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5 Click OK.
NOTE When you run Autodesk Navisworks for the first time, the settings are picked up from the installation directory.
Subsequently, Autodesk Navisworks examines the current user profile and the all users profile on the local machine,
and then checks the settings in the Project Directory and the Site Directory. The files in the Project Directory take
precedence.
Display Units
Display units determine the scale of your model in Navisworks.
Display units are used to measure geometry in your scene, align appended models, set tolerances for clash
detection, set texture sizes and so on.
When you open CAD and laser scan files, Autodesk Navisworks reads the file units directly from the files. If this
is not possible (for example, the file is unitless), Autodesk Navisworks uses the default file units configured for
that file type in the Global Options whenever possible. Loaded files are scaled appropriately to the configured
display units.
It is possible to rescale the file units, if they are found to be incorrect for the scene.
To customize display units
1 Click Tools ➤ Global Options.
2 Expand the Interface node in the Options Editor, and click the Display Units option.
3 Select the Linear Units from the drop-down list. Be sure to choose the exact format required.
4 Select the Angular Units from the drop-down list.
5 Enter the number of decimal places you want to see throughout the interface for your units in the Decimal
Places box. If the unit chosen is a fractional unit, rather than a decimal unit, then you have the choice of
what level of fraction to display the units from the Fractional Display Precision drop-down list.
6 Click OK.
Profiles
Autodesk Navisworks can be adjusted to your level of CAD technical knowledge.
By default, a standard profile is used. If necessary, you can use a developer profile to display additional object
properties.
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