2010

Quick Start
This chapter helps you get up-to-speed with the Autodesk Navisworks interface.
Start and Quit Autodesk Navisworks
Once you've
installed Autodesk Navisworks Simulate 2010, you can
start it from the Windows desktop or from the command line.
To start Autodesk Navisworks, do one of the following from the
Windows desktop:
■ Double-click the Autodesk Navisworks icon, or
■ Go to Start ➤ All Programs (or Programs) ➤ Autodesk ➤
Navisworks Simulate 2010 ➤ Autodesk Navisworks Simulate
2010.
Autodesk Navisworks starts in the language that best matches the
settings on your computer. You can also start Autodesk Navisworks
in
another of the installed languages.
NOTE You can add command line switches to specify different startup
routines for the program. See “
Command Line Options” on page 55.
To quit Autodesk Navisworks, on the File menu, click Exit.
If the model has been changed since opening it, Autodesk
Navisworks asks you whether you want to save any changes. Respond
appropriately and Autodesk Navisworks will close.
Automatically Save and Recover Navisworks
Files
Power cuts, system and software failures can cause Autodesk
Navisworks to close before you can save changes to your file.
Autodesk Navisworks can automatically save backup versions of a
file you are working on, enabling you to recover your work if
Autodesk Navisworks closes abnormally.
Auto-saved files have an .nwf format, and named as
<FileName>.AutoSave<x> where <FileName> is the name of the
current Navisworks file, and <x> is a number that increments with
each auto-save. So, for example, if you work with a file called
Enviro-Dome.nwd, the first auto-saved file is called
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