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
Menu: Classic user interface: Tools ➤ Global Options
Shortcut menu: Scene ➤ Global Options
Buttons
Export Displays the Select Options to Export dialog box, where you can select the global options you want to
export (or “serialize”). If an option cannot be exported, it is unavailable.
Import Displays the Open dialog box, where you can browse to the file with the required global option settings.
OK Saves the changes, and closes the Options Editor.
Cancel Discards the changes, and closes the Options Editor.
Help Displays the context-sensitive help.
General Node
Use the settings in this node to adjust the buffer size, file locations, number of recent file shortcuts you want
Autodesk Navisworks to store, and the auto-save options.
TIP If you want to restore the default values, click the Defaults button.
Pointing device: Options Editor dialog box ➤ General node
Undo Page
Use the settings on this page to adjust the buffer size.
Pointing device: Options Editor dialog box ➤ General node ➤ Undo page
Buffer Size (KB) Specifies the amount of space Autodesk Navisworks allocates for saving undo/redo actions.
Locations Page
Use the options on this page to share global Autodesk Navisworks settings, workspaces, datatools, avatars, Clash
Detective rules, Presenter archives, custom Clash Detective tests, object animation scripts, and so on, with other
users.
The settings can be shared across an entire project site, or across a specific project group depending on the
required level of granularity.
When you run Autodesk Navisworks for the first time, the settings are picked up from the installation directory.
Subsequently, Autodesk Navisworks examines the current user profile and the all users profile on the local
machine, and then checks the settings in the Project Directory and the Site Directory. The files in the Project
Directory take precedence.
Project Directory Click
to open the Browse for Folder dialog box, and locate the directory that contains the
Autodesk Navisworks settings specific to a project group.
Site Directory Click
to open the Browse for Folder dialog box, and locate the directory that contains the
Autodesk Navisworks settings standard across the entire project site.
See also:
■ Location Options on page 103
■ How do I share the Autodesk Navisworks settings on a site and project basis? on page 54
Environment Page
Use the settings on this page to adjust the number of recent file shortcuts stored by Autodesk Navisworks.
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