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TIP To quickly create a window group, use the sticker at the center of the docking tool when you drag a window to
its location. This works anywhere on the canvas excluding the default scene view and the Tilt window. Custom scene
views can be grouped with other windows.
To move a window with the docking tool
1 Click and drag the title bar at the top or side of the window towards the place where you want it to dock.
This activates the docking tool.
2 Drag the window over the sticker on the docking tool that represents the area you want the window to
occupy.
3 Release the mouse button to dock the window there. The window is automatically resized to fill the area.
Status Bar
The Status bar appears at the bottom of the Autodesk Navisworks screen. It cannot be customized or moved
around.
The left-hand corner of the Status bar is used to display short instructions on how to use the Autodesk Navisworks
features (applies to the Classic user interface only).
In the right-hand corner of the Status bar there are four performance indicators that give you constant feedback
as to how well Autodesk Navisworks is performing on your machine.
Pencil Progress Bar
The progress bar under the left hand icon (pencil) indicates how much of the current view is drawn, that is how
much drop-out there is in the current viewpoint. When the progress bar is at 100%, the scene is completely
drawn, with no drop-out. The icon changes color when a redraw is in progress. Whilst the scene is being drawn,
the pencil will change to yellow. If there is too much data to handle and your machine cannot process this
quickly enough for Autodesk Navisworks, then the pencil changes to red, indicating a bottleneck.
Disk Progress Bar
The progress bar under the central icon (disk) indicates how much of the current model is loaded from disk, that
is how much is loaded into memory. When the progress bar is at 100%, the entire model, including geometry
and property information, is loaded into memory. The icon changes color when a file load is in progress. Whilst
data is being read, the disk changes to yellow. If there is too much data to handle and your machine cannot
process this quickly enough for Autodesk Navisworks, then the disk changes to red, indicating a bottleneck.
Web Server Progress Bar
The progress bar under the right hand icon (web server) indicates how much of the current model is downloaded,
that is how much has been downloaded from a web server. When the progress bar is at 100%, the entire model
has been downloaded. The icon changes color when a file load is in progress. Whilst data is being downloaded,
the web server changes to yellow. If there is too much data to handle and your machine cannot process this
quickly enough for Autodesk Navisworks, then the web server changes to red, indicating a bottleneck.
Memory Bar
The field to the right of the icons reports the amount of memory currently being used by Autodesk Navisworks.
This is reported in Megabytes (MB).
Undo/Redo Commands
You can undo or redo your actions in Autodesk Navisworks.
The default settings are adequate for regular Autodesk Navisworks usage, but you can
adjust the amount of space
allocated to the undo/redo buffer, if necessary.
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