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Adds information about the color-coding convention used in the IFC documentation - #1153

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Adds information about the color-coding convention used in the IFC documentation#1153
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The IFC documentation uses a color coding for entity inheritance diagraphs, however the color-coding information is not documented. This PR proposed documentation to fill that gap.

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PR Validation -- schema generators

Checks:

  • ✓ EXPRESS schema valid
  • ✓ New entities present in structure.json
  • ✓ MD docs for new entities
  • ✓ PEnum convention
  • ✓ New UML Psets/Qtos emitted
  • ✓ Modified psets emitted
  • ✓ Schema SHACL validation

Detected:

  • New entities: (none)
  • New PEnums: (none)
  • New UML Psets/Qtos: (none)
  • UML files changed: (none)
  • MD docs changed (1): IfcPointByDistanceExpression.md
📋 EXPRESS schema diff (baseline vs PR head)

Express schema differences

0 items

Missing data

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Type definitions

🎉 No issues 🎉

Entity definitions

🎉 No issues 🎉

Constraints

🎉 No issues 🎉

SHACL validation report

DefinitionForEnumLiteral

  • The resource 'IfcBridgePartTypeEnum.SURFACESTRUCTURE' has no definition
  • The resource 'IfcRailwayPartTypeEnum.DILATIONTRACK' has no definition

DefinitionForPropertyOrQuantity

  • The Property 'Pset_AirSideSystemInformation.AirFlowSensible' has no definition
  • The Property 'Pset_AirSideSystemInformation.TotalAirFlow' has no definition
  • The Property 'Pset_AirTerminalBoxPHistory.AirFlowCurve' has no definition
  • The Property 'Pset_AirTerminalOccurrence.AirFlowType' has no definition
  • The Property 'Pset_AirToAirHeatRecoveryTypeCommon.PrimaryAirFlowRateRange' has no definition
  • The Property 'Pset_AirToAirHeatRecoveryTypeCommon.SecondaryAirFlowRateRange' has no definition
  • The Property 'Pset_SpaceThermalPHistory.ExhaustAirFlowRate' has no definition
  • The Property 'Qto_WallBaseQuantities.GrossFootPrintArea' has no definition
  • The Property 'Qto_WallBaseQuantities.NetFootPrintArea' has no definition

DefinitionForResource

  • The resource 'IfcSurfaceFeature' has no definition
  • The resource 'IfcURIReference' has no definition

LeafEntityHasPredefinedType

  • Leaf IfcObject 'IfcAlignmentCant' has no PredefinedType attribute
  • Leaf IfcObject 'IfcAlignmentHorizontal' has no PredefinedType attribute
  • Leaf IfcObject 'IfcAlignmentSegment' has no PredefinedType attribute
  • Leaf IfcObject 'IfcAlignmentVertical' has no PredefinedType attribute
  • Leaf IfcObject 'IfcAsset' has no PredefinedType attribute
  • Leaf IfcObject 'IfcBorehole' has no PredefinedType attribute
  • Leaf IfcObject 'IfcBuilding' has no PredefinedType attribute
  • Leaf IfcObject 'IfcBuildingStorey' has no PredefinedType attribute
  • Leaf IfcObject 'IfcCivilElement' has no PredefinedType attribute
  • Leaf IfcObject 'IfcDistributionCircuit' has no PredefinedType attribute
  • Leaf IfcObject 'IfcGeomodel' has no PredefinedType attribute
  • Leaf IfcObject 'IfcGeoslice' has no PredefinedType attribute
  • Leaf IfcObject 'IfcSite' has no PredefinedType attribute
  • Leaf IfcObject 'IfcStructuralCurveConnection' has no PredefinedType attribute
  • Leaf IfcObject 'IfcStructuralCurveMemberVarying' has no PredefinedType attribute
  • Leaf IfcObject 'IfcStructuralLinearAction' has no PredefinedType attribute
  • Leaf IfcObject 'IfcStructuralLoadCase' has no PredefinedType attribute
  • Leaf IfcObject 'IfcStructuralPlanarAction' has no PredefinedType attribute
  • Leaf IfcObject 'IfcStructuralPointAction' has no PredefinedType attribute
  • Leaf IfcObject 'IfcStructuralPointConnection' has no PredefinedType attribute
  • Leaf IfcObject 'IfcStructuralPointReaction' has no PredefinedType attribute
  • Leaf IfcObject 'IfcStructuralResultGroup' has no PredefinedType attribute
  • Leaf IfcObject 'IfcStructuralSurfaceConnection' has no PredefinedType attribute
  • Leaf IfcObject 'IfcStructuralSurfaceMemberVarying' has no PredefinedType attribute
  • Leaf IfcObject 'IfcWallStandardCase' has no PredefinedType attribute
  • Leaf IfcObject 'IfcZone' has no PredefinedType attribute

PropertyForDefinition

  • For document 'AcidityConcentration.md/a/properties/docs' a property cannot be found
  • For document 'ActualWork.md/a/properties/docs' a property cannot be found
  • For document 'AdjustmentRange.md/a/properties/docs' a property cannot be found
  • For document 'AdjustmentRangeStepValue.md/a/properties/docs' a property cannot be found
  • For document 'AdjustmentValues.md/a/properties/docs' a property cannot be found
  • For document 'AdmixturesDescription.md/a/properties/docs' a property cannot be found
  • For document 'AffectsSurroundings.md/a/properties/docs' a property cannot be found
  • For document 'Aggregation.md/a/properties/docs' a property cannot be found
  • For document 'AirflowCurve.md/a/properties/docs' a property cannot be found
  • For document 'AirflowSensible.md/a/properties/docs' a property cannot be found
  • For document 'AirflowType.md/a/properties/docs' a property cannot be found
  • For document 'AlkalinityConcentration.md/a/properties/docs' a property cannot be found
  • For document 'AppearanceGrade.md/a/properties/docs' a property cannot be found
  • For document 'ApplicableStructuralDesignMethod.md/a/properties/docs' a property cannot be found
  • For document 'Area.md/a/properties/docs' a property cannot be found
  • For document 'Arrangement.md/a/properties/docs' a property cannot be found
  • For document 'AssessmentOfRisk.md/a/properties/docs' a property cannot be found
  • For document 'BaseChamfer.md/b/properties/docs' a property cannot be found
  • For document 'BearingStrength.md/b/properties/docs' a property cannot be found
  • For document 'BoilingPoint.md/b/properties/docs' a property cannot be found
  • For document 'BottomCover.md/b/properties/docs' a property cannot be found
  • For document 'CO2Content.md/c/properties/docs' a property cannot be found
  • For document 'COContent.md/c/properties/docs' a property cannot be found
  • For document 'CarbonContent.md/c/properties/docs' a property cannot be found
  • For document 'CenterCoreBaseHeight.md/c/properties/docs' a property cannot be found
  • For document 'CenterCoreBaseWidth.md/c/properties/docs' a property cannot be found
  • For document 'CenterCoreMiddleHeight.md/c/properties/docs' a property cannot be found
  • For document 'CenterCoreSpacing.md/c/properties/docs' a property cannot be found
  • For document 'CenterCoreTopHeight.md/c/properties/docs' a property cannot be found
  • For document 'CenterCoreTopWidth.md/c/properties/docs' a property cannot be found
  • For document 'CentreOfGravityInX.md/c/properties/docs' a property cannot be found
  • For document 'CentreOfGravityInY.md/c/properties/docs' a property cannot be found
  • For document 'CombustionTemperature.md/c/properties/docs' a property cannot be found
  • For document 'CompStrength.md/c/properties/docs' a property cannot be found
  • For document 'CompStrengthPerp.md/c/properties/docs' a property cannot be found
  • For document 'CompactedVolume.md/c/properties/docs' a property cannot be found
  • For document 'CompressiveStrength.md/c/properties/docs' a property cannot be found
  • For document 'Condition.md/c/properties/docs' a property cannot be found
  • For document 'CoreBaseHeight.md/c/properties/docs' a property cannot be found
  • For document 'CoreBaseWidth.md/c/properties/docs' a property cannot be found
  • For document 'CoreMiddleHeight.md/c/properties/docs' a property cannot be found
  • For document 'CoreSpacing.md/c/properties/docs' a property cannot be found
  • For document 'CoreTopHeight.md/c/properties/docs' a property cannot be found
  • For document 'CoreTopWidth.md/c/properties/docs' a property cannot be found
  • For document 'Count.md/c/properties/docs' a property cannot be found
  • For document 'CrossSectionArea.md/c/properties/docs' a property cannot be found
  • For document 'CurrentCarryingCapasity.md/c/properties/docs' a property cannot be found
  • For document 'DefinitionType.md/d/properties/docs' a property cannot be found
  • For document 'DimensionalChangeCoefficient.md/d/properties/docs' a property cannot be found
  • For document 'DissolvedSolidsContent.md/d/properties/docs' a property cannot be found
  • For document 'DraftBaseOffset.md/d/properties/docs' a property cannot be found
  • For document 'DraftSideOffset.md/d/properties/docs' a property cannot be found
  • For document 'DynamicViscosity.md/d/properties/docs' a property cannot be found
  • For document 'EavesHeight.md/e/properties/docs' a property cannot be found
  • For document 'EdgeDraft.md/e/properties/docs' a property cannot be found
  • For document 'ExhaustAirFlowRate.md/e/properties/docs' a property cannot be found
  • For document 'Exponent.md/e/properties/docs' a property cannot be found
  • For document 'FinishCeilingHeight.md/f/properties/docs' a property cannot be found
  • For document 'FinishFloorHeight.md/f/properties/docs' a property cannot be found
  • For document 'FlangeBaseFillet.md/f/properties/docs' a property cannot be found
  • For document 'FlangeChamfer.md/f/properties/docs' a property cannot be found
  • For document 'FlangeDepth.md/f

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Somehow a commit for a different PR is incorporated into this one. Commit 557a4e5 is not intended to be part of this PR.

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aothms commented Jul 7, 2026

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Superseded by #1154

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