Automatic Acceptance Rules

Automatic clash acceptance can save a lot of time for the project, removing the need for the designers or clash coordinators to review and approve acceptable clashes. To set up successful acceptance rules for a project, the administrator needs knowledge of how the 3D model is structured and how each discipline will model design items.

The following list contains some example situations where specific acceptance rules may be applicable:

• All Soft/Soft – Touch, Clear, Clash

• Architectural Fittings with Architectural Walls – Touch, Clear

• Supports with Main Steelwork – Touch, Clear

• Structural with Structural – Touch, Clear

• Supports with Stair ways and Ladders – Touch, Clear

• Stair Ways and Ladders with Any Other Discipline – Touch, Clear

• Lay Down Areas with Any Other Discipline – Touch, Clear

• Handling Ways with Handling Ways – Touch, Clear, Clash

• Main Escape Ways with Main Escape Ways - Touch, Clear, Clash

• Secondary Escape Ways with Secondary Escape Ways - Touch, Clear, Clash

• Access Ways with Any Other Discipline – Touch, Clear

• Escape Ways with Any Other Discipline – Touch, Clear

• Penetration Sleeve with Any Other Discipline – Touch, Clear

• Support with Piping – Touch, Clear

• Spray Volume with Spray Volume – Touch, Clear, Clash

• Hazardous Areas - Touch, Clear, Clash.

  Note:
  The automatic acceptance facility does not only approve clashes. It can be used to set a clash to any standard status, namely:

• Unknown

• Unapproved

• Pending

• Conditional

• Approved.