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4 Try hiding certain search sets (groups of objects) while navigating around the model and add a few more
redline tags. Each new tag ID will be automatically incremented to maintain uniqueness.
5 Save the file as Project review.nwf.
We can then create a viewpoints folder (right-click the Saved Viewpoints window and select Add Folder), rename
it with today’s date (for example) and drag all of our review session tags into it, keeping a record of what we’ve
found and discussed. We can then save this to go back to it later or distribute it to other extended team members.
We can also export the viewpoints as a HTML report (click Output tab ➤ Export Data panel). This can be
distributed to an even wider audience as they require no additional software, yet they can see a screenshot of
the tagged item and any comments associated with it.
As mentioned earlier, you could include instructions to team members. If you include an individual’s or function’s
name in the comments, then those individuals/functions will be able to search for the tags associated to them,
creating their own specific snag/punch list.
Merge and Manage your Projects
At each of the previous sections you may have noticed that we’ve saved up a series of NWF files, each based on
the same original data set but the actions performed have been quite different. This is to demonstrate that once
you have created your single model, it could be distributed to a varied audience, all of which may have differing
objectives and reasons for using the model.
Autodesk Navisworks is an aid to collaboration and although people may be using the single model in different
ways, we can unite their resultant files back into a single project file.
1 Open the file, Conference Center.nwf.
2 Earlier we used Append to combine additional model files. Here we want to use Merge to combine all of
the session data together without duplicating the model geometry. Click Home tab ➤ Project panel ➤
Merge
and select all of the other NWF files you’ve created.
3 We can now re-save this as Conference Center.nwf, our master project file.
Interference Detection
Everyone likes to believe what they’ve designed is perfect, yet why then are there so many change requests
submitted once a project is under construction? One reason is that although individual component parts may
be perfect and error free in isolation, when they come together in a collaborative environment, the issues are all
too common.
Let’s face it, buildings are complex! It’s no wonder we have conflicts between disciplines.
Autodesk Navisworks enables you to combine the various disciplines, from disparate sources, into a single model
environment. Clash Detective can then be used to identify any potential conflicts between the disciplines, giving
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