Class Ifc2x3::IfcRelNests

Nested Relationships

This class is a nested type of Struct Ifc2x3.

Inheritance Relationships

Base Type

Class Documentation

class Ifc2x3::IfcRelNests : public Ifc2x3::IfcRelDecomposes

The nesting relationship IfcRelNests is a special type of the general composition/decomposition (or whole/part) relationship IfcRelDecomposes. The nesting relationship can be applied to all non physical subtypes of object and object types, namely processes, controls (like cost items), and resources. The nesting implies an order among the nested parts. EXAMPLE1 A nesting of costs items in a cost schedule is the composition of complex cost items from other cost items. The order of the nested cost items underneath the parent cost item is determined by the order of the list of RelatedObjects. EXAMPLE2 A nesting of work tasks within a work schedule is the composition of a parent work task from more specific sub work tasks. The order of the sub tasks underneath the parent task is determined by the order of the list of RelatedObjects.. Decompositions imply a dependency, i.e. the definition of the whole depends on the definition of the parts and the parts depend on the existence of the whole. The behaviour that is implied from the dependency has to be established inside the applications.

HISTORY New entity in IFC Release 2.0

IFC2x4 CHANGE The attributes RelatingObject and RelatedObjects are demoted from the supertype IfcRelDecomposes, and RelatedObjects is refined to be a list. The use of IfcRelNests is repurposed to be a nesting of an ordered collections of parts.

Public Types

typedef IfcTemplatedEntityList<IfcRelNests> list

Public Functions

const IfcParse::entity &declaration() const
IfcRelNests(IfcEntityInstanceData *e)
IfcRelNests(std::string v1_GlobalId, ::Ifc2x3::IfcOwnerHistory *v2_OwnerHistory, boost::optional<std::string> v3_Name, boost::optional<std::string> v4_Description, ::Ifc2x3::IfcObjectDefinition *v5_RelatingObject, IfcTemplatedEntityList<::Ifc2x3::IfcObjectDefinition>::ptr v6_RelatedObjects)

Public Static Functions

const IfcParse::entity &Class()