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IfcProperty

Definition from IAI: An abstract generalization for all types of properties that can be associated with IFC objects through the property set mechanism.

HISTORY: New entity in IFC Release 1.0
ISSUES: See issue log for changes made in IFC Release 2.0.

EXPRESS specification:

ENTITY IfcProperty
ABSTRACT SUPERTYPE OF (ONEOF(IfcComplexProperty, IfcSimpleProperty));
Name  :  IfcIdentifier;
Description  :  OPTIONAL IfcText;
INVERSE
PartOfComplex  :  SET [0:1] OF IfcComplexProperty FOR HasProperties;
END_ENTITY;

Attribute definitions:

Name  :  Name for this property. This label is the significant name string that defines the semantic meaning for the property.
Description  :  Informative text to explain the property.
PartOfComplex  :  Reference to the IfcComplexProperty in which the IfcProperty is contained.

References (3):

Name Type Referred through Express-G
IfcComplexProperty Entity
Supertype
Attribute 'HasProperties'
Diagram 1
IfcSimpleProperty Entity
Supertype
Diagram 1

Inheritance graph

ENTITY IfcProperty;
ENTITY IfcProperty;
Name  :  IfcIdentifier;
Description  :  OPTIONAL IfcText;
INVERSE
PartOfComplex  :  SET [0:1] OF IfcComplexProperty FOR HasProperties;
END_ENTITY;