You can check for interferences on a single pipe network, or you can check two pipe networks to determine if parts collide or violate proximity criteria.
- Click
Find
. - In the drawing, click any part in a pipe network.
- Do one of the following:
- To run the interference check between two pipe networks, click any part in a second pipe network.
- To run the interference check on the same pipe network, click again on the same part in the pipe network or on any other part in the same pipe network.
- In the Create Interference Check dialog box, in the Name field, specify a name for this interference check or accept the default.
- Optionally, enter a description in the Description field.
The Network 1 and Network 2 fields display the names of the pipe networks previously selected. If desired, you can use these fields to change the pipe networks for this interference check.
- Specify the layer the interference check results will be displayed on.
- Specify an interference style and a render material.
- If you want the interference check to identify pipe network parts that are too close to one another, using a specified distance or scale factor, click 3D Proximity Check Criteria.
- To use proximity checking options, click Apply 3D Proximity Check on the Criteria dialog box, and then do one of the following:
- Click Use Distance to enter a distance. When the interference check is run, interferences are created for any pipe network parts that are less than the specified distance away from each other (on any side).
- Click Use Scale Factor to enter a scale factor. When the interference check is run, interferences are created for any pipe network parts that are less than the specified scale factor distance away from each other (on any side).
- Click OK in the Criteria dialog box.
- Click OK in the Create Interference Check dialog box to run the interference check.
The following prompt is displayed:
Interference check created.
Number of interferences found: X
- Click OK at this prompt.
In the drawing, interferences are displayed according to the choices defined in the Interference and Render Material options specified on the Create Interference Check dialog box.
To view interference data in the list view, in Toolspace, on the Prospector tab, expand the Pipe NetworksInterference Checks collection. Click on the Interference Check object in the Prospector tree. The interference data is displayed in the list view. You can right-click on the status column and Zoom To an interference in the drawing. You can also right-click an interference and select Properties to display the Interference Properties dialog box.