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In addition to rearranging the existing Autodesk Navisworks toolbars, you can customize their appearance and
content, and create your own toolbars.
NOTE To quickly personalize a toolbar, click the Toolbar Options button on the right, and click Add or Remove
Buttons on the shortcut menu.
When a Autodesk Navisworks toolbar button has a down-pointing arrow, such as
, a submenu toolbar is
associated with that choice. Click the triangle to open the menu, and select a specific option. As you move
through the menu, additional help is displayed in the Status bar. When the option is selected, it becomes the
current command and is displayed as a button in the toolbar. To repeat the command, click the button in the
toolbar. To choose a different command, click the triangle again.
Some toolbar buttons enable you to choose a program mode. For example, to look around your model, you need
to be in look around mode. To rotate the model, you need to be in Free Orbit mode and so on. Autodesk
Navisworks remains in the selected mode until instructed otherwise. To identify the mode you are in, look at
the buttons. If a button is highlighted and has a dark blue boarder around it, the corresponding mode is currently
active.
To leave the mode, either click the same button again or choose a different mode.
Some buttons are used to toggle the display of dialog boxes, and dockable windows (for example, the Presenter
window, the Animator window etc.). Again, if a button is highlighted and has a dark blue boarder around it, it
means that the corresponding display element is currently open.
As you open more toolbars on the screen, or resize the Autodesk Navisworks window, the toolbars may get
overlapped with each other to reduce the screen clutter. When this happens, some buttons will be hidden under
the overlaps. To quickly access the entire set of commands on a toolbar, click the chevron
button at the right
end of the toolbar. The remaining commands available for that toolbar will appear.
Quick Reference
In this section, you will find a complete list of Navisworks toolbars and associated buttons.
NOTE The actual toolbar content can differ from this reference depending on the workspace you use.
Standard Toolbar
This toolbar provides quick access to file management commands. It also enables you to undo/redo your actions,
and open the Help system.
DescriptionButton
Resets the program, and closes the cur-
rently open Navisworks file.
Refreshes your scene with the latest ver-
sions of currently loaded model files.
Displays the Open dialog box.
Displays the Append dialog box.
Displays the Merge dialog box.
Saves the currently open Navisworks file.
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