Running an Interference Check

To run an interference check on a single pipe network

1. Click Analyze tab Design panel Interference Check At the Command prompt, enter CreateInterferenceCheck.
2. In the drawing, click any part in the pipe network.
3. Click again on the same part in the pipe network or on any other part in the same pipe network.
4. In the Create Interference Check dialog box, in the Name field, specify a name for this interference check, or accept the default.
5. Optionally, enter a description in the Description field.
6. Specify the pipe network(s) for this interference check using the Network 1 and Network 2 fields.

   These should be the same pipe network(s) that you clicked in step 3. If desired, you may change the pipe network(s) here.

   To run an interference check on a single pipe network, make sure the same pipe network name is displayed in the Network 1 and Network 2 fields.

7. Specify the layer the interference check results will be displayed on.
8. Specify an interference style and a render material.
9. 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 the 3D Proximity Check Criteria button.
10. To use proximity checking options, in the Criteria dialog box, click Apply 3D Proximity Check, and then do one of the following:
    • Click Use Distance and 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 and 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).
11. Click OK in the Criteria dialog box.
12. 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

13. Click OK at this prompt.

To view the results, in Toolspace, on the Prospector tab, expand the Interference Checks collection, and then select the interference check. The Interference Check data is displayed in the Panorama window and Toolspace item view. See Viewing Interference Check Results for more information.

To run an interference check between two pipe networks

1. Click Analyze tab Design panel Interference Check At the Command prompt, enter CreateInterferenceCheck.
2. In the drawing, click any part in the first pipe network.
3. Click any part in the second pipe network.
4. In the Create Interference Check dialog box, in the Name field, specify a name for this interference check or accept the default.
5. 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.

6. Specify the layer the interference check results will be displayed on.
7. Specify an interference style and a render material.
8. 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.
9. 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).
10. Click OK in the Criteria dialog box.
11. 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

12. Click OK at this prompt.

To view the results, in Toolspace, on the Prospector tab, expand the Interference Checks collection, and then select the interference check. The Interference Check data is displayed in the Panorama window and Toolspace item view. See Viewing Interference Check Results for more information.