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7. In the Link drop-down box, select the animation scene you want to link to, e.g. Scene1.
8. In the Step field, enter the Interval Size to use when looking for clashes in an animation.
9. Click the Start button. Clash Detective will check at each interval in the animation to see if there
are any clashes present. The number of found clashes is displayed in the Found field.
Note:
If the animation scene is large in size, running this type of clash test will invariably take more time
to complete than a normal clash run.
You can now review the found clashes.
Time-Based Soft Clashing
Project models can include the representation of temporary items, such as work packages, ships, cranes,
installations etc. If you want to use static objects, they should be added into the TimeLiner project and
scheduled to appear and disappear at particular locations, over specific period of time.
Additionally, you can create dynamic animation scenes, so that the objects will be moving around a
project site, or change their size etc. Once created, such scenes should be linked to tasks in the
TimeLiner project schedule.
It is possible, that appearance or disappearance of static objects can obstruct the movement of animated
objects on site.
Setting up a time-based soft clashing enables the automated checking of this throughout the project
lifetime. When a time-based soft clash session is run, at each step of TimeLiner sequence, Clash
Detective is used to check if a clash has occurred. If it has, a date of when the clash took place is logged,
along with the event that caused the clash.
You can review the clash results and, for example, re-route some objects to avoid any space/time
conflicts.
Preparation:
1. You need to set up necessary static packages.
2. You need to set up necessary dynamic packages.
3. You need to link the dynamic packages (animation scenes) to the correct tasks in TimeLiner.
To link to a TimeLiner schedule:
1. In NavisWorks open the project model file, which contains the animated TimeLiner schedule.
2. If the TimeLiner window is not already open, select Tools > TimeLiner from the menu bar.
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