2012

5 Select an object in the Scene View, and click Item Tools tab
➤ SwitchBack panel ➤ SwitchBack .
The current Autodesk Navisworks camera view is taken back to first
visible view in MicroStation, and the same object is selected. Selection
of objects is done by element ID (MicroStation v8) or DMRS value
(MicroStation /J).
TIP Alternatively, in the Clash Detective window, on the Results tab, you
can click the SwitchBack button.
6 If you want to override the view used by SwitchBack, use the nwview
<view number> key-in where view number is the visible window in
MicroStation. This view setting is not saved between sessions.
7 Make the changes in MicroStation, then save the changes.
8 Return to Autodesk Navisworks, and click Refresh
on the Quick
Access toolbar to view the modified object.
Shortcut menu: SwitchBack
To use SwitchBack with Revit
1 For Revit 2012 or products based on it, open the product in the usual
manner, and initialize the Navisworks SwitchBack add-in:
1 Open any existing project, or create a new one.
2 Click Add-Ins tab ➤ External Tools ➤ Navisworks
SwitchBack to enable it. You can now close the project, but don't
close Revit.
2 Return to Autodesk Navisworks and open the desired file. As long as you
are working with an NWC file exported from Revit, or a saved NWF or
NWD file, you can SwitchBack to Revit.
3 Select an object in the Scene View, and click Item Tools tab
➤ SwitchBack panel ➤ SwitchBack
.
Revit will load the relevant project, find and select the item, and zoom
to it. If SwitchBack was unsuccessful with the selected object, and you
receive an error message, try selecting further up the Selection Tree in
Autodesk Navisworks.
TIP Alternatively, in the Clash Detective window, on the Results tab, you
can click the SwitchBack button.
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