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Documentation error in IfcSectionedSolidHorizontal #147

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RickBrice opened this issue Mar 21, 2024 · 0 comments
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Documentation error in IfcSectionedSolidHorizontal #147

RickBrice opened this issue Mar 21, 2024 · 0 comments
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RickBrice commented Mar 21, 2024

Problem
There appears to be an error in the documentation for IfcSectionedSolidHorizontal.

Given a simple profile defined in a X-Y plane
SSH_Fig1

The documentation says

The profile normal is derived from the associated IfcAxis2PlacementLinear, not necessarily the tangent of the Directrix. The profile X axis is the direction of RefDirection from IfcAxis2PlacementLinear, and the profile Y axis is the direction of Axis.

Consider the case when RefDirection is omitted from IfcAxis2PlacementLinear.

If RefDirection is omitted, the direction is taken from the curve tangent at Location.

In this case the profile is essentially perpendicular to the direction needed to sweep a solid along the BasisCurve.

In the figure below the blue line is the BasisCurve and the red vector is the RefDirection taken from the curve tangent. The profile with it's X-axis in the direction of RefDirection is also shown. Sweeping the profile in this orientation along the curve doesn't produce the solid we want.

SSH_Fig2

The profile normal needs to be in the direction of RefDirection as shown here

SSH_Fig3

Now the profile can be swept along the curve because it is essentially perpendicular to it and we get the solid we want.

Solution(s)
Change the second paragraph in 8.8.3.35 IfcSectionedSolidHorizontal as follows

The solid is generated by sweeping the CrossSections between CrossSectionPositions with linear interpolation between profile points with the same tag along the directrix. The profile normal is derived from the associated IfcAxis2PlacementLinear, not necessarily the tangent of
- the Directrix. The profile X axis is the direction of RefDirection from IfcAxis2PlacementLinear,
+ the Directrix. The profile normal is the direction of RefDirection from IfcAxis2PlacementLinear,
and the profile Y axis is the direction of Axis.

Require schema changes?

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Require documentation changes?

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