Case Studies

• Clash detection is the method of identifying and inspecting the various building design interferences which frequently occur during the BIM coordination or Construction Gatekeeping process.
• Clash detection is like a review process that ensures all building components, assemblies, and trades are in ready-to-be-installed conditions generating no conflicts with other building trades.

• Clash detection will only come into the picture when all the building design trades (Architectural, Structural, Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, Fire Protection, and others) are integrated into the BIM model.
  

NAVISWORKS OVERVIEW

Autodesk Navisworks acts as a model aggregator as it brings together 3D models and associated design data into a single working environment for the purpose of design review, coordination analysis, simulation of the model, and presentation. There are many specialized tools in Navisworks such as Clash Detective, TimeLiner, Animator, etc. It allows an interactive review of the virtual project model in order to validate the design and provide accurate predictions for construction and operations.

Additional Features:

• Navisworks Manage is a model aggregator that brings together 3D models and their associated design data into a single working environment.
• It allows design review, coordination analysis, simulation, presentation, and communication of design and constructability.
• It offers share view feature and users can review models on different platforms (Revit, Inventor, Rhinoceros, Solidworks, Sketchup, Allplan, Robot, CYPE, etc.)
• It offers a varied bucket of tools such as Clash Detective, Animator, TimeLiner, Quantification Workbook, etc.

• Clash Detection: It allows us to identify, prevent, and resolve conflicts in the virtual model before the actual start of the construction, and hence it reduces costs and schedule risks and minimizes proposed change order and RFI.
• 4D simulation: Autodesk Navisworks Manage allows simulation, coordination analysis, and manage changes that occur during ongoing construction by combining spatial coordination with construction planning.

INTEGRATE NAVISWORKS & BIM 360 MODEL COORDINATION FOR ISSUE TRACKING AND AUTOMATED CLASH DETECTION

With integrated use of two big platforms- Navisworks and BIM 360 Model Coordination, we’re bring best of both the products. 

This feature enables traceability easier by the BIM manager to resolve all conflicts within Navisworks and in empowering coordination process. This represents an entirely new way to manage the model coordination workflow. It has opened up many possibilities like:

• Create and assign issues directly from Navisworks
• Save time with automated clash detection in BIM 360 Model Coordination
• Maintain a common data environment for the entire coordination process 
  

The Benefits of the Navisworks Issues Integration

There are many ways in whcih Navisworks Issue Integration can help project teams:

• Ability to involve more people- More eyes on the models results in increase in the quality of models, lower cases of rework, saves money and improves scheduling.
• Provides a unified platform- It provides data in a common data environment, which connects the entire project team within a single solution.
• Easier issue tracking- It has made issue tracing convenient and transparent, ensuring resolution and requirement of collaboration if clashes occurs.
• Time-saving and less laborious: Automated clash detection in BIM 360 Model has reduced the laborious work of manual check for clashes. It saves time and empowers all the trade partners to self-check with using their models. 
  

Navisworks Issues Integration: Key Features

• Model Coordination Automation- As design team and MEP teams share models to the shared spaces for coordination, the model automatically checks for current or potential clash issues.
• Collaborative Workflow- Review of all the multi-disciplinary models for making it construction-ready is possible as teams can create, assign issues and track through resolution in Navisworks or Model Coordination.
• Use if BIM 360- Use of BIM 360 in Navisworks allows the accessibility of content views from Model Coordination. It also ensures that users are working on the same content in Navisworks as in Model Coordination
• Different Clash Setups- It allows Naviworks to run and save clashed test against BIM 360 Model Coordination managed datasets.
• Review Group Clashes and issue Screenshot- User can review individual as well as group clashes in Navisworks and it can also be tracked with attached screenshot.
• 4D Simulation- Navisworks allows users to leverage all the tools, including 4D simulation, depending on the design data.
• NWF- Use of NWF files with other users enables referencing, content management via Model Coordination.