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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.
To prepare for time-based soft clashing
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 Autodesk Navisworks open the project model file, which contains the animated TimeLiner schedule.
2 If the TimeLiner window is not already open, click Home tab ➤ Tools panel ➤ TimeLiner
.
3 Click the Tasks tab, and check the static package tasks are displayed, and at least one animation scene has
been linked to one of the TimeLiner tasks.
4 Click the Configure tab, and check the task types have been added to match the static packages.
5 Click the Simulation tab, and play the simulation. Check the static and dynamic packages are shown in the
correct location and over the correct periods of time.
6 If the Clash Detective window is not already open, click Home tab ➤ Tools panel ➤ Clash Detective
.
7 Click the Select tab.
8 In the Left and Right panes, select the objects you want to test.
9 In the Link drop-down box, select TimeLiner.
10 In the Step box, enter the Interval Size to use when looking for clashes in animation scenes.
11 Click the Start button. Clash Detective will check at each interval in the project to see if there are any clashes
present. The number of found clashes is displayed in the Found box.
NOTE If the TimeLiner project 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.
Run a Clash Test
To run an individual clash test
1 If the Clash Detective window is not already open, click Home tab ➤ Tools panel ➤ Clash Detective
.
2 Click the Batch tab, and select the test you want to run.
3 Click the Select tab, and set the required test options.
4 Once the left and right sets are selected and the clash type and tolerance defined, click the Start button to
start the test running.
The Found box shows how many clashes have been found so far during this test.
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