IfcFlowMeterType

Definition from IAI: The element type IfcFlowMeterType defines a list of commonly shared property set definitions of a flow meter and an optional set of product representations. It is used to define a flow meter specification (i.e. the specific product information, that is common to all occurrences of that product type).

> NOTE: The product representations are defined as representation maps (at the level of the supertype IfcTypeProduct, which get assigned by an element occurrence instance through the IfcShapeRepresentation.Item[1] being an IfcMappedItem.

A flow meter type is used to define the common properties of a flow meter that may be applied to many occurrences of that type. A flow meter is a device that is used to measure the flow rate in a system. flow meter types (or the instantiable subtypes) may be exchanged without being already assigned to occurrences.

The occurrences of the IfcFlowMeterType are represented by instances of IfcFlowController or its subtypes.

Property Set Use Definition:

The property sets relating to this entity are defined by the IfcPropertySet and attached by the IfcRelDefinesByProperties relationship. It is accessible by the inverse IsDefinedBy relationship. The following property set definitions specific to this entity are part of this IFC release:

- Pset_FlowMeterTypeCommon: common property set for all flow meter types

- Pset_FlowMeterTypeEnergyMeter: property set for all flow meter types that are used to measure the flow of energy

- Pset_FlowMeterTypeGasMeter: property set for all flow meter types that are used to measure the flow of gas

- Pset_FlowMeterTypeOilMeter: property set for all flow meter types that are used to measure the flow of oil

- Pset_FlowMeterTypeWaterMeter: property set for all flow meter types that are used to measure the flow of water

> HISTORY: New entity in IFC Release 2x2.

EXPRESS specification:

ENTITY IfcFlowMeterType
SUBTYPE OF ( | IfcFlowControllerType);
PredefinedType | : | IfcFlowMeterTypeEnum;
WHERE
WR1 | : | (PredefinedType <> IfcFlowMeterTypeEnum.USERDEFINED) OR ((PredefinedType = IfcFlowMeterTypeEnum.USERDEFINED) AND EXISTS(SELF\IfcElementType.ElementType));
END_ENTITY;

Attribute definitions:

PredefinedType | : | Defines the type of flow meter.

Inheritance graph

ENTITY IfcFlowMeterType;
ENTITY IfcRoot;
GlobalId | : | IfcGloballyUniqueId;
OwnerHistory | : | IfcOwnerHistory;
Name | : | OPTIONAL IfcLabel;
Description | : | OPTIONAL IfcText;
ENTITY IfcObjectDefinition;
INVERSE
HasAssignments | : | SET OF IfcRelAssigns FOR RelatedObjects;
IsDecomposedBy | : | SET OF IfcRelDecomposes FOR RelatingObject;
Decomposes | : | SET [0:1] OF IfcRelDecomposes FOR RelatedObjects;
HasAssociations | : | SET OF IfcRelAssociates FOR RelatedObjects;
ENTITY IfcTypeObject;
ApplicableOccurrence | : | OPTIONAL IfcLabel;
HasPropertySets | : | OPTIONAL SET [1:?] OF IfcPropertySetDefinition;
INVERSE
ObjectTypeOf | : | SET [0:1] OF IfcRelDefinesByType FOR RelatingType;
ENTITY IfcTypeProduct;
RepresentationMaps | : | OPTIONAL LIST [1:?] OF UNIQUE IfcRepresentationMap;
Tag | : | OPTIONAL IfcLabel;
ENTITY IfcElementType;
ElementType | : | OPTIONAL IfcLabel;
ENTITY IfcDistributionElementType;
ENTITY IfcDistributionFlowElementType;
ENTITY IfcFlowControllerType;
ENTITY IfcFlowMeterType;
PredefinedType | : | IfcFlowMeterTypeEnum;
END_ENTITY;