IfcContextDependentUnit

Definition from ISO/CD 10303-41:1992: A context dependent unit is a unit which is not related to the SI system.

NOTE The number of parts in an assembly is a physical quantity measured in units that may be called "parts" but which cannot be related to an SI unit.

NOTE Corresponding STEP name: context_dependent_unit, please refer to ISO/IS 10303-41:1994 for the final definition of the formal standard.

HISTORY New entity in IFC Release 1.5.1.

EXPRESS specification:

ENTITY IfcContextDependentUnit

SUBTYPE OF (

IfcNamedUnit);

Name

IfcLabel;

END_ENTITY;

Attribute definitions:

Name

The word, or group of words, by which the context dependent unit is referred to.

Inheritance graph

ENTITY IfcContextDependentUnit;

ENTITY IfcNamedUnit;

Dimensions

IfcDimensionalExponents;

UnitType

IfcUnitEnum;

ENTITY IfcContextDependentUnit;

Name

IfcLabel;

END_ENTITY;