Coordination Spaces in Design Collaboration

Coordination spaces provide an area for reviewing and detecting clashes between your latest set of 3D project models. In the Model Coordination module, these spaces are configured against folders in Document Management. Similarly, in the Design Collaboration module, coordination spaces can be created against Shared or team folders, to enhance your design review workflows. See the Model Coordination help for more information about coordination spaces, clashes, and model review capabilities.

Coordination spaces can be created with clash detection turned on or off. When clash detection is turned on, clashes are automatically detected between objects in models. Coordination spaces with clash detection turned off enable project members to carry out model aggregation, constructability reviews, and issue creation, without generating clash data. The file types supported for these Model Coordination workflows are described in the supported files types topic.

Create coordination spaces

1. Click the Module Selector > Project Admin.

2. Click the Services tab.

3. Select Design Collaboration from the left panel.

4. On the Coordination tab, click Create coordination space.

   

5. Select the team that you want to create this coordination space for. You can also select the Shared folder.

   Important: The Team folder field displays the root folder path for the coordination space based on your team selection. The root folder can't be changed later.

6. Enter a name for the coordination space.

   The team name is used as the coordination space name by default, but you can rename the space without changing the team folder name.

7. Select the content that you would like to include in the coordination space. Choose from:

   • Main folder and all subfolders - Includes all content in the folders as defined by the selected team.

   • Selected folders only - Use the Edit coordination space folders dialog to select or deselect folders as required, then click Save.

     

     Note: This content selection is independent of selecting the included content folders for your team space on the Team Setup tab. It can also be changed later.

     Folder structure is not replicated in the coordination space. All models from the selected folders will be listed alphabetically in a single, flat repository structure in the Model Coordination module > Models tab.

8. Specify whether you want automatic clash detection turned on or off.

   Important: This setting can't be changed later.

9. Click Save.

See the Model Coordination FAQ topic for helpful tips and details on technical and system limitations related to coordination spaces.

See the Coordination Space Versions topic for details about potential different versions of clash detection on coordination spaces in your project.

Manage coordination spaces

You can view coordination spaces details and edit settings as follows:

1. Click the Module Selector > Project Admin.

2. Click the Services tab.

3. Select Design Collaboration from the left panel.

4. On the Coordination tab, click the more menu in the row corresponding to the coordination space that you want to edit.

5. Click Rename to change the name of the coordination space.

   Note: Renaming the coordination space won't change the team folder name.

6. Click View details to open the coordination space details panel.

   

   Here you can see what content is included, the clash settings, and details such as when the coordination space was created and last modified. You can also access options to edit the included folders and deactivate the coordination space (see steps 5 and 6).

7. Click Edit folders to open the Edit coordination space folders dialog. Select or deselect folders to specify the content you want to include in the coordination space, and then click Save.

   Tip: This is useful if you have only specific models that you want to aggregate or clash in the Model Coordination module. Generating excess clash data can impact product performance. See Clash FAQ for more information.

8. Click Deactivate to deactivate the coordination space.

   Note: Deactivated coordination spaces are not deleted, and can be reactivated at any time by selecting the Activate option from the more menu.

Access coordination spaces in the Model Coordination module

Access your coordination spaces in the Model Coordination module to edit clash settings, and to use the associated workflows such as model aggregation, clash review, and creating coordination issues.

For coordination spaces with clash detection turned on:

1. Click the Module Selector > Project Admin.

2. Click the Services tab and select Design Collaboration from the left panel.

3. On the Coordination tab, click the more menu in the row corresponding to the coordination space that you want to access.

4. Click View details to open the coordination space details panel.

5. Click Go to clash settings to open the Model Coordination module > Clashes tab > Settings page > Models tab. Your coordination space will be preselected, and the models will be listed.

   

6. Use the Models tab to turn clash detection on or off for selected models.

7. Use the Object exclusions tab to exclude specific model objects from clash detection.

For coordination spaces with clash detection turned off:

1. Click the Module Selector > Model Coordination.
2. In any tab, use the coordination space drop-down to select your coordination space.

For both coordination space types, you can then use the tabs in the Model Coordination module to aggregate models into views, review clashes, and create issues.