2010
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Welcome to Autodesk Navisworks Simulate 2010
- Installation
- Quick Start to Stand-Alone Installation
- Prepare for Installation
- Install and Run Autodesk Navisworks Simulate 2010
- Move to Autodesk Navisworks from a Previous Release
- Install Autodesk Navisworks for Multiple Users
- Quick Start to Network Administration and Deployment
- Set Up a Deployment
- Installation Troubleshooting
- General Installation Issues
- How can I check my graphics card driver to see if it needs to be updated?
- When performing a Typical installation, what gets installed?
- Why should I specify the Project Folder and Site Folder?
- How do I share the Autodesk Navisworks settings on a site and project basis?
- Where are my product manuals?
- How do I register and activate Autodesk Navisworks?
- Deployment Issues
- Licensing Issues
- Networking Issues
- Uninstall and Maintenance Issues
- When adding or removing features, how can I tell what features get installed by default?
- Is it possible to change the installation folder when adding or removing features?
- When should I reinstall the product instead of a repair?
- Do I need my original disk to reinstall my software?
- When I uninstall my software, what files are left on my system?
- General Installation Issues
- Quick Start to Stand-Alone Installation
- Quick Start
- Get a Whole-Project View
- Work with Files
- Native File Formats
- Compatible CAD Applications
- Use File Readers
- 3DS File Reader
- ASCII Laser Scan File Reader
- Bentley AutoPLANT File Reader
- CIS2 File Reader
- DWG/DXF/SAT File Reader
- DWF File Reader
- DGN File Reader
- Faro Scan File Reader
- IFC File Reader
- IGES File Reader
- Inventor File Reader
- JTOpen File Reader
- Leica Scan File Reader
- MAN File Reader
- PDS File Reader
- Riegl Scan File Reader
- RVM File Reader
- SketchUp SKP File Reader
- STEP File Reader
- STL File Reader
- VRML File Reader
- Z+F Scan File Reader
- Use File Exporters
- Manage Files
- Explore Your Model
- Control Model Appearance and Render Quality
- Review Your Model
- Use Viewpoints and Sectioning Modes
- Record and Play Animations
- Work Within a Team
- Share Data
- Work with Files
- Animate Objects
- Create Photorealistic Visualizations
- Simulate Construction Scheduling
- Autodesk Navisworks Reference
- File Options Dialog Box
- File Units and Transform Dialog Box
- New Link Dialog Box
- Edit Link Dialog Box
- Edit Viewpoint Dialog Box
- Options Editor
- Default Collision Dialog Box
- Collision Dialog Box
- Convert Object Properties Dialog Box
- Culling Options Dialog Box
- Customize Dialog Box
- Customize Keyboard Dialog Box
- Edit Key Frame Dialog Box
- Publish Dialog Box
- Background Settings Dialog Box
- QTVR Object Movie Settings Dialog Box
- Export Rendered Image Dialog Box
- Image Export Dialog Box
- Animation Export Dialog Box
- Glossary
- Index
In addition to using the Look tool to look around a model, you can also use the tool to pan the current view to
a specific face on the model. Press and hold the SHIFT key before selecting the Look tool on one of the Full
Navigation wheels.
Walking Through a Model
When using the Look tool from the big Full Navigation wheel, you can walk through a model by using the arrow
keys on the keyboard. To adjust the walk speed, use the Options Editor.
Invert Vertical Axis
When you drag the cursor upward, the target point of the view raises; dragging the cursor downward lowers the
target point of the view. To invert the vertical axis for the Look tool, use the Options Editor.
To look around a view with the Look tool
1 Display one of the Full Navigation wheels or the mini Tour Building wheel.
2 Click and hold down the Look wedge.
The cursor changes to the Look cursor.
3 Drag the pointing device to change the direction in which you are looking.
4 Release the button on your pointing device to return to the wheel.
To look at a face in the model with the Look tool
1 Display one of the Full Navigation wheels.
2 Press and hold down the SHIFT key.
3 Click and hold down the Look wedge.
The cursor changes to the Look At cursor.
4 Drag over the objects in the model until the face highlights that you want to look at.
5 Release the button on your pointing device to return to the wheel.
To look around and walk through a model with the Look tool
1 Display the big Full Navigation wheel.
2 Click and hold down the Look wedge.
The cursor changes to the Look cursor.
3 Drag to change the direction in which you are looking.
4 While holding down the button on your pointing device, press the arrow keys to walk in the model.
5 Release the button on your pointing device to return to the wheel.
6 Click Close to exit the wheel.
To invert the vertical axis for the Look tool
1 Display a wheel.
2 Right-click the wheel, and click SteeringWheels Options.
3 In the Options Editor, the SteeringWheels page under the Interface node, select the Invert Vertical Axis
check box.
Dragging downward and upward lowers and raises the target point of the current view.
4 Click OK.
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