User Guide

Communicate and Coordinate with Autodesk Navisworks
Autodesk
®
Navisworks
®
software and AutoCAD
Plant D software are directly compatible for
seamless design review, visualization, and error
identification.
Model and File Aggregation
Combine design, construction, and other project
data from most D design or laser scan formats
into a single integrated, whole-project model.
Real-Time Navigation
Explore a whole-project model using advanced
navigation tools, including Walk, Look Around,
Zoom, Zoom Box, Pan, Orbit, Examine, Fly, and
Turntable. Access the the D navigation widgets,
Autodesk
®
ViewCube
®
tool and Autodesk
®
SteeringWheels
®
tool. Enable gravity, solid-object
recognition, and customizable avatars for a
realistic, real-time experience.
Project Team Review
Help communication and collaboration
by extending the whole-project view to all
stakeholders, including other design and
engineering disciplines, clients, and partners.
Review Toolkit
Measure distance, area and angles. Organize and
share camera views and export them into images
or reports. Add cross sections and section plans to
inspect details.
Collaboration Toolkit
Add markups and searchable comments to
viewpoints with advanced redlining tools and audit
trails. Record walk-throughs for playback, export,
and streaming over the Internet.
Photorealistic Visualization
Create D animations and imagery for presentations.
Customize and configure every render aspect,
including materials, lights, backgrounds, and
rendering styles.
Object Animation
Create and interact with animations showing object
movement, operation, construction. Link animations
to specific events, triggers, key commands, or tasks
in a D schedule. Include animated objects in a clash
detection and interference analysis.
4D Scheduling
Simulate construction schedules and logistics in D
to help visually communicate, analyze, and validate
project activities, and to help reduce sequencing
problems.
Clash Detection
Anticipate and avoid potential problems before
construction, reducing expensive delays and
rework. View clashes in context of the model and in
relation to other clashes. Make all nonclashing items
transparent to more easily locate clashes. Open
identified clashes in many original design software
applications, including AutoCAD Plant D. Manage
and track clashes from identification to resolution.
NWD and 3D DWF Publishing
Publish and share whole-project models in a single
NWD or DWF™ file. Files can be secured,  percent
compressed, and viewable over the web or via
Microsoft
®
Oce documents.
Free Viewer
Available as a free* download, the Autodesk
®
Navisworks
®
Freedom viewer extends whole-project
visualization to all project stakeholders.
Autodesk Navisworks aggregates projectwide design
information for comprehensive project review.
Increase Efficiency
Advanced tools can be used for
collaboration and analysis of
project information. Multidiciplinary,
project-wide design data created in a
variety of design and engineering
applications can be combined into
a single integrated project model for
ecient whole-project review.
Reduce Rework
Project team members, clients, and partners
can explore small design details to identify
errors before they occur.
Stay on Budget and on Schedule
Project risks are minimized as teams
coordinate eectively, plan accurately,
and review problems early in the
project cycle.
Autodesk Navisworks Simulate
Included in the Autodesk Plant Design Suite
Premium edition, Autodesk
®
Navisworks
®
Simulate software enables whole-project
visualization and design simulation.
Autodesk Navisworks Manage
Included in the Autodesk Plant Design Suite
Advanced edition, Autodesk
®
Navisworks
®
Manage software has all the features of
Autodesk Navisworks Simulate plus clash
detection and problem tracking.
We believe Navisworks
should be on the table
of every engineer to
help make work better,
quicker, and more cost
eective for the client.
— Leon Josepis
Managing Director
Unison Engineering