#### IfcPoint

Natural language names

##### Semantic definitions at the entity

Entity definition

Definition from ISO/CD 10303-42:1992: An point is a location in some real Cartesian coordinate space Rm, for m = 1, 2 or 3.

> NOTE: Corresponding STEP entity: point. Only the subtypes cartesian_point, point_on_curve, point_on_surface have been incorporated in the current release of IFC. Please refer to ISO/IS 10303-42:1994, p. 22 for the final definition of the formal standard.

> HISTORY: New entity in IFC Release 1.5 .

##### Inherited definitions from supertypes

Entity inheritance
Attribute inheritance

# | Attribute | Type | Cardinality | Description | A
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
IfcRepresentationItem
IfcGeometricRepresentationItem
IfcPoint

##### Formal representations

XSD Specification
`<xs:element name="IfcPoint" type="ifc:IfcPoint" abstract="true" substitutionGroup="ifc:IfcGeometricRepresentationItem" nillable="true"/>
<xs:complexType name="IfcPoint" abstract="true">
<xs:complexContent>
<xs:extension base="ifc:IfcGeometricRepresentationItem"/>
</xs:complexContent>
</xs:complexType>
`
EXPRESS Specification
`ENTITY IfcPoint
ABSTRACT SUPERTYPE OF(IfcCartesianPoint)
SUBTYPE OF (IfcGeometricRepresentationItem);
END_ENTITY;

EXPRESS-G diagram

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