Here's a cool Dynamo Script that I developed to help close the gap between Navisworks clash tests and Revit, and I'm sharing it to everyone after seeing someone recently try and charge $600/yr for an addin with this idea blatantly copied. No Chance!!
I cannot take credit for the idea of this script, the original author is Cesare Caoduro who was the originally credited author, I have just taken his idea and made my own version of it, suited to Kane workflows.
This script is dependant on your Navisworks export being done with local coordinates, which makes life a lot simpler when working with geometry transforms and GIS coordinates I'm sure Gavin Crump has a node that could make this work on shared coordinates, but I work on the KISS standard - Keep It Simple Stupid!!
The script requires you to export your clash test as an XML, then import it into the empty Excel template, by opening the Excel file, right clicking on the first empty row and choosing import XML.
Then point the dynamo script to this Excel file, and hey presto your Clash Spheres will appear, and it even corrects the workset to whatever one you choose.
All the Parameters contained within the Clash Sphere are Shared Parameters, and therefore can be scheduled. Once the clash is completed, there is a completed parameter that can be checked, which removes the sphere by making it invisible, the benefit of this is that you can keep track of how many clashes have been found in total at the end of the project, per clash test type, so you can quantify your clash types and have a lesson learned exercise at the end to help focus your modellers on what they need to work on for the next project.
In my model i create a 3D view template called clash spheres where I hide the building, force all elements to Greyscale, and make the clash spheres bold and red. This is of course for internal MEP clashing, this view can be tailored for architectural clashes and structural clashes in the same way.
Dynamo Script:
https://lnkd.in/e8ze2wuF
Clash Sphere Family
https://lnkd.in/eYDVtJ_F
Excel Import Template
https://lnkd.in/ekmBcXwK
Happy clash hunting!!
