buildingSMART / buildingSMART/IFC4.x-development

Conflicting definition of SHEAR in IfcWallTypeEnum

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Description

There is a note in the enum which says:

> The potentially misleading term SHEAR shall not impose a particular resistance against shear forces, but a particular shape.

Then, almost immediately after, the contradictory definition is made:

> A wall designed to withstand shear loads. Examples of shear wall are diaphragms inside a box girder, typically on a pier, to resist lateral forces and transfer them to the support.

So, in the spirit of PredefinedType _not_ defining shape, I propose to remove the note, and keep the description unchanged.

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Research direction

Start at the IfcWallTypeEnum entry in the IFC4.x specification and compare the two quoted definitions. Remove the note about SHEAR imposing a shape while retaining the definition of a wall designed to withstand shear loads; done when the enum no longer contains the contradiction.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

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