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7 Navigate to another position and save a viewpoint named Yellow Brickwork.
8 Select the Exterior Brickwork search set again, and change the color to pale blue. Auto Hide
the Sets
window.
9 Save another viewpoint this time named Blue Brickwork.
10 Mouse over the Selection Tree window and pin it open. On the Standard tab, select the Architecture.nwc
file, and then right-click and select Hide. Auto Hide the Selection Tree window.
11 Save a final viewpoint named Architecture Hidden.
12 When you click the viewpoints (Yellow Brickwork, Blue Brickwork, or Architecture Hidden), the model is displayed
exactly as you had saved it, because we saved these attributes with the viewpoint.
13 Now click the viewpoint, Camera Only. You will notice that the camera position changes, however, it does
not show the model in its original colors (as it was when we saved this viewpoint), but with the overrides
of the previous viewpoint. Click one of the other saved viewpoints and then back to this one. Again you
will see the camera position change with the previous viewpoint overrides applied.
14 Save the file as a separate NWF file, Color Options.nwf.
Understanding how these options work means that you can fully utilize viewpoints to communicate your design
intent.
Creating Animations
There are two methods by which to create animations in Autodesk Navisworks. Firstly you can record your
navigation through the model, and secondly you can create key frames and allow Autodesk Navisworks to
interpolate between them.
Each method has its own place. If you are animating an action that can be performed easily with one of the
navigation tools, for example spinning the model, or require sweeping curves, then interactive recording is the
right option. If, however, your camera can follow a linear path, then you can quickly and easily use viewpoints
as key frames. Lets look at both in turn.
1 Open the file, Conference Center.nwf.
2 Click the Home button on the ViewCube.
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