Group Clashes by Zones

The following steps will show you how to group clashes by zones.

STEP 1:

Select your zones (DWG solids in this case).

"Step 1"

NOTE: Zones can be Rooms, Masses, Scope Boxes, AutoCAD solids, etc.

STEP 2:

Create Selection set (Zones in this case) from selected zones by clicking on Save Selection icon. "Icon"

"Step 2"

STEP 3:

Go to Standard tools in iConstruct panel and run the Clash Manager tool.

"Step 3"

STEP 4:

Select your test from the drop-down menu.

"Step 4"

STEP 5:

Click the Options icon in the Clash Manager ribbon. "Icon"

"Step 5"

STEP 6:

Go to Group tab and check Enable Zone Grouping.

"Step 6"

STEP 7:

Define Zone Selection Set, Zone Attribute and Zone Property. Click OK.

Zone Grouping settings.

Zone Selection Set, Zone Attribute and Property.

NOTE: :

Zone Selection set is the one you’ve created in STEP 2.
Zone Attribute is a tab where the property is located.
Zone Property is a specific property in selected tab (Layer in this case).

Naming is case sensitive!

STEP 8:

Click on the Refresh button in the Clash manager ribbon.

"Step 8"

STEP 9:

Open the Column Chooser tool in the Clash manager dialogue.

"Step 9"

STEP 10:

Drag and drop Zone Group property from Column Chooser to the tree structure in Clash Manager dialogue and re-group the clashes.

"Step 10"

STEP 11:

Once your grouping layout is set, click on Save icon in the Clash Manager ribbon, give your Layout a name and Save. "Step 11"

"Step 11"

STEP 12:

To push defined grouping back into Clash Detective select desired grouping level (Test Name: Structural vs HVAC in our example) and click on the Create Clash Detective Group icon in the ribbon. "Step 8"

"Step 12"

Quick Overview:

Create Selection Set from Zones ➤ Go to iConstruct panel ➤ Run Clash Manager tool ➤ Click Option icon ➤ Go to Advanced tab ➤ Check Enable in Zone Grouping ➤ Define Zone Selection Set ➤ Define Zone Attribute ➤ Define Zone Property ➤ Click OK ➤ Run Column Chooser ➤ Drag&Drop Zone Group property ➤ Save the Layout ➤ Select Clash Groups ➤ Create Clash Detective Groups

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# Note: Saved layouts can later be reused with other clash tests and models as well as used in BIMflow. You can switch between different pre-saved layouts from the drop-down menu. To switch between Layouts, at least two are required.

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