
X
StyledByItemIfcStyledItem
@Item
S[0:1]Reference to the IfcStyledItem that provides presentation information to the representation, e.g. a curve style, including colour and thickness to a geometric curve.
IFC2x3 CHANGE  The inverse attribute StyledByItem has been added.
X
IfcGeometricRepresentationItem
IfcTessellatedItem
IfcTessellatedFaceSet
1CoordinatesIfcCartesianPointList3D An ordered list of Cartesian points used by the coordinate index defined at the subtypes of IfcTessellatedFaceSet. X
HasColoursIfcIndexedColourMap
@MappedTo
S[0:1]Reference to the indexed colour map providing the corresponding colour RGB values to the faces of the subtypes of IfcTessellatedFaceSet. X
HasTexturesIfcIndexedTextureMap
@MappedTo
S[0:?]Reference to the indexed texture map providing the corresponding texture coordinates to the vertices bounding the faces of the subtypes of IfcTessellatedFaceSet. X
Dim
:=3
IfcDimensionCountThe space dimensionality of this geometric representation item, it is always 3. X
Formal representations
XML Specification
 <xs:element name="IfcTessellatedFaceSet" type="ifc:IfcTessellatedFaceSet" abstract="true" substitutionGroup="ifc:IfcTessellatedItem" nillable="true"/>
 <xs:complexType name="IfcTessellatedFaceSet" abstract="true">
  <xs:complexContent>
   <xs:extension base="ifc:IfcTessellatedItem">
    <xs:sequence>
     <xs:element name="Coordinates" type="ifc:IfcCartesianPointList3D" nillable="true"/>
     <xs:element name="HasColours" type="ifc:IfcIndexedColourMap" nillable="true" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1"/>
     <xs:element name="HasTextures" nillable="true" minOccurs="0">
      <xs:complexType>
       <xs:sequence>
        <xs:element ref="ifc:IfcIndexedTextureMap" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
       </xs:sequence>
       <xs:attribute ref="ifc:itemType" fixed="ifc:IfcIndexedTextureMap"/>
       <xs:attribute ref="ifc:cType" fixed="set"/>
       <xs:attribute ref="ifc:arraySize" use="optional"/>
      </xs:complexType>
     </xs:element>
    </xs:sequence>
   </xs:extension>
  </xs:complexContent>
 </xs:complexType>
EXPRESS Specification
ENTITY IfcTessellatedFaceSet
 ABSTRACT SUPERTYPE OF(ONEOF(IfcPolygonalFaceSet, IfcTriangulatedFaceSet))
 SUBTYPE OF (IfcTessellatedItem);
  Coordinates : IfcCartesianPointList3D;
 INVERSE
  HasColours : SET [0:1] OF IfcIndexedColourMap FOR MappedTo;
  HasTextures : SET [0:?] OF IfcIndexedTextureMap FOR MappedTo;
 DERIVE
  Dim : IfcDimensionCount := 3;
END_ENTITY;

Link to EXPRESS-G diagram EXPRESS-G diagram

References  References: IfcBooleanOperand IfcIndexedColourMap IfcIndexedTextureMap

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