Controls parameter settings on clashes.
Start up
Indicates whether clash detection runs on drawing start up.
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On
Clash detection is always on for every drawing.
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Off
Clash detection is off for every drawing.
On Clash Management
Indicates what happens when a clash is detected.
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Show Palette
The software displays the Clash View palette every time a clash is detected.
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Show Tray Notification
The software notifies you through the tray bubble notification that a clash has occurred.
Ignore soft clashes
The system ignores all soft clashes generated with the Soft Clash Volumes tab.
Synchronize layers from XREFs
Indicates whether the system checks for clash layer data inside externally reference drawings and updates the master drawing clash layer data to match. If a layer in an XREF is excluded from clash detection, the XREF layer is also excluded in the master drawing.
Synchronize clashes from XREFs
Indicates whether the software checks for clash data inside external reference drawings and updates the master drawing data for that clash.
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Only New clashes in the master drawing which are from an XREF drawing have the status updated to match the status that is saved in the XREF drawing. You cannot change the status of a clash that is from the XREF drawing; the clash status of an XREF is read-only.
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If Clash Detection identifies any clashes between XREF items in your model, the clashes display in read-only mode. You must edit XREF items in the original model to resolve clashes.
Ignore insulation clashes
The system ignores all clashes generated from components created with the CADWorx Insulation View palette.
Included line number columns
Indicates if line numbers are displayed in the Clash Manager.
Connectivity tolerance
Specifies the tolerance for checking component connectivity. If two components are connected, a clash is not reported, even if the actual solids intersect.
Clash zoom factor
Specifies the zoom factor used during clash.
Level 1
Specifies the color for level one clashes as shown in the Clash Manager. Click the color square to change the color. The default color is red.
Level 2
Specifies the color for level two clashes as shown in the Clash Manager. Click the color square to change the color. The default color is orange.
Level 3
Specifies the color for level three clashes as shown in the Clash Manager. Click the color square to change the color. The default color is yellow.
Layers
Displays the available layers. Select the check box next to the layer name to include that layer in clash detection.
All
Selects or clears all of the layers in the list.
Color Table: Clash Status
Specifies the color of the clash entity in the 3D model.
New Custom Status
Creates a new status for selection when changing the status of a clash. You can see these in the Status list.
Delete
Deletes the selected status option from the color table list.
Status
Specifies the status of the clash, such as New, Approved, and Resolved.
Color
Specifies the color of the status.
Color Table: Soft Clash Type
Specifies the colors for the soft volume clash boxes that you can place in the Clash Detection palette. For more information, see Clash Management.
New Custom Section
Creates a new soft clash volume type for selection when creating a soft clash. You can see these in the Type list in the New Area Volume Definition Dialog Box.
Delete
Deletes a status option from the color table list.
Type
Specifies the type of soft clash, such as Usability and Installation.
Color
Specifies the color of the soft clash.
Layer
Specifies the layer for the soft clash. The default layer is Volume Area.
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Save and Close saves the current settings to the configuration file. The current configuration file displays at the bottom of the Clash Settings dialog box.
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In CADWorx Plant when you select the Clash Settings check box in Miscellaneous CFG Content in the CADWorx Plant Setup, the settings save to the Plant configuration file. You can turn this setting off in Plant, but you cannot adjust this setting in Structure.