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
During a collaboration meeting, anyone in the call can take control of the session and become the 'driver'.
The driver will control navigation of the shared model on all machines in the call.
To become the driver:
• Click Drive on the Collaborate toolbar.
Note:
Upon clicking the drive button, all other users in the call will receive a message advising that you
are requesting control. They will have to answer Yes to this message if you are to drive
NavisWorks on their machine.
Although real-time navigation in NavisWorks can be performed on all machines in a call by one user, it is
not possible for review data such as saved viewpoints, comments and redlines, to be automatically
updated on all users' machines. This information can however be updated on their machines by
refreshing the model. This refresh process can be performed on one users machine and refresh all
machines in the call.
To refresh all attendees machines:
• Click Refresh on the Collaborate toolbar.
SwitchBack
SwitchBack allows the current view of the currently loaded file to be sent back to AutoCAD (version 2004
or later) or MicroStation-based CAD products.
Note:
The native CAD package must be installed on the same machine as NavisWorks for SwitchBack
to work.
AutoCAD (version 2004 or later)
• For AutoCAD (version 2004 or later) or products based on it, first open the product in the usual
manner and load the nwexport application. This can be done easily by running the nwload command
in the command line. If SwitchBack needs to be available whenever AutoCAD is run, nwexport can
be added to the set of startup applications in AutoCAD.
• Once the CAD package is running, and nwexport has been started, selecting an object in the scene
will allow the SwitchBack command to be selected either from the Review menu, from the right-click
shortcut menu of the object, or, if a Clash Detective tool is available, via the SwitchBack button on the
Results tab. Selecting SwitchBack then takes the current NavisWorks camera view back to the CAD
package.
• Switching back to AutoCAD whilst an object is selected will not only set the view in AutoCAD, but
also select the object. Selection of objects is done by entity handle, therefore, you must have Convert
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