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Dockable Windows
Most Navisworks features are accessible from dockable windows.
There are several windows to choose from, which are grouped into several functional areas:
Main Tools Windows
These windows give you access to the core Autodesk Navisworks functionality:
■ TimeLiner
■ Presenter
■ Animator
■ Scripter
Review-related Windows
These windows contain tools required to perform select/search/review operations:
■ Selection Tree
■ Sets
■ Find Items
■ Properties
■ Comments
■ Find Comments
■ Measure Tools
Viewpoint-related Windows
These windows contain tools necessary to set up and use viewpoints:
■ Saved Viewpoints
■ Tilt
■ Plan View
■ Section View
■ Section Plane Settings
Windows can be moved and resized, and either floated in the Scene View or docked (pinned or auto-hidden).
TIP You can quickly dock and undock a window by double-clicking the window’s title bar.
A docked window shares one or more edges with adjacent windows and toolbars. If a shared edge is moved, the
windows change shape to compensate. You can also float windows anywhere on the screen, if necessary.
NOTE The Tilt window can only be docked vertically on the left or right, taking up the full height of the canvas, or be
floating.
By default, a docked window is pinned, meaning that the window remains displayed at its current size and can
be moved. When you auto hide a window and move the mouse pointer away from it, the window is reduced to
a tab displaying the window name. Moving the mouse pointer over the tab displays the window fully, but
temporarily, over the canvas. Auto-hiding a window can show more of the canvas while still keeping the window
available. Auto-hiding a window also prevents it from being undocked, grouped, or ungrouped.
NOTE When you dock windows inside the default scene view, you do not get pin and auto-hide functionality. This
does not affect custom scene views.
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