IfcConsecutiveSegments

BACnet MVD

#### IfcConsecutiveSegments

Natural language names

##### Semantic definitions at the function

Function Definition

This function validates if a list of segment indices are connected to represent a concecutive curve. The last index of any, but the last, segment shall be identical with the first index of the next segment.

> NOTE If the last index of the last segment is identical with the first index of the first segment, the curve is closed.

> HISTORY New function in IFC4 ADD1

##### Formal representations

EXPRESS Specification
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FUNCTION IfcConsecutiveSegments
(Segments : LIST [1:?] OF IfcSegmentIndexSelect)
: BOOLEAN;
LOCAL
Result : BOOLEAN := TRUE;
END_LOCAL;
REPEAT i := 1 TO (HIINDEX(Segments)-1);
IF Segments[i][HIINDEX(Segments[i])] <> Segments[i+1][1] THEN
BEGIN
Result := FALSE;
ESCAPE;
END;
END_IF;
END_REPEAT;
RETURN (Result);
END_FUNCTION;

`

References: IfcIndexedPolyCurve

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