2011

Work Within a Team
Autodesk Navisworks Simulate 2011 enables multiple users to participate in a
single design review session across a Local Area Network (LAN).
The Collaborate tool has two noteworthy limitations.
■ Collaboration between different versions of Autodesk Navisworks is not
supported.
■ This feature is only available for Windows XP users, as it utilizes the shared
program features of Windows NetMeeting, which is unavailable in the Vista
and Windows 7 operating systems.
Collaborate Panel
The collaboration tools necessary to run collaboration sessions are
located on the Review tab ➤ Collaborate panel.
By default, the Collaborate panel is not displayed. To display it,
right-click the Review tab, and click Show Panels ➤ Collaborate
on the shortcut menu.
Collaboration Session
All meeting participants require access to a Autodesk Navisworks
NWF or NWD file, in a shared location. One of the participants will
host the meeting and place a call to invite the others to join the
meeting. Any of the participants who have joined the meeting can
take control and drive the session. All navigation performed by the
driver will be displayed in the Scene View on each of the
participants’ machines. Any viewpoints or redlines, for example,
added during the session can be updated on all participants’
machines at the click of a button.
NOTE If a collaborative review session, as outlined here, is not
conducted in single room, then additional teleconferencing provisions
could be necessary. This may be using the NetMeeting Whiteboard, or
your own telephone system.
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