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SurfaceCollection

A collection of any number of surfaces. The surfaces have to be connected (no dis-joint surfaces). Most typically the SurfaceCollection will include the outer shell geometry definition of the vessel.

Attributes

Name Type Use Description
GUIDRef ocx:guid optional A globally unique ID referring to an entity in the authoring application. The sending application creates and holds the GUID. Used to establish a unique reference to an entity persistent between applications.
id xs:ID required An identifier for an element unique within the scope of the XML file. Each id must be unique within a document. The attribute uses the standard XML 1.0 ID type as defined in the XML Schema specification. This attribute is required in many OCX XML elements and an application should generate them automatically.
name xs:string optional An optional descriptive or display name.

Children

Name Type Cardinality Description
Cone3D ocx:Cone3D_T [1, ∞] Definition of the Cone surface defined by origin, radius and position of the cone tip.
Cylinder3D ocx:Cylinder3D_T [1, ∞] Definition of the cylindrical surface defined by root point, axis direction, radius and height.
ExtrudedSurface ocx:ExtrudedSurface_T [1, ∞]

either a sweep direction and length or a sweep curve. |

NURBSSurface ocx:NURBSSurface_T [1, ∞] Non-uniform rational basis surface definition defined by a net (grid) of polynomial basis functions in U and V direction.
Plane3D ocx:Plane3D_T [1, ∞] Definition of a Planar surface defined by Root Point and Normal.
Sphere3D ocx:Sphere3D_T [1, ∞] Definition of a Spherical surface defined by origin and radius.
Description xs:string [0, 1] Contains a description of the component its parent represents. The description is stored as a string. You can use this element for whatever purposes you require. This element can be used inside many OCX XML elements but is optional.
CustomProperties ocx:CustomProperties_T [0, 1] Container for custom properties.
Schema version 3.2.0
Schema location https://3docx.org/fileadmin/ocx_schema/V320/OCX_Schema.xsd
Namespace https://3docx.org/fileadmin//ocx_schema//V320//OCX_Schema.xsd
Created 2026-09-10T10:07:41Z
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  • SurfaceCollection
    • Attributes
    • Children

The published OCX Schema

  1. Latest schema version
  2. Schema version 3.2.0 published on 2026.08.01
  3. Schema version 3.1.0 published on 2025.07.01
  4. Schema version 3.0.0 published on 2024.07.01 (Deprecated)
  5. Schema version 2.8.6 published on 2019.06.21 (Deprecated)