Clash Report

Reports on clashes are presented in a separate window that includes a main menu with dropdown menus, a toolbar and a status bar. A popup menu is available for both reports.

There are two types of report, namely, Clash Groups and Clash Detail. Both reports are in tabular format. The reports appear in separate panes, and either or both can be displayed. The pane that is 'Active' has a dark blue title bar; the 'Inactive' pane has a grey title bar. Scroll bars are available for access to data that overspills the panes. Details of the current filter can be displayed in a separate pane, titled Filter, at the bottom of the window.

When reports are produced as a result of a Clash Check CE operation, both Clash Groups and Clash Detail reports are automatically filtered by a temporary filter that includes all filter options, with the element name filter set to the appropriate Group Element of the Current Element. The reports show all clashes relating to the Group Element. The automatic production and filtering of the reports for a Clash Check CE, can be enabled or inhibited at the 'Clash Manager Options' form.

Example Clash Report

Clash Groups Report

Each row of this report is dedicated to a clash group. The data in the columns is identified by the column headings, namely,

• Group discipline, status, level and type

• Group Element 1 discipline and GTYPE

• Group Element 2 discipline and GTYPE

• Group comments, user, co-ordinates, and when created.

  Note:
  The GTYPE column shows the Gtype of the actual physical clash, not necessarily the Gtype of the element.

The width of a column can be set by double-clicking on the column heading, or by dragging the column edge to the desired position. Double-clicking toggles the width between that of the heading and that of the widest data item in the column.

Columns at the left-hand side of the Discipline and Status columns display a Spanner (wrench) icon when the value has been manually set. A blank signifies that the value has been automatically set. The principle purpose of this icon is to enable the report records to be sorted into manually and automatically applied values of discipline and/or status.

The left-hand column shows the status of the group, as follows:

Fields in the report are colour-highlighted. The colours used and the background colour can be set at the Clash Manager Options form. Typical colour-coding is as follows:

Clash Detail Report

Each row of this report is dedicated to an individual clash within the group(s) selected in the Clash Groups report. The structure of the report, column one indications and field colour-coding are as described for the Clash Groups report. At the right-hand side is an additional column for 'Remarks' that are derived from the 'Clash Properties' form.

Note:
In both reports, Clash Level is abbreviated as follows:

Filter Pane

This pane displays the filter criteria and values currently set to limit the data shown on clash reports. The information appears in a two-column table showing criteria in the left-hand column and values in the right-hand column.