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[Documentation/entity-facet.md] PredefinedType as USERDEFINED and custom word in ObjectType

Open Martin15135215 opened this issue 2 years ago • 15 comments

https://github.com/buildingSMART/IDS/blob/50f2ceda8ad7df6df312ffdb940e6a72be719552/Documentation/entity-facet.md?plain=1#L13

https://github.com/buildingSMART/IDS/blob/50f2ceda8ad7df6df312ffdb940e6a72be719552/Documentation/entity-facet.md?plain=1#L22

I thought that if you have your own categorisation, you write PredefinedType as USERDEFINED and in ObjectType you put your own designation. The sentences above suggest otherwise.

Martin15135215 avatar Aug 07 '23 10:08 Martin15135215

This is correct. However from the perspective of IDS, it "auto-fetches" the ObjectType if PredefinedType = USERDEFINED.

Moult avatar Aug 07 '23 11:08 Moult

I see :)

It just confused me when I read the Documentation.

Martin15135215 avatar Aug 07 '23 11:08 Martin15135215

There is probably the need to state in the documentation that IDS auto-fetches the ObjectType if PredefinedType = USERDEFINED.

CBenghi avatar Oct 03 '23 08:10 CBenghi

It's a bit unfortunate to write this because this is such an important part of IFC. The only reason we have "USERDEFINED" is because that's what STEP / EXPRESS forces you to do.

Moult avatar Oct 03 '23 08:10 Moult