2010

Work Within a Team
Autodesk Navisworks Simulate 2010 enables multiple users to participate in a
single design review session across a Local Area Network (LAN). This utilizes the
shared program features of Windows NetMeeting, available to all Windows users.
Collaborate Toolbar
The Collaborate toolbar contains the collaboration tools necessary
to run collaboration sessions.
If the Collaborate toolbar is not displayed, right-click anywhere in
the toolbar area of the screen, and click Collaborate Bar on the
shortcut menu.
Collaboration Session
All meeting participants require access to a Autodesk Navisworks
.nwf or .nwd file, in a shared location. One of the participants will
'host' the meeting and place a call to invite the others to join the
meeting. Any of the participants who have joined the meeting can
take control and drive the session. All navigation performed by the
driver will be displayed in the Scene Area on each of the participants’
machines. Any viewpoints or redlines (for example) added during
the session can be updated on all participants’ machines at the click
of a button.
NOTE If a collaborative review session, as outlined here, is not
conducted in single room, then additional teleconferencing provisions
could be necessary. This may be using the NetMeeting Whiteboard, or
your own telephone system.
To start a collaboration session
1 Open the Autodesk Navisworks file that you want to collaborate
on from a shared directory.
2 Click the Collaborate
button on the Collaborate toolbar.
This initializes Windows NetMeeting.
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