Interference Checks

With the Interference Checking option, you can perform different interference checks. These checks are:

Check	Description
All Against All	Check for interference of any of the parts in the model.
Set Against the Rest	Check where a model part or set of model parts interfere with other model parts.
Set Against Itself	Check where a model part or set of model parts interfere with itself.
Set 1 Against Set 2	Check where a model part or set of model parts interfere with another model part or set of model parts.

From the Analysis menu, select Check for Interference.

The Interference Checking dialog box appears.

From the Scope options, select the type of interference check that you want to perform.

If you selected Set Against the Rest or Set Against Itself, select one or more model parts on the model or from the Model Tree.

Note: To select more than one model part, press the Shift or Control key while selecting.

The model parts appear in the Selected Set list and are highlighted on the model and in the Model Tree.

Note: To clear the last set of selected model parts, click Clear.

If you selected Set 1 Against Set 2, click the Set 1 arrow

, then select one or more model parts on the model or from the Model Tree.

The model parts appear in the Set 1 list and are highlighted on the model and in the Model Tree.

Note: To clear a selected part, press the Control key and click on the part on the model. To clear the last set of selected model parts, click Clear.

Click the Set 2 arrow then select one or more model parts on the model or from the Model Tree.

The model parts appear in the Set 2 list and are highlighted in a different color on the model and in the Model Tree.

In the Minimum Clearance Distance field, enter a distance. The default value is 0.

Note: Adding a minimum clearance distance not only checks if the two model parts interfere, but also checks if they are located within a set minimum distance.

From the Units list, select the unit for the clearance distance.

To configure the interference check results, click Options.

The Options dialog box appears.

See Interference Check Results Options

Click Compute in the Interference Checking dialog box.

Note: The Compute button changes to Stop. To stop the Interference Checking process at any point, click Stop

Note: Section plane is not taken into consideration when computing an interface check.

When the process is complete, all the instances of interfering pairs appear in the Results list. The number of interfering pairs found appears in the Description box.

Note: To view a pair’s interference information, click the corresponding Results line. The information appears in the Description box and AutoVue zooms into the interfering area.

To save the results, click Export.

The Export Results dialog box appears.

Specify the file name and the directory where you want to save the file.

Click Save.

AutoVue saves the results in a .csv (Comma Separated Values) file.

Note: To perform another interference check click Reset, then click the type of interference check.

Click Close to close the Interference Checking dialog box.

Interference Checks

Interference Check Options

Performing an Interference Check