Collision Detection - Plant

Piping Design

Collision detection makes it possible to simulate the design for assembly and the actual kinematics of the mechanism. Dynamic collision detection of an assembly visualizes all the individual parts in a model which collide with the part being moved.

Move the part to perform collision detection.

  1. Select Drawings, Models, and select Collision Detection.
  2. Move the cursor over the part you want to move.
  3. Press the left mouse button.
  4. Move the part within the assembly by slowly moving the mouse around. When a collision is detected between the part being moved and another part, it will stop. The part it collided with will be highlighted with a color in the model.
  5. Move the cursor back over the part being moved and continue moving it.
Note:
  • You can choose the parts included in the collision detection by hiding the parts you do not want included.
  • You can disable collision detection by setting Collision Detection.