IfcDraughtingPreDefinedColour

Natural language names
Vordefinierte Zeichnungsfarbe
Draughting Pre Defined Colour
Change log
ItemSPFXMLChangeDescription
IFC2x3 to IFC4
    IfcDraughtingPreDefinedColourMOVEDSchema changed from IFCPRESENTATIONRESOURCE to IFCPRESENTATIONAPPEARANCERESOURCE.
Semantic definitions at the entity
Entity definition

The draughting pre defined colour is a pre defined colour for the purpose to identify a colour by name. Allowable names are:

NOTE  The IfcDraughtingPreDefinedColour is an entity that had been adopted from ISO 10303-202, Industrial automation systems and integration—Product data representation and exchange, Part 202: Application protocol: Associative draughting.

The following table states the RGB values associated with the names given by the IfcDraughtingPreDefinedColour.

Colour name Red Green Blue
black 0 0 0
red 1.0 0 0
green 0 1.0 0
blue 0 0 1.0
yellow 1.0 1.0 0
magenta 1.0 0 1.0
cyan 0 1.0 1.0
white 1.0 1.0 1.0
by layer colour values obtained from
IfcPresentationLayerWithStyle.
NOTE  Corresponding ISO 10303 name: draughting_pre_defined_colour. Please refer to ISO/IS 10303-202:1994 page 194 for the final definition of the formal standard.
HISTORY  New entity in IFC2x2.

Informal Propositions:

  1. The value 'by layer' shall only be inserted, if the geometric representation item using the colour definition has an association to IfcPresentationLayerWithStyle, and if that instance of IfcPresentationLayerWithStyle has a valid colour definition for IfcCurveStyle, IfcSymbolStyle, or IfcSurfaceStyle (depending on what is applicable).
Formal Propositions
RuleDescription
PreDefinedColourNamesThe inherited name for pre defined items shall only have the value of one of the following words.
Inherited definitions from supertypes
Entity inheritance IfcPreDefinedColour IfcPreDefinedItem IfcPresentationItem
Attribute inheritance
#AttributeTypeCardinalityDescriptionG
IfcPresentationItem
IfcPreDefinedItem
1NameIfcLabel The string by which the pre defined item is identified. Allowable values for the string are declared at the level of subtypes.X
IfcPreDefinedColour
IfcDraughtingPreDefinedColour
Formal representations
XML Specification
 <xs:element name="IfcDraughtingPreDefinedColour" type="ifc:IfcDraughtingPreDefinedColour" substitutionGroup="ifc:IfcPreDefinedColour" nillable="true"/>
 <xs:complexType name="IfcDraughtingPreDefinedColour">
  <xs:complexContent>
   <xs:extension base="ifc:IfcPreDefinedColour"/>
  </xs:complexContent>
 </xs:complexType>
EXPRESS Specification
ENTITY IfcDraughtingPreDefinedColour
 SUBTYPE OF (IfcPreDefinedColour);
 WHERE
  PreDefinedColourNames : SELF\IfcPreDefinedItem.Name IN ['black','red','green','blue','yellow',
'magenta','cyan','white','by layer'];
END_ENTITY;

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