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1 Click on the Walk tool on the navigation bar. Now, in the Scene View, hold the left mouse button down
and push forwards to walk forwards; push backwards to walk backwards; and move the mouse left and right
to turn left and right, respectively.
2 The further you move the mouse forwards, the quicker you will walk.
3 To increase the realism of your navigation experience, there are a number of tools that can be employed,
including detection of collisions (which stops you walking through walls) and gravity (which brings you
down to earth). Use them when you want, for example, walk up and down stairs. You can access these
realism settings from the ribbon pallete (Viewpoint tab Motion Settings Realism drop-down
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or from the navigation bar (under the Walk/Fly drop-down).
4 To look around the model, select the Look Around tool from the navigation bar. Now, in the Scene
View, hold the left mouse button and drag the mouse around to look around. The Look Around tool keeps
you in the same spot but moves the camera around smoothly with the mouse.
Autodesk Navisworks also displays the ViewCube in the top-right corner of the Scene View. This provides quick
access to a number of preset views around the current model (or currently selected objects), including a Home
view (which you may customize).
Create Intelligent Groups of Objects
Building Information Modeling (BIM) is a term that has become synonymous with applications, such as Revit.
However, BIM doesnt stop there. This information can be used throughout the full lifecycle of the building.
Autodesk Navisworks enables you to interrogate and utilize this information throughout the project design,
build and operation stages without the need for the design application.
One of the first processes you can do with your single project model is to create intelligent groups of like
objects. This makes it easier to review and analyze your project at each stage. The recommended way to achieve
this is to use the Find Items tool to search for items having a common property or combination of properties.
1 Navigate to the glass-faced end of the building.
2 Using the Select tool
on the Quick Access toolbar, click one of the sections of glass in the view.
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