Pulse Check Clash Review

Open Pulse Check

Pulse Check is BIMPulse's clash review window. It works with the clash tests already in Navisworks Clash Detective. It doesn't create tests; to build them, use the Clash Test Generator or Clash Detective.

1. 1

   Open a saved Navisworks file

   The Pulse Check button is available once you're signed in with an active license and the open file has been saved at least once. If it's greyed out, see First-Time Setup.

2. 2

   Click Pulse Check on the BIMPulse tab

   The window opens and loads your clash tests. Only one Pulse Check window can be open at a time.

The Pulse Check window

Pulse Check opens in its own window that stays on top of Navisworks, so you can move it to a second monitor. It remembers its size and position for next time.

• The header shows Last Clash Test Update, the time Pulse Check last loaded your clash data, and a Settings button. Settings (or Ctrl+,) opens the Account & Options window on its Pulse Check page.
• The Clash Tests pane sits on top and the Results pane below it. Drag the divider between them to give either pane more room.
• Pulse Check closes itself when you open a different file, or use Save As to save to a new location. A normal save leaves it open.

Clash Tests pane

The test list shows Clash Test Name, Status (✔ when Navisworks reports the test as complete, ✖ otherwise), and counts for Total, New, Active, Reviewed, Approved, and Resolved. A clash group counts once, under the group's own status.

Click a test to see its results. Hold Ctrl or Shift to select several; the Results pane then shows results from all of them.

Results pane

The toolbar above the results has:

• Group Selected, Explode Group(s), and Rename Selected: see Clash Grouping & Renaming.
• Select Model Items: selects both clashing items in Navisworks. For a group, it selects the items from every clash in the group.

Columns

• Display Name: the clash or group name. Click the arrow on a group row to show the clashes inside it.
• Count: the number of clashes in a group. A single clash shows 0.
• 📸: checked when the clash has a saved viewpoint.
• Status: the Navisworks clash status.
• Level: the level the clash sits on, from the Level Grid System. Shows UNKNOWN when it can't be worked out.

You can sort, reorder, and resize columns. Sorting keeps each group's clashes under it. Column changes reset when you close Pulse Check.

Filter results

To list only some results, click the filter icon in the Status, Level, or Count column header, tick the values you want, and click Filter. To list everything again, open the same filter and click Clear Filter.

Filters only change the list. Highlight All and Apply to All still cover every clash in the selected tests. Filters reset when you close Pulse Check.

Change clash status

Select one or more rows, right-click, and choose Approve Selected, Review Selected, Activate Selected, or Mark New. Choosing a group changes the status of every clash inside it. There is no Resolved option in this menu. Each status change also has a hotkey.

Saved viewpoints

Select one clash or group, set up the view you want, then right-click and choose Save Viewpoint. It replaces any viewpoint already on that clash without asking. To take a viewpoint off, choose Remove Viewpoint; saving a viewpoint can't be undone with Ctrl+Z.

When you select a clash that has a saved viewpoint and Zoom Clash is on, Pulse Check opens that viewpoint.

Display settings

The Display Settings panel controls what you see in the 3D view as you click through results. Select a clash test first; the switches are unavailable until you do.

To change the highlight colors, open Settings, go to the Pulse Check page, pick new Selection A and Selection B colors under Clash highlight colors, and click Save. The new colors appear on your next selection.

Apply to All, Section Clash, and the side buffer are remembered between Navisworks sessions. The other switches go back to their defaults when you restart Navisworks.

With Apply to All on, selecting a clash loads the items for every clash in its test, so the first selection on a large test can take a moment while Loading Model Items... shows. Hide Other can also be slow on large models.

Where settings are saved

• In the Navisworks file: grouping and naming settings, the Level Grid System, and the slab buffer. Save the file as an NWF or NWD to keep them. Opening the file on another computer brings them along.
• For your Windows user: highlight colors, the window's size and position, Apply to All, Section Clash, and the side buffer, in %APPDATA%\BIMPulse\BIMPulse\PulseCheckSettings.json.

If the file is read-only or open somewhere else, BIMPulse can't store settings in it. When you close Pulse Check you'll see BIMPulse – Settings Not Saved. Save the file as an NWF or NWD you can write to, then try again.

Good to know

• Update Tests runs every clash test in the file, whichever tests are selected.
• Last Clash Test Update is when Pulse Check last loaded your clash data, not when Navisworks last ran the tests.
• If the Results pane is empty after an update, select the test again.
• A file that has never been saved can't open Pulse Check. Save it first.