6.3.2.1 IfcBuildingElementPartTypeEnum
6.3.2.1.1 Semantic definition
This enumeration defines the different types of building element parts.
6.3.2.1.2 Type values
| Type | Description | 
|---|---|
APRON
 | 
 A form of scour protection consisting of timber, concrete, riprap, paving, or other construction placed adjacent to abutments and piers to prevent undermining.  | 
ARMOURUNIT
 | 
 A large quarry stone or concrete shaped unit used as erosion prevention on slopes such as revetments and breakwaters. These units are grouped together into a Course layer.  | 
INSULATION
 | 
 The part provides thermal insulation, for example as insulation layer between wall panels in sandwich walls or as infill in stud walls.  | 
PRECASTPANEL
 | 
 The part is a precast panel, usually as an internal or external layer in a sandwich wall panel.  | 
SAFETYCAGE
 | 
 Safety cages are an assembly of circular and vertical bars that are fastened to the stiles of fixed ladders and are arranged to enclose the path of a worker when climbing the ladder. Ladders so enclosed are also known as caged or hooped ladders.  | 
USERDEFINED
 | 
 User-defined accessory.  | 
NOTDEFINED
 | 
 Undefined accessory.  | 
6.3.2.1.3 Formal representation
TYPE IfcBuildingElementPartTypeEnum = ENUMERATION OF
	(APRON
	,ARMOURUNIT
	,INSULATION
	,PRECASTPANEL
	,SAFETYCAGE
	,USERDEFINED
	,NOTDEFINED);
END_TYPE;