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NWC Options
NavisWorks allows you to enable and disable the reading and writing of cache files.
This describes the default process. The options here enable you to enable and disable the reading and
writing of cache files. For example, you may want to disable reading cache files to ensure that
NavisWorks converts every native CAD file each time it is read, even though this is a slower process.
Also, you may want to disable the writing of cache files in order to save on disk space and clutter, even
though the cache files are generally many times smaller than the original native CAD files.
Setting NWC options:
1. On the Tools menu, click Global Options.
2. Expand the Model node in the Options Editor dialog box, and click the NWC option.
The NWC page is displayed.
3. Clear the Read Cache check box if you want to ignore any existing caches when opening a native
CAD file.
4. Clear the Write Cache check box if you do not wish to write a cache file the next time a native CAD
file is loaded.
5. Clear the Enable check box if you do not require any geometry compression when .nwc files are
written.
6. Select the Coordinates check box if you want to reduce the coordinate precision.
Enter the value to which you want coordinates to be precise to in the Precision box. The larger the
Converting Files
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