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
Show Links Toggles the display of links in the Scene View.
In 3D Indicates whether the link icons are drawn in 3D in the Scene View.
Select this box if you want the links to float in 3D space just in front of their attachment points to the geometry.
If the links become obscured by other geometry, clear this check box to draw the link icons in 2D over the top
of geometry.
Max Icons Specifies the maximum number of icons to draw in the Scene View.
Hide Colliding Icons Select this check box to hide the link icons that appear overlapped in the Scene View.
Cull Radius Specifies how close to the camera links have to be before they are drawn in the Scene View. Any
links further away than this distance are not drawn. The default value of 0 means that all links are drawn.
X Leader Offset, Y Leader Offset Links can be drawn with leader lines (arrows) pointing to the attachment
point on the geometry that the link is attached to. Enter the X- and Y- values to specify the number of pixels to
the right and up that these leader lines use.
Standard Categories Page
Use the settings on this page to switch the displaying of links based on their categories.
Hyperlink
Icon Type Specifies how to display this link category.
Select one of the following options:
■ Icon - links are represented by default icons
and in the Scene View.
■ Text - links are represented by text boxes with link descriptions in the Scene View.
Visible Select this check box to display this link category in the Scene View.
Label
Icon Type Specifies how to display this link category.
Select one of the following options:
■ Icon - links are represented by default icons
and in the Scene View.
■ Text - links are represented by text boxes with link descriptions in the Scene View.
Visible Select this check box to display this link category in the Scene View.
TimeLiner
Icon Type Specifies how to display this link category.
Select one of the following options:
■ Icon - links are represented by default icons in the Scene View:
- links to manually created tasks
- links to tasks with valid links
- links to tasks with broken links
■ Text - links are represented by text boxes with link descriptions in the Scene View.
Visible Select this check box to display this link category in the Scene View.
Hide Icons Without Comments Select this check box to display only the links that have comments in the Scene
View.
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