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Default Viewpoint Options
Two view attributes can be saved with a viewpoint:
■ Hide/Required - whether items are hidden or required.
■ Override Materials - the color and transparency of items.
You can set a viewpoint to save either attribute by editing the viewpoint. To update changes to overridden
material or hide/required, use the Update option on the viewpoints shortcut menu. Be careful, though, as this
also updates the point of view as well, which may disrupt any redline information stored with the viewpoint.
By default these attributes are not stored with new saved viewpoints. If you do wish them to be saved by default,
then this can be set in the Options Editor.
Default collision settings can also be saved with a viewpoint, including whether collision, gravity, crouching,
and third person view are enabled.
You can set a viewpoint to save any of these settings by editing the viewpoint, in the same way as the view
attributes.
By default, all of the collision settings are disabled. If you want to save your preferred collision setting defaults,
use the Options Editor.
NOTE When you modify the default viewpoint settings, your changes do not affect the currently opened Autodesk
Navisworks file. They are used as soon as you open a new Autodesk Navisworks file, or start a new Autodesk Navisworks
session.
To set the default view attributes
1 Click the application button
➤ Options.
2 In the Options Editor, expand the Interface node, and click the Viewpoint Defaults option.
3 Select the Save Hide/Required Attributes check box if you want to save the hidden and required items with
the viewpoints you save. This means that when returning to those viewpoints, the items that were hidden
when the viewpoint was saved will be hidden again and those that were drawn will be drawn again. By
default, this check box is clear, as it requires a relatively large amount of memory to save this state information
with each viewpoint.
See “
Hide Objects” on page 224 for more information on hidden items, and “Make Objects Required” on
page 213 for more information on making items required.
4 Select the Override Material check box if you want to save the material overrides with the viewpoints you
save. This means that when returning to those viewpoints, the material overrides set when the viewpoint
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