2009
Table Of Contents
- Autodesk NavisWorks Simulate 2009
- Contents
- Part 1. Welcome to Autodesk NavisWorks Simulate 2009
- Part 2. Installation
- Chapter 3. Quick Start to Stand-Alone Installation
- Chapter 4. Move to NavisWorks from a Previous Release
- Chapter 5. Install NavisWorks for an Individual User
- Chapter 6. Install NavisWorks for Multiple Users
- Quick Start to Network Installation
- System Requirements for a Deployment
- Creating Network Deployments
- Preliminary Tasks for a Network Deployment
- Use the Installation Wizard to Set Up a Deployment
- Start the Deployment Process
- Create a Deployment
- Enter Product and User Information
- Specify Log File Locations
- What Is Silent Mode?
- Customer Involvement Program (CIP)
- Select a License Type (optional)
- Select the Installation Type (optional)
- Final Review and Complete Setup
- Register the Product
- Modify a Deployment (optional)
- Point Users to the Administrative Image
- Uninstall the Program
- Chapter 7. Installation Troubleshooting
- What are the minimum system requirements?
- How can I check my graphics card driver to see if it needs to be updated?
- What is the difference between a stand-alone license and a network license?
- What is the benefit to using a network licensed version of the software?
- When performing a Typical installation, what gets installed?
- Where are my product manuals?
- Deployment Issues
- Networking Issues
- Maintenance Issues
- Part 3. Basic NavisWorks Functionality
- Chapter 8. Overview
- Chapter 9. File Management
- Chapter 10. Converting Files
- File Readers
- NWF Files
- NWD Files
- NWC Files
- DWG and DXF Files
- DWF Files
- Bentley AutoPLANT Files
- 3DS Files
- DGN and PRP Files
- MAN Files
- PDS Files
- IGES Files
- STEP Files
- Inventor Files
- VRML world files
- Riegl Scan Files
- Faro Scan Files
- Leica Scan Files
- Z+F Scan Files
- ASCII Laser Scan Files
- STL Stereolithography files
- AVEVA Review RVM and RVS files
- IFC files
- Sketchup SKP files
- File Exporters
- CAD Previewing
- File Readers
- Chapter 11. Publishing
- Chapter 12. Navigating
- Chapter 13. Selecting Items
- Chapter 14. Finding
- Chapter 15. Editing
- Chapter 16. Display Modes
- Chapter 17. Viewpoints
- Chapter 18. Sectioning
- Chapter 19. Animation
- Chapter 20. Reviewing
- Chapter 21. Object Manipulation
- Chapter 22. Interface
- Chapter 23. Tools
- Chapter 24. Options
- Chapter 25. DataTools
- Chapter 26. Getting Help
- Part 4. Using Presenter
- Part 5. Object Animation
- Part 6. Using TimeLiner
- Glossary
- Index
NavisWorks will also convert many different CAD application object properties, such as those from
Architectural Desktop™ or MicroStation TriForma™.
Every property has a type associated with it, for example, an item's Name is a string, and so on. Internal
file properties, such as transform and geometry properties, are not shown by default. If you want to view
this information, use a developer profile by selecting the Show Internal Properties check box on the
Developer page of the Options Editor dialog box.
Properties can be brought in from an external database and shown inside database-specific tabs in the
Properties control bar. See Chapter 25, DataTools for more details on how to bring through object
properties using DataTools.
Finding Items
In NavisWorks, searching the model for items based on their properties is quick and simple using the
Find Items control bar. To access it, on the View menu, click Control Bars > Find Items, or click the
Find Items button on the Workspace toolbar. Alternatively, click Edit > Find Items.
The Find Items control bar looks like this:
Notice that the selection trees occupy the left half of this bar, allowing you to refine your searches further
within a specific hierarchy. See “ Selection Trees ” for more information on the selection trees. Simply
click the selection tree tab that best suits your current search.
Finding items based on properties:
1. If it's not already open, open the Find Items control bar as outlined above.
2. Choose the selection tree tab that best suits your search. For example, if you know you are limiting
your find to within a specific selection set, then click the Sets tab.
3. Choose the items where you want to start the find from. For example, if you know you want to search
Finding
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