Setting Interference Detection Preferences

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To set preferences for Interference Detection perform the following steps:

1. From the Site or Organizations tab, go to Utilities > Preference Management > Visualization > Interference Detection.

2. Right-click a preference from the list, and choose Set Preference. The Set Preference dialog box opens.

3. Set the preference and click OK.

The available preferences for the entire interference detection feature are shown in the following table. The default values are marked with an asterisk (*)

Preference	Values	Description
Affected objects for change management		Specifies which related parts to collect for selected interferences as affected objects when initiating change management actions from interference tables.
	Interfering Parts*	The interference is associated to one of the interfering parts.
	Common parent	The interference is associated to the common parent.
	None	The interference is not auto-associated.
Default Required Clearance	User-defined numeric	Specifies the default required clearance value for new IDDs. The default value is 0.01.
Default Tolerable Volume	User-defined numeric	Specifies the default volume value for new IDDs. The default value is 0.0.
Default Tolerable Distance	User-defined numeric	Specifies the default tolerable distance value for new IDDs. The default value is 0.0.
Enabled	Yes No*	Enables or disables interference detection.
Interference Detection Definition Type	User-defined	Specifies the highest level of IDD soft type to be available for creation in the IDD wizard.
Interference units of measure for display	Millimeters* Meters Decimeters Centimeters Feet Inches	Defines units of measure for numeric input values for an IDD.
Interference Lifecycle Template	Interference* User-defined	Specifies the name of the lifecycle template to assign to interferences, contacts, and clearances.
Interference Report Lifecycle Template	Interference Report* User-defined	Specifies the name of the lifecycle template to assign to interference reports.
Object Types to Associate Interference Detections to	WTPART EPMDOCUMENT WTPART_EPMDOCUMENT* _EPMDOCUMENT_WTPART	Determines the object type to which two interference detecting items for a specific instance of Interference Detection are linked If both object types appear in the value definition, the new instances are linked to the first object type if they are included in the representation, otherwise the instances are linked to the second object type.