Structural and facade models developed on separate timelines and update cycles can allow connection point geometry to diverge until a clash surfaces during installation.
Why Separate Development Timelines Create Divergence Risk
Structural and facade teams often work on parallel tracks, each maintaining their own model according to their own update schedule. Without a mechanism actively checking these models against each other, connection point geometry — where facade brackets attach to the structural frame — can drift out of alignment as each model evolves independently.
Where This Divergence Goes Unnoticed
Because each team’s own model remains internally consistent throughout this process, neither team necessarily has visibility into whether the other’s model has shifted in a way that affects the shared connection points between structure and facade.
Why Installation Is Where This Gap Typically Surfaces
A connection point mismatch between structural and facade models often remains invisible until installation, when a facade bracket is physically brought to a structural attachment point that no longer matches what the facade model assumed — at which point resolving the conflict requires real-time, on-site problem-solving.
Catching Divergence Before It Reaches Installation
After tracing how separately maintained structural and facade models diverge at connection points over time, DASH’s Navisworks clash detection is the coordination check that catches this divergence before installation.
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