#### 8.6.3.1 IfcLocalPlacement

| Positionnement local
| Lokale Positionierung

An IfcLocalPlacement defines the relative placement of a product in relation to the placement of another product or the absolute placement of a product within the geometric representation context of the project.

The IfcLocalPlacement allows that an IfcProduct can be placed by this IfcLocalPlacement (through the attributeObjectPlacement) within the local coordinate system of the object placement of another IfcProduct, which is referenced by the PlacementRelTo. Rules to prevent cyclic relative placements have to be introduced on the application level.

If the PlacementRelTo is not given, then the IfcProduct is placed absolutely within the world coordinate system.

The following conventions shall apply as default relative positions if the relative placement is used. The conventions are given for all five direct subtypes of IfcProduct, the IfcSpatialStructureElement, IfcElement, IfcAnnotation, IfcGrid, IfcPort. More detailed placement information is given at the level of subtypes of those five types mentioned.

- For the subtypes of IfcSpatialStructureElement the following conventions apply
  - IfcSite shall be placed absolutely within the world coordinate system established by the geometric representation context of the IfcProject
  - IfcBuilding shall be placed relative to the local placement of IfcSite
  - IfcBuildingStorey shall be placed relative to the local placement of IfcBuilding
- For IfcGrid and IfcAnnotation the convention applies that it shall be placed relative
  - to the local placement of its container, either IfcSite, IfcBuilding, or IfcBuildingStorey
    - it should be the same container element that is referenced by the IfcRelContainedInSpatialStructure containment relationship,
- For IfcPort the convention applies that it shall be placed relative
  - to the local placement of the IfcElement it belongs to
    - it should be the same element that is referenced by the IfcRelConnectsPortToElement connection relationship,
- For IfcElement the convention applies that it shall be placed relative:
  - to the local placement of its container, either IfcSite, IfcBuilding, or IfcBuildingStorey
    - it should be the same container element that is referenced by the IfcRelContainedInSpatialStructure containment relationship,
  - to the local placement of the IfcElement to which it is tied by an element composition relationship
    - for features that are located relative to the main component (such as openings), as expressed by IfcRelVoidsElement and IfcRelProjectsElement;
    - for elements that fill an opening (such as doors or windows), as expressed by IfcRelFillsElement;
    - for coverings that cover the element, as expressed by IfcRelCoversBldgElements;
    - for sub components that are aggregated to the main component, as expressed by IfcRelAggregates and IfcRelNests.

> HISTORY New entity in IFC1.0.

XSD Specification:

<xs:element name="IfcLocalPlacement" type="ifc:IfcLocalPlacement" substitutionGroup="ifc:IfcObjectPlacement" nillable="true"/>
<xs:complexType name="IfcLocalPlacement">
<xs:complexContent>
<xs:extension base="ifc:IfcObjectPlacement">
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="RelativePlacement">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:group ref="ifc:IfcAxis2Placement"/>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:extension>
</xs:complexContent>
</xs:complexType>

EXPRESS Specification:

ENTITY IfcLocalPlacement

| SUBTYPE OF IfcObjectPlacement;

PlacementRelTo | : | OPTIONAL IfcObjectPlacement;
RelativePlacement | : | IfcAxis2Placement;

| WHERE

WR21 | : | IfcCorrectLocalPlacement(RelativePlacement, PlacementRelTo);

END_ENTITY;

EXPRESS-G diagram

Attribute Definitions:

PlacementRelTo | : | Reference to Object that provides the relative placement by its local coordinate system. If it is omitted, then the local placement is given to the WCS, established by the geometric representation context.
RelativePlacement | : | Geometric placement that defines the transformation from the related coordinate system into the relating. The placement can be either 2D or 3D, depending on the dimension count of the coordinate system.

Formal Propositions:

WR21 | : | Ensures that a 3D local placement can only be relative (if exists) to a 3D parent local placement (and not to a 2D parent local placement).

Inheritance Graph:

ENTITY IfcLocalPlacement

| ENTITY IfcObjectPlacement

| INVERSE

PlacesObject | : | SET [0:?] OF IfcProduct FOR ObjectPlacement;
ReferencedByPlacements | : | SET OF IfcLocalPlacement FOR PlacementRelTo;

| ENTITY IfcLocalPlacement

PlacementRelTo | : | OPTIONAL IfcObjectPlacement;
RelativePlacement | : | IfcAxis2Placement;

END_ENTITY;

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