Access Methods

 Ribbon:  Home tabSolid Editing panelInterfereNot available on the ribbon in the current workspace

 Menu: Modify3D OperationsInterference CheckingNot available in menus in the current workspace

Summary

Interferences are highlighted with a temporary 3D solid that represents the intersecting volume. You can also choose to retain the overlapping volumes.

If you define a single selection set, INTERFERE checks all the solids in the set against one another. If you define two selection sets, INTERFERE checks the solids in the first selection set against those in the second selection set. If you include the same 3D solid in both selection sets, INTERFERE considers the 3D solid part of the first selection set and ignores it in the second selection set.

Pressing Enter starts the interference testing of pairs of 3D solids and displays the Interference Checking dialog box.

If you enter -interfere at the Command prompt, options are displayed.

List of Prompts

The following prompts are displayed.

First set of objects

Specifies a set of objects to be checked. If you do not select a second set of objects, all objects in this selection set are checked against each other.

• Second set of objects
• Nested selection
• Settings

Second set of objects

Specifies an additional set of objects to be compared against the first set of objects. If you select the same object twice, the object is handled as part of the first selection set.

• Second set of objects
• Nested selection
• Check first set. Initiates interference checking for only the first selection set and displays the Interference Checking dialog box.
• Check. Initiates interference checking for both sets of objects and displays the Interference Checking dialog box.

Nested selection

Provides access to individual solid objects that are nested in blocks and xrefs.

• Select nested objects. Specifies which nested objects to include in the selection set.
• Exit. Restores normal object selection (not nested).

Settings

Displays the Interference Settings dialog box.