For this function to be active, you need to be connected to a BIMcollab project.
Import the clashes
Follow these steps to import the clashes:
Open the Clash Detective
In the tab 'Select', choose the button 'Add Test' and determine what kind of clash test you want to perform, and choose 'Run test'
The tab 'Results' is now open. Check the Clashes and change the status if necessary.
Open the BCF Manager from the BIMcollab tab in the Ribbon and connect to a project in BIMcollab
Click the 'Import' button in the BCF Manager
Choose the tab 'From Clash Results'
Choose the clashes you want to import:
Select one or more clash tests to import all clashes from the selected tests
Select individual clashes from a specific test
By default any clash group will be imported as a single issue. When importing a clash group, the issue will contain the combined viewpoint of all the clashes in the group. You can however choose to ignore the groups and import all the clashes individually instead, by activating the option 'Show individual clashes from groups'
Choose the settings for the new issues
Choose 'Import'. All imported issues will be shown in the BCF Manager
Once all of the clashes have been imported, you can review and, if needed, edit the issues you have created and/or updated. When you are satisfied, synchronize the issues with your BIMcollab project.
📝 Note: Be aware that transparent dimming in viewpoints is shown differently in other BIM applications. We advise you not to use this feature of the Navisworks Clash detection when using the BCF Manager.
When importing clashes, you can choose between one or both of the following options:
Create new issues
Update existing issues
⚠️ Warning: IFC GUIDs in models appended from Autodesk Construction Cloud via the Coordination add-in may differ from those generated by the BCF Manager. This is caused by the conversion method used during the append process and can result in issues not being linked to the correct components.
👉 To prevent this, please avoid using this model loading method.
Creating new issues
When creating new issues, you can:
Set default values for issue properties such as Type, Area, Milestones, etc.
Try to map the assigned user of a clash to a member of your project team in BIMcollab or otherwise to the selected team member
Copy any comments added from the clash and add them as comments to the issue in the BCF Manager
Add a viewpoint to the issue in BIMcollab for each individual clash from an imported clash group
Give all imported clashes a title consisting of both the test name and the clash name (e.g. MEP versus ARCH - Clash 1)
Add a prefix to the description of each imported clash to be used later for easy identification
📝 Note: Note that the BCF Manager will use the clash properties as the issue description and will place the properties of the clashing components in a comment.
The BCF Manager will create the viewpoint for each clash by importing it directly from the Clash Detective. The viewpoint will always contain:
Snapshot
The two clashing components
The camera position
The color overrides
⚠️ Attention: By default, only the clashing components will be saved in the viewpoint of the issue. All other components (including dimmed components) will be ignored. If the clash's viewpoint was updated, then the updated viewpoint will be used during the import.
You can customize the viewpoints of the clashes to meet your requirements. For more information, consult the article Customize the viewpoints linked to imported clashes.
📝 Note: You can customize the saved viewpoint attributes by turning on/off the "selections" or "override colors" check mark.
Selections: When this setting is applied, the imported issues save all the clashing elements as selected.
Override colors: When this setting is applied, the default Navisworks colour of the clashing elements would be saved to imported issues.
⚠️ Attention: It is recommended to close the clash detective window for the best issue import and view experience.
Updating issues
Each clash has a unique ID with is stored in the issue.
After you re-run a test in the Clash Detective, existing issues which are linked to clashes can be updated in the BCF Manager, by importing the clash results again.
⚠️ Attention: When a clash test is reset in Navisworks, all clashes are seen as new clashes, and get a new ID. The links to existing issues will be lost.
Make sure to re-run the clash tests without resetting them.
When updating existing issues you can:
Try to map the assigned user of a clash in the Clash Detective to a member of your project team in BIMcollab
Update the status of issues based on the current status of the clash as follows:
Reactivate closed and resolved issues when the corresponding clash is still active
📝 Note: When both of the assignment options are enabled, the “try to map…” option will be given priority and the “Assign updated…” will be used when mapping fails.