How is AssemblyPlace determined?

Users IFC
1

Pset_ManufacturerType has a property AssemblyPlace defiend as
“Enumeration defining where the assembly is intended to take place, either in a factory or on the building site.” and offering values FACTORY, OFFSITE or SITE.
I have a challenge as to how it is determined:
a. where is ‘it’ (as a whole) assembled from its parts (FACTORY, OFFSITE or SITE)
b. where ‘it’ (as a part) is assembled into a bigger assembly (FACTORY, OFFSITE or SITE) or into the building (SITE).

Feel free to vote ‘a’ or ‘b’ but with reasons.

2

IFC supports some general concepts related to DfMA

It depends on the scenarios, which as you mentioned there’re two ones:

  • A. Top-Down (Whole-Part)
  • B. Bottom-Up (Part-Whole)

And in PLM, the popular scenario is A, but some prefer A and B together too

3

Vote a. as the location in the building would be in local placement and inside a bigger assembly would be in local placement of that assembly.