Collaboration: Check for interferences

You will learn how to run interference

checks.

Learning objectives:
• Run interference checks.
• Review interferences.

The completed exercise

1. Open the exercise file:

L5_05_Interferences.rvt. This exercise
file has the following file linked:
ARCH_LINK.rvt.

2. To run an interference check, on the

Collaborate ribbon, in the Coordinate
panel, expand the Interference Check
button and click Run Interference Check.

3. In the Interference Check dialog, select

Current Project or a linked Revit model in
each Categories from drop-down. For this
example, select Current Project for each.
Then on the left, select Electrical
Equipment, Electrical Fixtures, Lighting
Devices, and Lighting Fixtures. On the
right, select Air Terminals, Duct Fittings,
and Ducts. Then click OK.

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4. Revit runs the interference check and
shows the Interference Report dialog.
Interferences can be selected or
expanded. Each interference will show
the two elements that are interfering.
Select one and click Show to highlight it
in the model.

5. With an element selected, click Selection

Box in the contextual ribbon to open the
default 3D view to get a better view of
the interference.

6. Using any combination of views, the

elements can be adjusted to resolve the
interferences.

7. After resolving interferences, in the

Interference Report dialog, click Refresh
and Revit will update the report.

8. The Interference Report dialog can also

be closed and then changes can be made
to resolve interferences. To open the
same report with the same settings,
expand the Interference Check button
and click Show Last Report.

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9. Run another interference check. This
time, select Current Project on the left
along with the Electrical Equipment and
Electrical Fixtures categories. On the
right, select ARCH_LINK.rvt and the
Walls category. Click OK to run the
interference check.

10. In the Interference Report dialog, the

interferences between the selected
categories appear. The interferences can
also be exported for review outside of
Revit.

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