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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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