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NOTE When you move your mouse over an object that doesn't have the requested property, Autodesk Navisworks
searches up the selection tree for a parent object that contains that information, and displays it instead, thus maximising
the useful information you get.
To toggle the display of smart tags
■ Click Smart Tags on the Workspace toolbar.
Menu: Tools ➤ Smart Tags
To add a smart tag definition
1 Click Tools ➤ Global Options.
2 In the Options Editor, expand the Interface node, expand the SmartTags node, and click the Definitions
option.
3 On the Definitions page, click Grid View
to display smart tag definitions as table rows.
4 Click Add Element . A new row is added to the top of the table.
5 Click the Category column, and select the property category from the drop-down list, for example ‘Item.’
The options available depend on the property categories in your model.
6 Click the Property column, and select the property name from the drop-down list, for example, ‘Material’.
The options available depend on the selected property category.
7 Click OK.
NOTE You can add as many definitions to your smart tags as you like.
To delete a smart tag definition
1 Click Tools ➤ Global Options.
2 In the Options Editor, expand the Interface node, expand the SmartTags node, and click the Definitions
option.
3 On the Definitions page, click Grid View
to display smart tag definitions as table rows.
4 Click the Category or Property for the definition that you want to delete.
5 Click Remove Element
.
6 Click OK.
To hide category names
1 Click Tools ➤ Global Options.
2 In the Options Editor, expand the Interface node, and click the SmartTags option.
3 Select the Hide Category check box.
4 Click OK.
SwitchBack to AutoCAD and MicroStation
You can use the SwitchBack functionality to send the current view of the currently loaded file back to AutoCAD
(version 2004 or later) or MicroStation-based CAD products (/J and v8).
IMPORTANT The native CAD package must be installed on the same machine as Autodesk Navisworks for SwitchBack
to work.
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