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details, refer to Section 22.2, “ Publishing from AutoCAD ”.
Exporting .nwc files from AutoCAD
1. Type nwcout at the command line.
2. The standard Windows™ Save As dialog is displayed, so choose the location and name of the .nwc
file to be exported.
3. Click OK to export the file or Cancel to return to AutoCAD without exporting it.
See Section 7.1.4, “ DWG and DXF Files ” for what entities are and are not supported by the AutoCAD
exporter.
If, on typing nwcout at the command line, you get an error, you probably have to load the ARX plugin
manually. You should only have to do this once.
Loading the NavisWorks ARX Plugin
Loading the ARX plugin manually
1. Type ARX (followed by return) at the command line.
2. Then type the letter l (followed by return) at the command line, for "Load".
3. The Select ARX file dialog will be displayed, so browse to the ARX plugin. By default, for AutoCAD
R14, this will be C:\Program Files\NavisWorks 5\NWExport\nwexport.arx, for AutoCAD
2000 based applications, this will be C:\Program Files\NavisWorks
5\NWExport2000\nwexport2000.arx, for AutoCAD 2004 based applications, this will be
C:\Program Files\NavisWorks 5\NWExport2004\nwexport2004.arx, and so on.
4. Click OK to load the ARX plugin.
5. You should now be able to use the nwcout command from AutoCAD to export an .nwc file.
The JetStream Partial Menu for AutoCAD
If you prefer to work from menus, there is a partial menu available to run this export command from, along
with the other JetStream ARX plugins.
Loading the NWExport partial menu
1. At the command line, type menuload (followed by return).
2. The Menu Customization dialog will be displayed, so change the Files of type to Menu Template
(*.mnu) and browse to the partial menu. By default, for AutoCAD R14, this will be C:\Program
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