Create and Manage Coordination Spaces

Before creating a coordination space, a project administrator must add the relevant members to the project and give them access to Model Coordination. For more information, see Manage Project Members.

Create coordination spaces

Project administrators create coordination spaces and configure them against folders in the Files tool in Docs. Coordination spaces can be set up with automatic clash turned on or off, for use in clash detection, or model review workflows respectively.

1. In Model Coordination, click the Settings tool in the left panel.

2. On the Coordination spaces tab, click Create coordination space.

   

3. Enter a name for the coordination space.

4. Browse to select the designated main folder for your coordination space.

   Important: The selected folder can't be changed later.
   Note: See Organize Files with Folders and Folder Permissions for more information about setting up a folder structure.

5. 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 selected folder and its subfolders.
   • Selected folders only - Use the Edit coordination space folders dialog to select or deselect folders as required, then click Save.

   

   Note: 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 Models tool.

6. Specify whether you want automatic clash turned on or off.

   Important: This setting can't be changed later.

7. Click Save.

8. Repeat this process to create more coordination spaces as needed.

   You can create multiple coordination spaces to represent separate areas or phases of a project, or different trades or teams, for example teams set up in Design Collaboration. There is no limit on the total number of coordination spaces that you can create, but you can only configure them against 150 unique folders.

   Note: You can have a maximum of 20 active coordination spaces at one time. Any coordination spaces that are inactive for 60 days or more are deactivated until a new model is uploaded. You may have different versions of clash on coordination spaces in your project. See Coordination Space Versions for details.
   Tip: Coordination spaces can also be created in Design Collaboration using the Shared or team folders that are created during setup.

See the Model Coordination Frequently Asked Questions topic for 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

Edit coordination space settings

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

1. In Model Coordination, click the Settings tool in the left panel.

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

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

   Note: Renaming the coordination space won't change the name of the folder in Docs.

4. 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).

   1. Click Go to clash settings to open the Clashes tool > Settings page > Models tab.

      You can use the Clash Settings page to refine the content you want to include in clash detection. See the step below first.

5. 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. Generating excess clash data can impact product performance. See the Clash FAQ topic for more information.

Deactivate coordination spaces

1. In Model Coordination, click the Settings tool in the left panel.

2. On the Coordination spaces tab, click Deactivate next to the relevant coordination space.

   

   Note: Deactivated coordination spaces are not deleted. To activate a previously deactivated coordination space, click Activate next to the relevant coordination space.