The Project Title, Client, Project Number, PDMS Project, PDMS Userid, PDMS Password and Default MDB fields at the top of the tab are for entry of those project details. Except in the case of Stand Alone Clash Manager, they are read-only, as they are configured in VPE Workbench. (Modification of the settings is at the VPE workbench Project Administration form.)

For Stand Alone Clash Manager, the above fields are available for entry of the relevant PDMS project data. An additional field Admin Password is available for entry of the password required by non-administrative users to access the Clash Manager Configuration form. When Clash Manager opens the configuration form it also starts a background Data Access Routines process. This DARs process enables Clash Manager to directly interact with the associated project during configuration setup. This allows Clash Manager to process and test assignment, acceptance and other rules that are configured. The project login data and MDB defined on the form is the used by Clash Manager during DARS entry.

The Display Units section allows the user to select the Units in which the values are to be displayed in Clash Manager.

The Apply Group Changes to Clash Detail drop-down list enables the Administrator to specify the policy for the project. The selection made here determines whether or not the user can use the facility on the 'Clash Manager Options' form to choose whether or not group changes are applied to clash details within a group. The options of the drop-down list are:

The items in the Project Defined Field box are for selecting an attribute, the value of which is to be added to the clash report for each clashing item. This additional data is useful for filtering and sorting purposes in the main body of the report.

The Attribute Name field is for specifying the name of the attribute, e.g. AREA. Clash Manager will search for the attribute on the clashing item, and if not found there, will search the owning hierarchy for it.

The Description field is for entering the attribute value that appears in the Clash Report.

The Default field is for specifying a default value for the attribute if the attribute is not set.

An example of how an attribute can be used is as follows. Many companies use 'PURPose' as the Attribute Name and the Zone radio button selected for capturing the description of a ZONE’s content over and above the naming convention. The ZONE is named with the Piping Specification PSPE and the Attribute Name 'PURPose' is given a Description ‘PROC’ for Process Piping and ‘UTIL’ for Utility Piping. Clash Manager then allows the user to filter the clash report based on these values.