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
Your choices are as follows:
Contains Navisworks ActiveX Lite control.ActiveX Lite Control
Contains the Component Object Model
interface for customizing and extending
the Navisworks functionality.
API
Contains various feature sample files.Example NWD files
Run and schedule commands.Batch Utility
Contains the Autodesk Navisworks User
Guide in PDF format.
PDF Manual
Contains full set of Navisworks files.Autodesk Navisworks Simulate 2011
Contains several Rich Photorealistic Con-
tent files.
Sample RPCs
If, after making feature changes, you decide you want the original selections, click the Restore Defaults
button on the Select the Installation Type page.
3 Enter the path on the client workstation where you want to install the program, for example C:\Program
Files\<Autodesk product>.
The Disk Space Requirements chart lets you review available drives and disc space.
Select the Project and Site Folders (optional)
When you set up your deployment, you can share various Autodesk Navisworks settings across entire project
site, or across a specific project group depending on the required level of granularity.
See also:
■ “
How do I share the Autodesk Navisworks settings on a site and project basis?” on page 54
To select the Project and Site folders
1 On the Project and Site Folders page, Project Folder box, click the Browse button to select the directory that
contains the Autodesk Navisworks settings specific to a project group.
2 In the Site Folder box, click the Browse button to select the directory that contains the Autodesk Navisworks
settings standard across the entire project site.
Choose a Language
You can select a different language for deployment instructions, and a language for product installations in the
same deployment process.
For example, if you need to provide Autodesk Navisworks to users in one or more languages different than your
own, you can download language packs from the installer that will allow you to deploy the product in the
languages you need to support.
NOTE Language packs can only be included in an administrative image during the creation of the deployment and
not during modification.
When you start the deployment process, the installer automatically determines your operating system language.
If a supported language is detected, your deployment pages are displayed in that language. If you want to change
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