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Create rules to examine various clash outcomes.

Rules for clashes can be a great asset and affect the outcome of a clash. Rules can help you filter specific objects, like items contained in a selection set, so that you're clashing only the specific elements needed.

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Rules are divided into two types: default and rules templates. What is the key difference between default rules and rules templates?

Select objects and geometry for clash detection.

Navisworks provides the ability to import over 40 types of files, which means there could be all types of geometry for Clash Detective to try to clash. Therefore, you have the ability to change the geometry type to suit your needs.

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What are the three types of geometry ...

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