2011
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Welcome to Autodesk Navisworks Manage 2011
- What Is New in This Release?
- How to Get Assistance
- Finding Information Using the InfoCenter
- Get More Help
- Learn the Product
- View the Product Readme
- Join the Customer Involvement Program
- Installation
- Quick Start to Stand-Alone Installation
- Prepare for Installation
- Install and Run Autodesk Navisworks Manage 2011
- Move to Autodesk Navisworks from a Previous Release
- Install Autodesk Navisworks for Multiple Users
- Quick Start to Network Administration and Deployment
- Set Up a Deployment
- Installation Troubleshooting
- General Installation Issues
- How can I check my graphics card driver to see if it needs to be updated?
- When performing a Typical installation, what gets installed?
- Why should I specify the Project Folder and Site Folder?
- How do I share the Autodesk Navisworks settings on a site and project basis?
- Where are my product manuals?
- How do I register and activate Autodesk Navisworks?
- Deployment Issues
- Licensing Issues
- Networking Issues
- Uninstall and Maintenance Issues
- When adding or removing features, how can I tell what features get installed by default?
- Is it possible to change the installation folder when adding or removing features?
- When should I reinstall the product instead of a repair?
- Do I need my original DVD to reinstall my software?
- When I uninstall my software, what files are left on my system?
- General Installation Issues
- Quick Start to Stand-Alone Installation
- Quick Start
- Start and Quit Autodesk Navisworks
- Automatically Save and Recover Navisworks Files
- Command Line Options
- The User Interface
- Navigation with the Wheel Button
- Autodesk Navisworks Options
- Location Options
- Display Units
- Profiles
- Search Directories
- Gizmos
- Get a Whole-Project View
- Work with Files
- Native File Formats
- Compatible CAD Applications
- Use File Readers
- 3DS File Reader
- ASCII Laser Scan File Reader
- Bentley AutoPLANT File Reader
- CIS/2 File Reader
- DWG/DXF File Reader
- DWF File Reader
- DGN File Reader
- Faro Scan File Reader
- FBX File Reader
- IFC File Reader
- IGES File Reader
- Inventor File Reader
- JTOpen File Reader
- Leica Scan File Reader
- MAN File Reader
- Parasolid File Reader
- PDS File Reader
- Riegl Scan File Reader
- RVM File Reader
- SAT File Reader
- SketchUp SKP File Reader
- STEP File Reader
- STL File Reader
- VRML File Reader
- Z+F Scan File Reader
- Use File Exporters
- Manage Files
- View Scene Statistics
- Explore Your Model
- Control Model Appearance and Render Quality
- Review Your Model
- Use Viewpoints and Sectioning Modes
- Record and Play Animations
- Work Within a Team
- Share Data
- Work with Files
- Animate Objects
- Create Photorealistic Visualizations
- Simulate Construction Scheduling
- Locate and Manage Interferences
- Autodesk Navisworks Reference
- Animation Export Dialog Box
- Background Settings Dialog Box
- Collision Dialog Box
- Convert Object Properties Dialog Box
- Culling Options Dialog Box
- Customize Dialog Box
- Default Collision Dialog Box
- Edit Key Frame Dialog Box
- Edit Link Dialog Box
- Edit Viewpoint Dialog Box
- Export Rendered Image Dialog Box
- File Options Dialog Box
- File Units and Transform Dialog Box
- Image Export Dialog Box
- InfoCenter Settings Dialog Box
- New Link Dialog Box
- Options Editor Dialog Box
- Publish Dialog Box
- Piranesi EPix Dialog Box
- QTVR Object Movie Settings Dialog Box
- Section Plane Settings Dialog Box
- Glossary
- Index
Navisworks checks the event conditions in your script, and reports back any detected errors.
To delete an event
1 If the Scripter window is not already open, click Animation tab ➤ Script panel ➤ Scripter
.
2 Select the desired script in the tree view.
3 Right-click the event you want to delete in the Events view, and click Delete Event.
Work with Actions
An action is an activity, such as playing or stopping an animation, showing a viewpoint and so on, which is
carried out when a script is triggered by an event or a combination of events.
Your script can have more than one action in it. Actions are executed one after another, so it is important to get
the action sequence right.
NOTE Navisworks does not wait for the current action to be completed before moving on to the next action.
Action Types
The following action types are available in Navisworks:
■ Play Animation - action specifies which animation to play back when a script is triggered.
■ Stop Animation - action specifies which currently playing animation to stop when a script is triggered.
■ Show Viewpoint - action specifies which viewpoint to use when a script is triggered.
■ Pause - enables you to stop the script for a specified amount of time before the next action is run.
■ Send Message - action writes a message in a text file when a script is triggered.
■ Set Variable - action assigns, increases or decreases a variable value when a script is triggered.
■ Store Property -action stores an object property in a variable when a script is triggered.
This can be useful if you need to trigger events based on embedded object properties or live data in a linked
database.
■ Load Model - action opens a specified file when a script is triggered.
You may find it useful if you want to present a selection of animated scenes contained in a range of different
model files.
To add an action
1 If the Scripter window is not already open, click Animation tab ➤ Script panel ➤ Scripter
.
2 Select the desired script in the tree view.
3 Click the desired action icon at the bottom of the Actions view. For example, click to add a Play Animation
action.
4 Review the action properties in the Properties view, and adjust them as necessary.
To test an action
1 If the Scripter window is not already open, click Animation tab ➤ Script panel ➤ Scripter
.
2 Select the desired script in the tree view.
3 Right-click the Actions view, and click Test Action on the shortcut menu.
Navisworks executes the selected action.
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