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
Sort Sorts the contents of the Saved Viewpoints window alphabetically.
Help Opens the Help system.
Viewpoint Animation
Save Viewpoint Saves the current viewpoint, and adds it as the last keyframe in the selected viewpoint animation.
New Folder Adds a folder as the last keyframe in the selected viewpoint animation.
Add Animation Adds a new empty viewpoint animation as the last keyframe in the selected viewpoint animation.
Add Cut Adds an animation cut to the end of viewpoint animation. Cuts are used as pauses in the viewpoint
animations, and are 1 second long by default. You can drag the created cut into a different position.
Add Copy Creates a copy of the selected viewpoint animation in the Saved Viewpoints window. The copy is
named the same as the selected viewpoint animation, but includes the version number in brackets. For example,
View1(1), View1(2) and so on.
Add Comment Adds a comment regarding the selected viewpoint animation. See “
Comments, Redlines, and
Tags
” on page 255 for more information on comments.
Edit Comment When available, opens the Edit Comment dialog box.
Edit Opens the Edit Animation dialog box, and enables you to set the duration of the selected viewpoint
animation, the type of smoothing, and whether it loops or not.
NOTE Clicking Edit over an animation keyframe, opens the Edit Viewpoint dialog box; and clicking Edit over an
animation cut, opens the Edit Animation Cut dialog box.
Update Updates all keyframes in the viewpoint animation with the current render style, lighting, and navigation
tool or mode.
NOTE Clicking Update over a single keyframe will only update that frame with the current modes.
Transform Opens the Transform dialog box. It enables you to transform the camera position.
Delete Deletes the selected viewpoint animation from the Saved Viewpoints window.
NOTE Clicking Delete over a keyframe or a cut, removes the keyframe or cut from the viewpoint animation.
Rename Enables you to rename the selected viewpoint animation, keyframe, or cut.
Copy Name Copies the name of the selected viewpoint animation, keyframe, or cut to the Clipboard.
Sort Sorts the contents of the Saved Viewpoints window alphabetically.
Help Opens the Help system.
Folder
Save Viewpoint Saves the current viewpoint, and adds it to the selected folder.
New Folder Adds a subfolder to the selected folder.
Add Animation Adds a new empty viewpoint animation to the selected folder.
Add Cut Adds an animation cut to the selected folder. Cuts are used as pauses in the viewpoint animations, and
are 1 second long by default. You can drag the created cut into a different position.
Add Copy Creates a copy of the selected folder in the Saved Viewpoints window. The copy is named the same
as the selected folder, but includes the version number in brackets. For example, Folder1(1), Folder1(2) and so
on.
Add Comment Adds a comment regarding the selected folder. See “
Comments, Redlines, and Tags” on page
255 for more information on comments.
Edit Comment When available, opens the Edit Comment dialog box.
Update Updates all viewpoints in the folder with the current render style, lighting and navigation tool or mode.
Choosing Update for a single viewpoint will only update that viewpoint with the current modes.
Transform Opens the Transform dialog box. It enables you to transform the camera position.
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