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
Chapter 27. Overview of Presenter
Presenter enables a great level of realism to be added to a design model by applying textures and
materials, backgrounds, lighting and effects.
Working with the Presenter Window
The Presenter window is used to set up materials and lights in your scene and render it with more realism
and effects. You can also use it to edit pre-defined materials and apply them to items in the scene, add
lights to the scene and set up rules for applying the materials to other files in the same project set up with
the same parameters. You can define and apply your materials and lights to a model and save the
settings into a NavisWorks .nwf file so that as the model is updated, the materials and lights remain the
same. Materials can also be brought through from CAD applications via the .3DS, .dwg and .dgn file
formats, or by exporting from 3D Studio Viz or Max. See Chapter 10, Converting Files for more details on
this.
By default, the Presenter window floats in the main NavisWorks window. Like all other floating windows,
Presenter window is dockable and resizable, and will automatically lock to specific locations near to
where it is moved. You can prevent it from docking while you drag it, by holding down Ctrl.
Note:
You can quickly dock and undock any floating window by double-clicking the window's control
bar.
To open the Presenter window, select Presenter from the Tools menu.
The Presenter window contains the following tabs:
• Material - includes a variety of materials, which can be selected and applied to individual or groups of
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