Autodesk® Revit® Architecture 2012: No Experience Required

Running Interference Detection

What came first, the chicken or the egg? That's a tough call. Another tough call is whether the beam comes before the duct or wall. Ask a structural engineer, and they will answer that the beam does in fact come before the wall, the door, or any other architectural appointment. On the other hand, an architect will ask to move or eliminate a structural component. But the fact is, if the architect and the structural engineer are having this argument, that means they know there is an interference, and their disagreement about the chicken and the egg is actually a good thing.

You can use interference detection in Revit to keep the contractor from asking such questions. If the contractor is asking questions, then you ...