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Table Of Contents
3DSFiles ............................................................................................................83
DGN and PRP Files .............................................................................................84
MANFiles ...........................................................................................................87
PDSFiles ............................................................................................................89
IGESFiles ...........................................................................................................90
STEPFiles ..........................................................................................................92
InventorFiles .......................................................................................................94
VRML world files ..................................................................................................95
Riegl Scan Files ..................................................................................................97
Faro Scan Files ...................................................................................................99
Leica Scan Files ..................................................................................................100
Z+F Scan Files ....................................................................................................101
ASCII Laser Scan Files ........................................................................................103
STL Stereolithography files ...................................................................................104
AVEVA Review RVM and RVS files ......................................................................105
IFCfiles ..............................................................................................................108
Sketchup SKP files ..............................................................................................110
FileExporters ..............................................................................................................112
AutoCAD .nwc Exporter .......................................................................................113
Revit .nwc Exporter ..............................................................................................115
MicroStation .nwc Exporter ...................................................................................118
Viz and Max .nwc Exporter ...................................................................................120
ArchiCAD .nwc Exporter .......................................................................................124
CADPreviewing ..........................................................................................................126
NavisWorks Navigator for AutoCAD ......................................................................126
Chapter 11. Publishing .........................................................................................................128
Publishing from NavisWorks .........................................................................................128
Publishing from AutoCAD .............................................................................................130
Publishing from MicroStation ........................................................................................131
Freedom .....................................................................................................................133
Chapter 12. Navigating ........................................................................................................138
NavigationModes ........................................................................................................138
Walking...............................................................................................................139
LookingAround ...................................................................................................139
Zooming..............................................................................................................140
Zooming to a Box ................................................................................................140
Panning ..............................................................................................................141
Orbiting ...............................................................................................................141
Examining ...........................................................................................................141
Flying..................................................................................................................142
Spinning on a Turntable .......................................................................................142
NavigationTools ..........................................................................................................143
ViewingEverything ..............................................................................................144
Viewing Selected Items ........................................................................................144
Focusing .............................................................................................................145
PerspectiveCamera ............................................................................................145
OrthographicCamera ...........................................................................................145
CollisionDetection ...............................................................................................146
Gravity ................................................................................................................147
Crouching ...........................................................................................................148
Third Person View ...............................................................................................148
PresetViewpoints ................................................................................................149
Straighten ...........................................................................................................150
Set World Up .......................................................................................................150
CameraTilt .................................................................................................................151
ThumbnailViews .........................................................................................................152
Using a SpaceBall .......................................................................................................154
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