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 36. Overview
In Autodesk NavisWorks Simulate 2009 you can animate your model and interact with it. For example,
you could animate how a crane moves around a site, or how a car is assembled or dismantled, and so on.
With a few mouse clicks, you can also create interaction scripts, which link your animations to specific
events, such as ‘On Key Press’ or ‘On Collision’. So, for example, a conveyor belt will move when you
press a button on your keyboard, the doors will open as you approach them in your model.
Animations created in Autodesk NavisWorks Simulate 2009 can be played in all NavisWorks 2009
products, including Freedom.
Combining the Presenter functionality with Object Animation enables you to greatly enhance the realism
of your exported AVI movies, whether for marketing purposes or for instructional training.
Linking TimeLiner and Object Animation together enables the triggering and scheduling of object
movement based on start time and duration of project tasks, and can help you with workspace and
process planning. For example, a TimeLiner sequence may indicate that when a particular site crane
moves from its start point to its end point over the course of a particular afternoon, a workgroup working
nearby causes an obstruction along its route. This potential obstruction problem can be resolved before
going to site (e.g., the crane can be moved along a different route, the workgroup moved out of the way,
or the project schedule altered).
Linking Clash Detective and Object Animation together enables the checking of animated versus
animated or animated versus static object clashes. For example, linking a Clash Detective test to an
existing animation scene would automatically highlight clashes for both static and moving objects during
the animation, e.g. a crane rotating through the top of a building, a delivery lorry colliding with a
workgroup, etc.
It is also possible to link Clash Detective, TimeLiner, and Object Animation together to enable clash
testing of fully animated TimeLiner schedules. So, instead of visually inspecting a TimeLiner sequence to
make sure, for example, that the moving crane didn't collide with a workgroup, you can run a Clash
Detective test.
Basic terminology
An animation is a prepared sequence of changes to the model. The changes you can make in Autodesk
NavisWorks Simulate 2009 are:
• Manipulating geometry objects by modifying their position, rotation, size, color, and transparency. This
type of change is referred to as an animation set.
• Manipulating viewpoints by using different navigation modes (such as orbiting or flying), or by using
existing viewpoint animations. This type of change is referred to as a camera.
• Manipulating section planes either by moving them, or by turning them on and off. This type of change
is referred to as a section plane set.
A script is a collection of actions that you want to happen when certain event conditions are met.
Scope
Autodesk NavisWorks Simulate 2009 supports both object animation and object interaction as follows:
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