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
Ribbon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Tooltips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Keytips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Navigation Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
The Classic User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Scene View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Dockable Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Status Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Undo/Redo Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Autodesk Navisworks Workspaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Default Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Navigation with the Wheel Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Autodesk Navisworks Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Location Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Graphics System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Display Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Search Directories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Gizmos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Chapter 4
Work with Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Native File Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Compatible CAD Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Supported CAD File Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Supported Laser Scan File Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Use File Readers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
3DS File Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
ASCII Laser Scan File Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Bentley AutoPLANT File Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
CIS/2 File Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
DWG/DXF File Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Overview of Object Enablers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
DWF/DWFx File Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
DGN File Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Faro Scan File Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
FBX File Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
IFC File Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
IGES File Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Inventor File Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
JTOpen File Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Leica Scan File Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
MAN File Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Parasolid File Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
PDS File Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Pro/ENGINEER File Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Riegl Scan File Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
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