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
You can quickly copy and move items in the tree view by dragging them. To do this, click the item you want to
copy or move, hold down the right mouse button, and drag the item to the desired location. When the mouse
pointer changes to an arrow, release the right mouse button to display a shortcut menu. Click Copy Here or
Move Here, as appropriate.
Shortcut Menu
You can display a shortcut menu for any item in the tree by right-clicking an item. The following commands
are available on the shortcut menu whenever they are applicable:
PurposeCommand
Adds a new scene to the tree view.Add Scene
Adds a new camera to the tree view.Add Camera
Adds an animation set to the tree view.Add Animation Set
Updates the selected animation set.Update Animation Set
Adds a new section plane to the tree view.Add Section Plane
Adds a folder to the tree view. Folders can
hold scene components and other folders.
Add Folder
Adds a scene folder to the tree view. Scene
folders can hold scenes and other scene
Add Scene Folder
folders. When you add a scene folder, if
you do this while having an empty scene
folder selected, Navisworks creates the new
scene folder at the very top of the tree,
otherwise it creates it beneath your current
selection.
Enables or disables a scene component.Active
Selects loop mode for scenes and scene
animations. The animation plays forward
Loop
to the end, then restarts again from the
beginning, looping indefinitely.
Selects ping-pong mode for scenes and
scene animations. The animation plays
Ping-Pong
forward to the end, and then plays back-
ward to the beginning. Unless loop mode
is also selected, this will only happen once.
Selects infinite mode; it only applies to
scenes, and will make the scene play indef-
initely (that is until Stop
is clicked).
Infinite
Cuts the selected item in the tree to clip-
board.
Cut
Copies the selected item in the tree to
clipboard.
Copy
Pastes the item from clipboard into the
new location.
Paste
Deletes the selected item from the tree.Delete
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