AISSpace

• AISSpace: ARCHITECTS THINK IN TERMS OF SPACE - IT REPRESENTS THIS NOTION

• AS DEFINED AN INSTANCE OF AISSpace IS AN ORGANIZER OF INSTANCES WITH - POSSIBLY - AN INSERTION POINT & DEFINED GEOMETRY

• THIS DEFINITION ALLOWS TWO USES:

  • REPRESENT A SET OF ELEMENTS THAT COMPOSE THE SPACE

    • components IS OVERRIDDEN TO ALLOW ONLY INSTANCES OF AISSpace & AISBuilt_Element

    • AGGREGATED OBJECT REMAINS A SPACE

  • PLACE IT IN 3-D AND ASSIGN TO IT A GEOMETRIC FORM

• SPACES DO NOT HAVE "MATERIAL" OR "SCHEDULE"

• ATTRIBUTES: geometry, ins_point, components