2011
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Welcome to Autodesk Navisworks Simulate 2011
- What Is New in This Release?
- How to Get Assistance
- Finding Information Using the InfoCenter
- Get More Help
- Learn the Product
- View the Product Readme
- Join the Customer Involvement Program
- Installation
- Quick Start to Stand-Alone Installation
- Prepare for Installation
- Install and Run Autodesk Navisworks Simulate 2011
- Move to Autodesk Navisworks from a Previous Release
- Install Autodesk Navisworks for Multiple Users
- Quick Start to Network Administration and Deployment
- Set Up a Deployment
- Installation Troubleshooting
- General Installation Issues
- How can I check my graphics card driver to see if it needs to be updated?
- When performing a Typical installation, what gets installed?
- Why should I specify the Project Folder and Site Folder?
- How do I share the Autodesk Navisworks settings on a site and project basis?
- Where are my product manuals?
- How do I register and activate Autodesk Navisworks?
- Deployment Issues
- Licensing Issues
- Networking Issues
- Uninstall and Maintenance Issues
- When adding or removing features, how can I tell what features get installed by default?
- Is it possible to change the installation folder when adding or removing features?
- When should I reinstall the product instead of a repair?
- Do I need my original DVD to reinstall my software?
- When I uninstall my software, what files are left on my system?
- General Installation Issues
- Quick Start to Stand-Alone Installation
- Quick Start
- Start and Quit Autodesk Navisworks
- Automatically Save and Recover Navisworks Files
- Command Line Options
- The User Interface
- Navigation with the Wheel Button
- Autodesk Navisworks Options
- Location Options
- Display Units
- Profiles
- Search Directories
- Gizmos
- Get a Whole-Project View
- Work with Files
- Native File Formats
- Compatible CAD Applications
- Use File Readers
- 3DS File Reader
- ASCII Laser Scan File Reader
- Bentley AutoPLANT File Reader
- CIS/2 File Reader
- DWG/DXF File Reader
- DWF File Reader
- DGN File Reader
- Faro Scan File Reader
- FBX File Reader
- IFC File Reader
- IGES File Reader
- Inventor File Reader
- JTOpen File Reader
- Leica Scan File Reader
- MAN File Reader
- Parasolid File Reader
- PDS File Reader
- Riegl Scan File Reader
- RVM File Reader
- SAT File Reader
- SketchUp SKP File Reader
- STEP File Reader
- STL File Reader
- VRML File Reader
- Z+F Scan File Reader
- Use File Exporters
- Manage Files
- View Scene Statistics
- Explore Your Model
- Control Model Appearance and Render Quality
- Review Your Model
- Use Viewpoints and Sectioning Modes
- Record and Play Animations
- Work Within a Team
- Share Data
- Work with Files
- Animate Objects
- Create Photorealistic Visualizations
- Simulate Construction Scheduling
- Autodesk Navisworks Reference
- Animation Export Dialog Box
- Background Settings Dialog Box
- Collision Dialog Box
- Convert Object Properties Dialog Box
- Culling Options Dialog Box
- Customize Dialog Box
- Default Collision Dialog Box
- Edit Key Frame Dialog Box
- Edit Link Dialog Box
- Edit Viewpoint Dialog Box
- Export Rendered Image Dialog Box
- File Options Dialog Box
- File Units and Transform Dialog Box
- Image Export Dialog Box
- InfoCenter Settings Dialog Box
- New Link Dialog Box
- Options Editor Dialog Box
- Publish Dialog Box
- Piranesi EPix Dialog Box
- QTVR Object Movie Settings Dialog Box
- Section Plane Settings Dialog Box
- Glossary
- Index
Quick Reference
Buttons
The Navigator toolbar contains the following buttons.
DescriptionButton
Synchronizes the model in the Navigator
window with the AutoCAD model. The
Navigator window is not updated automat-
ically. Click this button every time you
want to navigate around the latest model.
Changes the current AutoCAD view to the
view in the Navigator window.
Changes the view in the Navigator window
to the current AutoCAD view.
Selects walk mode and enables you to walk
through the model on a horizontal plane.
Selects look around mode and enables you
to look around the model from the current
camera position.
Selects zoom mode. Dragging the left
mouse button up and down or using the
UP and DOWN ARROW keys zooms in and
out respectively.
Selects zoom-to-a-box mode. Dragging a
box with the left mouse button over the
model fills the view with the contents of
the box. Holding down the SHIFT or CTRL
keys or spinning the mouse wheel, tempor-
arily switches this mode to zoom mode.
Selects pan mode. Dragging the left mouse
pans the model up, down, left and right.
Holding down the SHIFT or CTRL keys or
spinning the mouse wheel, temporarily
switches this mode to zoom mode.
Selects orbit mode. Dragging the left
mouse button or using the UP, DOWN,
LEFT ARROW, and RIGHT ARROW keys ro-
tates the camera around the model. Hold-
ing down the SHIFT key or spinning the
mouse wheel, temporarily switches this
mode to zoom mode. Holding down the
CTRL key temporarily pans the camera.
Selects examine mode. Dragging the left
mouse button or using the UP, DOWN,
LEFT ARROW, and RIGHT ARROW keys ro-
tates the model about. Holding down the
SHIFT key or spinning the mouse wheel,
temporarily switches this mode to zoom
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