Power Business Group Guide Number: G-002

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Date: Sep 25, 2012
How to Revise SP3D ‘Interference Checking Settings’
Title: Owner: J. Petris

Interference Checking Settings Dialog Box

Provides options to change or accept the default properties for the interference marker size and the
status of those interferences. The dialog box on your computer has four tabs: Display, Database Detect,
Local Detect, and Status.

The Display Tab sets options for displaying the different types of interferences.

The Database & Local Detect Tab provides options for assigning interference checking priorities to
aspects, specifying the comparison methods, and optionally including a clearance rule.

The Status Tab provides current information on the progress of the Database Detect interference
checking process running on the server. The progress of the Local Detect interference checking process
appears at the bottom right corner of the application window when you are working in a task.

Tools> Check Interference> Settings

Display Tab

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 Power Business Group Guide Number: G-002
Revision: P1
How to Guide
Date: Sep 25, 2012
How to Revise SP3D ‘Interference Checking Settings’
Title: Owner: J. Petris

Type - Displays the following types of interference:

• Severe - Select this box if you want to display the most critical interferences. They represent
situations where a piece of equipment overlaps another piece of equipment. The symbol that is
slightly transparent red represents this type of interference.
• Optional - Select this box if you want to display optional interferences, interferences that you
must decide whether or not to accept. For example, the maintenance area of one piece of
equipment overlaps the maintenance area of another. The symbol that is green represents this
type of interference.
• Clearance - Select this box if you want to display clearance interference, interferences where
two or more pieces of equipment do not meet the specification clearance criteria. The symbol
that is yellow represents this type of interference.

Required Action - Displays the following interference options based on their associated required
actions:
• Undefined - Select this option if you want undefined types of interferences to appear.
• Edit - Select this option if you want unacceptable types of interferences to appear.
• None - Select this option if you want acceptable types of interferences to appear.

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