2012
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Welcome to Autodesk Navisworks Manage 2012
- What Is New in This Release?
- How to Get Assistance
- Installation
- Quick Start to Stand-Alone Installation
- Prepare for Installation
- Install and Run Autodesk Navisworks Manage 2012
- 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?
- How do I switch my license from stand-alone to network or network to stand-alone?
- 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?
- How do I change which exporter plugins are installed?
- How do I register and activate Autodesk Navisworks?
- When should I reinstall the product instead of repairing it?
- When I uninstall my software, what files are left on my system?
- Deployment Issues
- Is there a checklist I can refer to when performing a deployment?
- Where should deployments be located?
- Where can I check if service packs are available for my software?
- How do I choose between 32-bit and 64-bit deployments?
- What are information channels?
- What are additional deployment configuration options?
- Licensing Issues
- Networking Issues
- Where do I find my server name?
- If I choose to create a log file, what kind of information does the log file contain?
- What is an administrative image (MSI) file?
- What is the impact of selecting all products to be included in the administrative image?
- How should I configure a network license server for a firewall
- Uninstall and Maintenance Issues
- General Installation Issues
- Quick Start to Stand-Alone Installation
- 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
- Use File Readers
- 3DS File Reader
- ASCII Laser Scan File Reader
- Bentley AutoPLANT File Reader
- CIS/2 File Reader
- DWG/DXF File Reader
- DWF/DWFx 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
- Pro/ENGINEER 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
- Animate Objects
- Create Photorealistic Visualizations
- Simulate Construction Scheduling
- Locate and Manage Interferences
- Use the Autodesk Vault Add-In
- 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
- 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
- Units and Transform Dialog Box
- Image Export Dialog Box
- InfoCenter Settings Dialog Box
- 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
6 Click Capture Keyframe on the Animator toolbar to create a
keyframe with the initial position of the section plane.
7 In the timeline view, move the black time slider to the right to set the
desired time.
8 Use the gizmo again to adjust the depth of your cross-section cut.
9 To capture the current plane changes in a keyframe, click Capture
Keyframe on the Animator toolbar.
To capture cross-sectional cuts by moving a section box
1 If the Animator window is not already open, click Animation tab
➤ Create panel ➤ Animator .
2 Select the desired section plane set in the Animator tree view.
3 Click Viewpoint tab ➤ Sectioning panel ➤ Enable Sectioning
.
Autodesk Navisworks opens the Sectioning Tools tab on the ribbon,
and draws a section plane through the model in the Scene View.
4 Click Sectioning Tools tab ➤ Mode panel ➤ Box .
5 Click Sectioning Tools tab ➤ Transform panel and click the
sectioning gizmo you want to use (move
, rotate , or scale
). By default, the move gizmo is used.
Drag the gizmo to adjust the initial position of the section box in the
Scene View.
6 Click Capture Keyframe
on the Animator toolbar to create a
keyframe with the initial position of the section box.
7 In the timeline view, move the black time slider to the right to set the
desired time.
8 Use the gizmo again to adjust the depth of your cross-section cut.
9 To capture the current section box changes in a keyframe, click Capture
Keyframe
on the Animator toolbar.
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