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
■ Click Clear Palette to delete all the materials from the palette and also from all items in the scene.
Edit Presenter Materials
Installed archive materials cannot be edited while they are in the archives, but you can edit materials in the
scene’s palette. Edited materials will be saved with the Autodesk Navisworks model in an NWD or NWF file, or
in an NWP palette file, or they can be added to your user archive, called My Materials.
To edit a material, double-click it in the palette, or right-click it and click Edit on the shortcut menu. The Material
Editor dialog box opens, which will vary for different types of material. You can’t add or remove parameters on
a material. You can merely edit those existing. So it is important to use the right type of material template for
the material you want to edit. The dialog box for the Breeze Block procedural texture is shown below and this
will be used as an example of how to edit a material.
NOTE If the Presenter Profile in the Options Editor (see “Presenter Page” on page 472 for more information) is set to
Advanced, there are more tabs and parameters to edit in this dialog box. In particular, there are Reflectance,
Transparency, Displacement, and 2D Texture Space tabs and at the top of each tab is a Shader type which allows you
to completely change the type of material and all other parameters.
To edit the Breeze Block texture
1 Open the Presenter window, and click the Materials tab.
2 Expand the Recommended\Bricks material archive, and double-click Breeze Block in the palette to open
the Material Editor.
3 The three buttons at the top determine what sort of material preview you get:
■ Click Standard Preview
to get a software generated photorealistic preview of the material on the
standard ball against checkered background. Though not interactive, the preview will show how the
material will look when rendered photorealistically.
■ Click Active Preview to get an OpenGL interactive preview of the material on the standard ball against
checkered background. This is updated interactively while you change the parameters. The preview will
resemble the quality of material shown in Autodesk Navisworks during navigation, but the quality will
not be as high as the photorealistic render.
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