IfcPropertySetDefinition

Semantic definitions at the entity

Entity definition

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:

Dynamically extendable property sets - IfcPropertySet, a set of properties for which the IFC specification only provides a kind of "meta model", to be further declared by agreement. This means no entity definition of the properties exists within the IFC specification. The declaration is done by assigning a significant string value to the Name attribute of the entity as defined in the entity IfcPropertySet and at each subtype of IfcProperty, referenced by the property set. Dynamically defined property sets may have an underlying template provided by IfcPropertySetTemplate.
Statically defined property sets - IfcPreDefinedPropertySet, a property set entity that exists within the IFC specification. The semantic meaning of each statically defined property set is declared by its entity type and the meaning of the properties is defined by the name and data type of the explicit attribute representing it.

Property set definitions define information that is shared among multiple instances of objects, either object occurrences or object types. IfcPropertySetDefinition's (by their instantiable subtypes) can participate within the following relationships:

Assignment to object types - an DefinesType direct relationship to IfcTypeObject that applies the property set, with all included properties, to the object type. Those properties apply to all object occurrences having the same object type.
Assignment to object occurrences - an DefinesOccurrence relationship to IfcRelDefinesByProperties that applies the property set, with all included properties, to the object occurrence.

NOTE Properties assigned to object occurrences may override properties assigned to the object type. See IfcRelDefinesByType for further information.

HISTORY New entity in IFC2x

IFC4 CHANGE The subtype IfcPreDefinedPropertySet has been added.

Attribute definitions

Attribute	Type	Cardinality	Description	G
DefinesType	IfcTypeObject @HasPropertySets	S[0:?]	The type object to which the property set is assigned. The property set acts as a shared property set to all occurrences of the type object. NOTE The relationship between the IfcPropertySetDefinition and the IfcTypeObject is a direct relationship, not utilizing IfcRelDefinesByProperties, for maintaining compatibility with earlier releases of this standard. IFC4 CHANGE The cardinality has been changed from 0:1 to 0:? with upward compatibility for file based exchange.	X
IsDefinedBy	IfcRelDefinesByTemplate @RelatedPropertySets	S[0:?]	Relation to the property set template, via the objectified relationship IfcRelDefinesByTemplate, that, if given, provides the definition template for the property set or quantity set and its properties. IFC4 CHANGE New inverse relationship, change made with upward compatibility for file based exchange.	X
DefinesOccurrence	IfcRelDefinesByProperties @RelatingPropertyDefinition	S[0:?]	Reference to the relation to one or many object occurrences that are characterized by the property set definition. A single property set can be assigned to multiple object occurrences using the objectified relationship IfcRefDefinesByProperties. IFC4 CHANGE Inverse attribute renamed from PropertyDefinitionOf with upward compatibility for file-based exchange.	X

Attribute

Type

Cardinality

Description

DefinesType

IfcTypeObject
@HasPropertySets

S[0:?]

The type object to which the property set is assigned. The property set acts as a shared property set to all occurrences of the type object.

NOTE The relationship between the IfcPropertySetDefinition and the IfcTypeObject is a direct relationship, not utilizing IfcRelDefinesByProperties, for maintaining compatibility with earlier releases of this standard.

IFC4 CHANGE The cardinality has been changed from 0:1 to 0:? with upward compatibility for file based exchange.

IsDefinedBy

IfcRelDefinesByTemplate
@RelatedPropertySets

S[0:?]

Relation to the property set template, via the objectified relationship IfcRelDefinesByTemplate, that, if given, provides the definition template for the property set or quantity set and its properties.

IFC4 CHANGE New inverse relationship, change made with upward compatibility for file based exchange.

DefinesOccurrence

IfcRelDefinesByProperties
@RelatingPropertyDefinition

S[0:?]

Reference to the relation to one or many object occurrences that are characterized by the property set definition. A single property set can be assigned to multiple object occurrences using the objectified relationship IfcRefDefinesByProperties.

IFC4 CHANGE Inverse attribute renamed from PropertyDefinitionOf with upward compatibility for file-based exchange.

Inherited definitions from supertypes

Entity inheritance

Attribute inheritance

#	Attribute	Type	Cardinality	Description	G
IfcRoot
1	GlobalId	IfcGloballyUniqueId		Assignment of a globally unique identifier within the entire software world.	X
2	OwnerHistory	IfcOwnerHistory	?	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
3	Name	IfcLabel	?	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
4	Description	IfcText	?	Optional description, provided for exchanging informative comments.	X
IfcPropertyDefinition
	HasContext	IfcRelDeclares @RelatedDefinitions	S[0:1]		X
	HasAssociations	IfcRelAssociates @RelatedObjects	S[0:?]	Reference to the relationship IfcRelAssociates and thus to those externally defined concepts, like classifications, documents, or library information, which are associated to the property definition.	X
IfcPropertySetDefinition
	DefinesType	IfcTypeObject @HasPropertySets	S[0:?]	The type object to which the property set is assigned. The property set acts as a shared property set to all occurrences of the type object. NOTE The relationship between the IfcPropertySetDefinition and the IfcTypeObject is a direct relationship, not utilizing IfcRelDefinesByProperties, for maintaining compatibility with earlier releases of this standard. IFC4 CHANGE The cardinality has been changed from 0:1 to 0:? with upward compatibility for file based exchange.	X
	IsDefinedBy	IfcRelDefinesByTemplate @RelatedPropertySets	S[0:?]	Relation to the property set template, via the objectified relationship IfcRelDefinesByTemplate, that, if given, provides the definition template for the property set or quantity set and its properties. IFC4 CHANGE New inverse relationship, change made with upward compatibility for file based exchange.	X
	DefinesOccurrence	IfcRelDefinesByProperties @RelatingPropertyDefinition	S[0:?]	Reference to the relation to one or many object occurrences that are characterized by the property set definition. A single property set can be assigned to multiple object occurrences using the objectified relationship IfcRefDefinesByProperties. IFC4 CHANGE Inverse attribute renamed from PropertyDefinitionOf with upward compatibility for file-based exchange.	X

#	Concept	Template	Model View
IfcRoot
	Identity	Software Identity	General Usage
	Revision Control	Revision Control	General Usage

Formal representations

XML Specification

 <xs:element name="IfcPropertySetDefinition" type="ifc:IfcPropertySetDefinition" abstract="true" substitutionGroup="ifc:IfcPropertyDefinition" nillable="true"/>

 <xs:complexType name="IfcPropertySetDefinition" abstract="true">

  <xs:complexContent>

   <xs:extension base="ifc:IfcPropertyDefinition"/>

  </xs:complexContent>

 </xs:complexType>

EXPRESS Specification


ENTITY IfcPropertySetDefinition

 ABSTRACT SUPERTYPE OF(ONEOF(IfcPreDefinedPropertySet, IfcPropertySet, IfcQuantitySet))

 SUBTYPE OF (IfcPropertyDefinition);

 INVERSE

  DefinesType : SET [0:?] OF IfcTypeObject FOR HasPropertySets;

  IsDefinedBy : SET [0:?] OF IfcRelDefinesByTemplate FOR RelatedPropertySets;

  DefinesOccurrence : SET [0:?] OF IfcRelDefinesByProperties FOR RelatingPropertyDefinition;

END_ENTITY;

 EXPRESS-G diagram

	Definition der Merkmalliste (allgemein)
	Property Set Definition
	Définition d'ensemble de propriété

IfcPropertySetDefinition

Semantic definitions at the entity

Inherited definitions from supertypes

Definitions applying to General Usage

Formal representations