IfcSectionedSpine

Semantic definitions at the entity

Entity definition

An IfcSectionedSpine is a representation of the shape of a three dimensional object composed by a number of planar cross sections, and a spine curve. The shape is defined between the first element of cross sections and the last element of the cross sections. A sectioned spine may be used to represent a surface or a solid but the interpolation of the shape between the cross sections is not defined.

All cross sections have to define areas by a closed profile to allow for the representation of a solid. All cross sections have to define curves by an open or closed profile to allow for the representation of a surface. The cross sections are defined by subtypes of IfcProfileDef, where the consecutive profiles may be derived by a transformation of the start profile or the previous consecutive profile.

The spine curve shall be of type IfcCompositeCurve, each of its segments represented by IfcCompositeCurveSegment shall correspond to the part between exactly two consecutive cross-sections.

Figure 327 illustrates an example of an IfcSectionedSpine.

The SpineCurve is given by an IfcCompositeCurve with two Segments. The Segments[1] has a ParentCurve of type IfcPolyline and a Transition = CONTSAMEGRADIENT. The Segments[2] has a ParentCurve of type IfcTrimmedCurve and a Transition = DISCONTINUOUS.
Each CrossSectionPosition lies at a start or end point of the Segments.
Each CrossSections are inserted by the CrossSectionPositions. The first two cross sections are of type IfcRectangleProfileDef, the third is of type IfcDerivedProfileDef.

Figure 327 — Sectioned spine geometry

Figure 328 illustrates the final result of the IfcSectionedSpine. The body (shown transparently) is not fully defined by the exchange definition.

Figure 328 — Sectioned spine result

NOTE Definition according to ISO/CD 10303-42:1992
A sectioned spine is a representation of the shape of a three dimensional object composed of a spine curve and a number of planar cross sections. The shape is defined between the first element of cross sections and the last element of this set.

NOTE A sectioned spine may be used to represent a surface or a solid but the interpolation of the shape between the cross-sections is not defined. For the representation of a solid all cross-sections are closed curves.

NOTE Entity adapted from sectioned_spine defined in ISO 10303-42.

HISTORY New entity in IFC2x.

Informal Propositions:

none of the cross sections, after being placed by the cross section positions, shall intersect
none of the cross sections, after being placed by the cross section positions, shall lie in the same plane
the local origin of each cross section position shall lie at the beginning or end of a composite curve segment.

Attribute definitions

#	Attribute	Type	Cardinality	Description	C
1	SpineCurve	IfcCompositeCurve	[1:1]	A single composite curve, that defines the spine curve. Each of the composite curve segments correspond to the part between two cross-sections.	X
2	CrossSections	IfcProfileDef	L[2:?]	A list of at least two cross sections, each defined within the xy plane of the position coordinate system of the cross section. The position coordinate system is given by the corresponding list CrossSectionPositions.	X
3	CrossSectionPositions	IfcAxis2Placement3D	L[2:?]	Position coordinate systems for the cross sections that form the sectioned spine. The profiles defining the cross sections are positioned within the xy plane of the corresponding position coordinate system.	X
	Dim :=3	IfcDimensionCount	[1:1]	The dimensionality of the spine curve is always 3.	X

Formal Propositions

Rule	Description
CorrespondingSectionPositions	The set of cross sections and the set of cross section positions shall be of the same size.
ConsistentProfileTypes	The profile type (either AREA or CURVE) shall be consistent within the list of the profiles defining the cross sections.
SpineCurveDim	The curve entity which is the underlying spine curve shall have the dimensionality of 3.

Inherited definitions from supertypes

Entity inheritance

Attribute inheritance

#	Attribute	Type	Cardinality	Description	C
IfcRepresentationItem
	LayerAssignment	IfcPresentationLayerAssignment @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.	X
	StyledByItem	IfcStyledItem @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.	X
IfcGeometricRepresentationItem
IfcSectionedSpine
1	SpineCurve	IfcCompositeCurve	[1:1]	A single composite curve, that defines the spine curve. Each of the composite curve segments correspond to the part between two cross-sections.	X
2	CrossSections	IfcProfileDef	L[2:?]	A list of at least two cross sections, each defined within the xy plane of the position coordinate system of the cross section. The position coordinate system is given by the corresponding list CrossSectionPositions.	X
3	CrossSectionPositions	IfcAxis2Placement3D	L[2:?]	Position coordinate systems for the cross sections that form the sectioned spine. The profiles defining the cross sections are positioned within the xy plane of the corresponding position coordinate system.	X
	Dim :=3	IfcDimensionCount	[1:1]	The dimensionality of the spine curve is always 3.	X

Formal representations

XSD Specification

 <xs:element name="IfcSectionedSpine" type="ifc:IfcSectionedSpine" substitutionGroup="ifc:IfcGeometricRepresentationItem" nillable="true"/>

 <xs:complexType name="IfcSectionedSpine">

  <xs:complexContent>

   <xs:extension base="ifc:IfcGeometricRepresentationItem">

    <xs:sequence>

     <xs:element name="SpineCurve" type="ifc:IfcCompositeCurve" nillable="true"/>

     <xs:element name="CrossSections">

      <xs:complexType>

       <xs:sequence>

        <xs:element ref="ifc:IfcProfileDef" minOccurs="2" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>

       </xs:sequence>

       <xs:attribute ref="ifc:itemType" fixed="ifc:IfcProfileDef"/>

       <xs:attribute ref="ifc:cType" fixed="list"/>

       <xs:attribute ref="ifc:arraySize" use="optional"/>

      </xs:complexType>

     </xs:element>

     <xs:element name="CrossSectionPositions">

      <xs:complexType>

       <xs:sequence>

        <xs:element ref="ifc:IfcAxis2Placement3D" minOccurs="2" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>

       </xs:sequence>

       <xs:attribute ref="ifc:itemType" fixed="ifc:IfcAxis2Placement3D"/>

       <xs:attribute ref="ifc:cType" fixed="list"/>

       <xs:attribute ref="ifc:arraySize" use="optional"/>

      </xs:complexType>

     </xs:element>

    </xs:sequence>

   </xs:extension>

  </xs:complexContent>

 </xs:complexType>

EXPRESS Specification


ENTITY IfcSectionedSpine

 SUBTYPE OF (IfcGeometricRepresentationItem);

  SpineCurve : IfcCompositeCurve;

  CrossSections : LIST [2:?] OF IfcProfileDef;

  CrossSectionPositions : LIST [2:?] OF IfcAxis2Placement3D;

 DERIVE

  Dim : IfcDimensionCount := 3;

 WHERE

  CorrespondingSectionPositions : SIZEOF(CrossSections) = SIZEOF(CrossSectionPositions);
  ConsistentProfileTypes : SIZEOF(QUERY(temp <* CrossSections | CrossSections[1].ProfileType <> temp.ProfileType)) = 0;
  SpineCurveDim : SpineCurve.Dim = 3;
END_ENTITY;

 EXPRESS-G diagram

	Geometrische Achse mit Querschnitten
	Sectioned Spine