Introduction to Clash Naming

What it does

When Navisworks Clash Detective finds clashes, it names them Clash1, Clash2, Clash847 — names that tell you nothing. ClashWise's Enhance tool uses AI to replace those default names with descriptive, standards-based titles built from the real elements involved, for example:

Wall-101 (Architectural) at Level 1 interfering with Column-A2 (Structural) at Level 1

Enhance works directly on the clash results in your open Navisworks file. It can rename individual clashes, rename clash groups, or — if you prefer to keep the original names — write the descriptive text into each clash's description or comments instead. Titles can be generated in any of 11 languages.

Why use it

• Readable reports and meetings. Clash reports, coordination meetings, and the ClashWise web app all become far easier to work with when every clash says what it actually is, instead of forcing people to click into each one.
• Consistent standards. You choose one of six naming standards, so every title across a test — or a whole project — follows the same format.
• Fast and private. Naming runs on a local AI model on your own computer. Your element and file names never leave your PC, it works offline after a one-time model download, and there are no per-title charges — naming is unlimited on a paid plan.
• Safe to try. A whole naming run is a single undo step: press Ctrl+Z once in Navisworks to revert everything.

Who can use it

Clash naming is the flagship feature of the Starter plan (a flat per-user subscription, billed monthly or yearly — see https://clashwise.ai/pricing for current pricing). It is also included in every Clash Management plan (Pro and Business) and during a trial, since those plans include everything in Starter. You can subscribe to Starter from your organization page at https://clashwise.ai.

Clash naming is a plugin-only feature: titles are created and edited inside Navisworks. Clash titles cannot be edited in the ClashWise web app — if you publish a clash set to the web, it carries the titles it had at publish time.

The plugin supports Autodesk Navisworks Manage 2024–2027 on Windows.

Where to find it

In Navisworks, open the ClashWiseAI ribbon tab. The naming tools live in the Clashes panel:

• Enhance (Alt+3) — runs AI clash naming. See the Getting Started with Enhance article.
• Local AI (Alt+1) — manages the AI models that run on your machine. See the Local AI Models article.

How it fits your workflow

1. Run your clash tests in Navisworks Clash Detective as usual (ClashWise does not detect clashes — Navisworks does).
2. Set up Property Mapping so ClashWise knows where your models store element names, categories, levels, types, and disciplines (see the Property Mapping section).
3. Download a local AI model the first time you use Enhance (see the Local AI Models article).
4. Run Enhance on the clash tests you choose, with the naming standard, language, and options you want.
5. Review the results in Clash Detective — and press Ctrl+Z once if you want to undo the whole run.

Limitations

• Enhance names existing clash results; it never creates, deletes, or re-runs clash tests.
• Titles are generated from your model's element properties. If Property Mapping is incomplete or the source models carry poor property data, titles will be less descriptive.
• Clash titles are not editable on the ClashWise web app.

Related topics

• Getting Started with Enhance — prerequisites and the Enhance window
• Naming Standards and Settings — the six standards, languages, and options
• Local AI Models — downloading and managing on-device AI models
• Running and Reviewing — progress, results, and undo
• The Property Mapping section — the setup that powers accurate naming