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IfcRectangleHollowProfileDef

Definition from IAI: The IfcRectangleHollowProfileDef defines a section profile that provides the defining parameters of a rectangular (or square) hollow section to be used by the swept surface geometry or the swept area solid. Its parameters and orientation relative to the position coordinate system are according to the following illustration. A square hollow section can be defined by equal values for h and b. The centre of the position coordinate system is in the profiles centre of the bounding box (for symmetric profiles identical with the centre of gravity). Normally, the longer sides are parallel to the y-axis, the shorter sides parallel to the x-axis.

HISTORY: New entity in Release IFC2x Edition 2.

Illustration:

hollow rectange shape profile

Position
The parameterized profile defines its own position coordinate system. The underlying coordinate system is defined by the swept area solid that uses the profile definition. It is the xy plane of:

  • IfcSweptAreaSolid.Position
by using offsets of the position location, the parameterized profile can be positioned centric (using x,y offsets = 0.), or at any position relative to the profile. Explicit coordinate offsets are used to define cardinal points (e.g. upper-left bound).

Parameter
The parameterized profile is defined by a set of parameter attributes, see attribute definition below.

Figure: Parameters of rectangular or square hollow profile definition

EXPRESS specification:

ENTITY IfcRectangleHollowProfileDef
SUBTYPE OF ( IfcRectangleProfileDef);
WallThickness  :  IfcPositiveLengthMeasure;
InnerFilletRadius  :  OPTIONAL IfcPositiveLengthMeasure;
OuterFilletRadius  :  OPTIONAL IfcPositiveLengthMeasure;
WHERE
WR31  :  (WallThickness < (SELF\IfcRectangleProfileDef.XDim/2.)) AND (WallThickness < (SELF\IfcRectangleProfileDef.YDim/2.));
WR32  :  NOT(EXISTS(OuterFilletRadius)) OR ((OuterFilletRadius <= (SELF\IfcRectangleProfileDef.XDim/2.)) AND (OuterFilletRadius <= (SELF\IfcRectangleProfileDef.YDim/2.)));
WR33  :  NOT(EXISTS(InnerFilletRadius)) OR ((InnerFilletRadius <= (SELF\IfcRectangleProfileDef.XDim/2. - WallThickness)) AND (InnerFilletRadius <= (SELF\IfcRectangleProfileDef.YDim/2. - WallThickness)));
END_ENTITY;

Attribute definitions:

WallThickness  :  Thickness of the material.
InnerFilletRadius  :  Radius of the circular arcs, by which all four corners of the outer contour of rectangle are equally rounded. If not given, zero (= no rounding arcs) applies.
OuterFilletRadius  :  Radius of the circular arcs, by which all four corners of the outer contour of rectangle are equally rounded. If not given, zero (= no rounding arcs) applies.

Formal Propositions:

WR31  :  The wall thickness shall be smaller than the X and Y dimension of the rectangle.
WR32  :  The outer fillet radius (if given) shall be smaller than or equal to the X and Y dimension of the rectangle.
WR33  :  The inner fillet radius (if given) shall be smaller than or equal to the X and Y dimension of the rectangle minus the wall thickness.

Inheritance graph

ENTITY IfcRectangleHollowProfileDef;
ENTITY IfcProfileDef;
ProfileType  :  IfcProfileTypeEnum;
ProfileName  :  OPTIONAL IfcLabel;
ENTITY IfcParameterizedProfileDef;
Position  :  IfcAxis2Placement2D;
ENTITY IfcRectangleProfileDef;
XDim  :  IfcPositiveLengthMeasure;
YDim  :  IfcPositiveLengthMeasure;
ENTITY IfcRectangleHollowProfileDef;
WallThickness  :  IfcPositiveLengthMeasure;
InnerFilletRadius  :  OPTIONAL IfcPositiveLengthMeasure;
OuterFilletRadius  :  OPTIONAL IfcPositiveLengthMeasure;
END_ENTITY;