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6 Optional: By default, your link is attached to the default center of the item’s bounding box. If you want to
attach your link to a specific point on the selected item, click the Add button. A cross-hair cursor appears
in the Scene View, allowing you to select a point on the item where the link will be attached to.
NOTE If you made a mistake, clicking the Clear All button deletes all attachment points associated with this link
and reverts to the link being attached to the center of the item's bounding box.
7 Click OK.
To add several links to the same object
1 In the Scene View, select the desired geometry item.
2 Right-click and click Links ➤ Add Link.
3 Use the Add Link dialog box to add the first link. This is the default link, and it’s the only link that will be
visible in the Scene View. You can choose a different default link later, if necessary.
4 Right-click the object again, and repeat the previous steps to add all required links.
Find and Follow Links
Links are an extremely useful review tool to allow you to access non-graphical information through the graphical
interface of Autodesk Navisworks.
The links converted from the native CAD files, and the links added by Autodesk Navisworks users are treated as
object properties. This means, you can examine them in the Properties window.
You can also use the Find Items window to search for them.
To follow a default link
1 Make sure links are switched on. If not, click Home tab ➤ Display panel ➤ Links
.
2 Click the desired link in the Scene View to open the attached data source.
Shortcut menu: Follow Link
To follow one of the non-default links
1 Make sure links are switched on. If not, click Home tab ➤ Display panel ➤ Links
.
2 Right-click the default link, and click the Select Item Containing Link option. This option is only available
for multiple links attached to the same item.
3 Right-click the selected item, and then click Links ➤ the link that you want to follow.
To follow a default link from the Properties window
NOTE You can use this procedure to follow links from original CAD files, or links that you have added yourself.
1 In the Scene View, select the object with a link.
2 Open the Properties window, right-click any tab, and click Follow Default Link.
To find links
1 Click Home tab ➤ Select & Search panel ➤ Find Items
.
2 In the Find Items window, click the Standard tab, press and hold CTRL, and click all files that comprise the
model.
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