Interference Checking - Autodesk 256B1-05A761-1301 - AutoCAD Revit Structure Suite 2010 User Manual

4 Select the appropriate tool next to each warning.
5 If desired, click Add Comment to enter comments on your action. Enter comments into the
6 When you are finished taking actions, click OK to close the Coordination Review dialog.

Interference Checking

The Interference Check tool finds intersections between elements in a project. These can be a set of selected
elements or all elements in the model.
Typical Workflow for Interference Checking
This tool can be used during the design process to coordinate major building elements and systems. It can
be used to prevent conflicts and reduce the risk of construction changes and cost overruns.
A common workflow might occur like this:
An architect meets with a client and creates a basic model.
The building model is sent to a team that includes members from other disciplines, such as structural
engineers. They work on their own version of the model, and then the architect links it in and checks
for interferences.
Team members from other disciplines return the model to the architect.
The architect runs the Interference Check tool on the existing model.
A report is generated from the interference check, and undesired intersections are noted.
The design team discusses the interferences and creates a strategy to address them.
One or more team members are assigned to fix any conflicts.
Elements Requiring Interference Checking
Some examples of elements that could be checked for interference include:
Structural girders and purlins
Structural columns and
Structural braces and
Structural braces, doors, and windows
Roofs on page 675 and
Specialty equipment and
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Modify, Rename, Move: The tool name changes based on the action. If the name of the
monitored element has changed, the tool reads Rename. If a column or level is moved, the
tool is Move. If a grid is changed or moved, the tool is Modify.
NOTE If you select one of these tools on the In-a-linked-project tab, you are changing the element
in the current project, not the linked project.
Edit Comment tool, and click OK.
This is your form of communication to the other cross-functional team members. For example,
you (the architect) are communicating to the structural engineer. Your comments become visible
in the linked file, when the link is reloaded.
Architectural Columns
Walls on page 633
Floors on page 709
Floors on page 709
on page 756