#### 8.4.3.6 IfcPoint

| Point
| Punkt

The IfcPoint is the abstract generalisation of all point representations within a Cartesian coordinate system.

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

> NOTE Entity adapted from point in ISO 10303-42.

> HISTORY New entity in IFC1.5

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;

Inheritance Graph:

ENTITY IfcPoint

| ENTITY IfcRepresentationItem

| INVERSE

| ENTITY IfcGeometricRepresentationItem

| ENTITY IfcPoint

END_ENTITY;

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