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Contents
Welcome to Autodesk Navisworks Manage 2012
- What Is New in This Release?
- How to Get Assistance
Installation
- Quick Start to Stand-Alone Installation
- Install Autodesk Navisworks for Multiple Users
  - Quick Start to Network Administration and Deployment
  - Set Up a Deployment
- Installation Troubleshooting
Quick Start
- Start and Quit Autodesk Navisworks
- Automatically Save and Recover Autodesk Navisworks Files
- Command Line Options
- The User Interface
- Navigation with the Wheel Button
- Autodesk Navisworks Options
- Location Options
- Graphics System
- Display Units
- Profiles
- Search Directories
- Gizmos
Work with Files
- Native File Formats
- Compatible CAD Applications
  - Supported CAD File Formats
  - Supported Laser Scan File Formats
- Use File Readers
- Use File Exporters
- Manage Files
- View Scene Statistics
Explore Your Model
- Navigate a Scene
- Control the Realism of Your Navigation
Control Model Appearance and Render Quality
- Control Model Appearance
- Control Render Quality
Review Your Model
- Select Objects
- Find Objects
  - Find Items Window
  - Quick Find
- Find All Sheets and Models Containing the Selected Object
  - Find Items in Other Sheets and Models Window
- Create and Use Sets of Objects
  - Sets Window
  - Create and Manage Selection and Search Sets
- Compare Objects
- Object Properties
- Manipulate Object Attributes
- Measure Tools
  - Measure Tools Window
  - Measuring
- Comments, Redlines, and Tags
- Links
- Quick Properties
- SwitchBack
- Appearance Profiler
Use Viewpoints and Sectioning Modes
- Create and Modify Viewpoints
- Sectioning
  - Enable and Use Section Planes
  - Enable and Use Section Box
Record and Play Animations
- Create and Edit Viewpoint Animations
- Play Animations and Scripts
- Share Animations
Work Within a Team
- Collaborate Panel
- Collaboration Session
Share Data
- Print
- Import Files
- Export Files
Animate Objects
- Overview of the Animator Tool
  - Animator Window
  - Scripter Window
- Create Object Animations
- Add Interactivity
Create Photorealistic Visualizations
- Overview of the Presenter Tool
  - Presenter Window
  - Use the Presenter Archives
- Photo-Realistic Scene Rendering
- Use Presenter Materials
- Use Presenter Lights
- Use Presenter RPCs
  - RPC Tab
- Use Presenter Rendering Effects
- Use Presenter Rendering Styles
- Use Presenter Texture Space
- Use Presenter Rules
Simulate Construction Scheduling
- Overview of TimeLiner Tool
- TimeLiner Tasks
- Link to External Project Files
- 4D Simulation
  - Play Simulations
  - Configure Simulations
    - Simulation Playback
    - Simulation Appearance
- Export
- Add Animation
Locate and Manage Interferences
- Overview of Clash Detective Tool
  - Clash Detective Window
  - Set Up and Run a Clash Test
- Clash Batches
- Clash Rules
- Select Items for Testing
- Clash Results
- Report Clash Results
Use the Autodesk Vault Add-In
- About the Autodesk Vault Add-In
- Launching the Vault Application
- Log into a Vault
- Log out of a Vault
- Understanding the Working Folder
- Check Out a File
- Get Files from a Vault
- Refresh a Vaulted File
- Check a File into a Vault
- Undo File Check Out
- Vault Settings
Reference
- Animation Export Dialog Box
- Appearance Profiler Dialog Box
- Assign Clash Dialog Box
- Background Settings Dialog Box
- Collision Dialog Box
- Convert Object Properties Dialog Box
- Culling Options Dialog Box
- Customize Dialog Box
  - Toolbars Tab
  - Commands Tab
  - Options Tab
- 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
  - Culling Tab
  - Orientation Tab
  - Speed Tab
  - Headlight Tab
  - Scene Lights Tab
  - DataTools Tab
- Units and Transform Dialog Box
- Image Export Dialog Box
- InfoCenter Settings Dialog Box
  - General Node
  - Communication Center Node
- New Link Dialog Box
- Options Editor Dialog Box
  - General Node
  - Interface Node
  - Model Node
  - File Readers Node
  - File Exporters Node
  - Tools Node
- Publish Dialog Box
- Piranesi EPix Dialog Box
- QTVR Object Movie Settings Dialog Box
- Section Plane Settings Dialog Box
Glossary
Index

Use Presenter RPCs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 583

RPC Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 583

Use Presenter Rendering Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 587

Effects Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 587

Background Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 588

Foreground Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 593

Use Presenter Rendering Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 594

Rendering Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 594

Rendering Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 595

Predefined Rendering Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 596

Auto Exposure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 598

Use Presenter Texture Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 598

Use Presenter Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600

Rules Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600

Predefined Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 601

Custom Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 602

The Presenter Rules Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 604

Chapter 14

Simulate Construction Scheduling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 607

Overview of TimeLiner Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 607

TimeLiner Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 608

Tasks Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 609

Data Sources Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 613

Configure Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 615

Simulate Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 617

Choose TimeLiner Columns Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . 619

TimeLiner Rules Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 619

Field Selector Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 620

Refresh from Data Source Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 624

Simulation Settings Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 624

Overlay Text Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 630

Appearance Definitions Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 632

Get Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 633

TimeLiner Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 637

Create Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 639

Edit Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 641

Use Gantt Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 643

Attach Tasks to Geometry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 644

Attach Tasks Manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 645

Use Rules to Attach Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 646

Validate Project Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 649

Link to External Project Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 650

Supported Scheduling Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 651

CSV Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 654

Add and Manage Data Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 654

Import Data from an External Project Schedule . . . . . . 654

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