2012
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Welcome to Autodesk Navisworks Simulate 2012
- What Is New in This Release?
- How to Get Assistance
- Installation
- Quick Start to Stand-Alone Installation
- Prepare for Installation
- Install and Run Autodesk Navisworks Simulate 2012
- 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?
- How do I switch my license from stand-alone to network or network to stand-alone?
- 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?
- How do I change which exporter plugins are installed?
- How do I register and activate Autodesk Navisworks?
- When should I reinstall the product instead of repairing it?
- When I uninstall my software, what files are left on my system?
- Deployment Issues
- Is there a checklist I can refer to when performing a deployment?
- Where should deployments be located?
- Where can I check if service packs are available for my software?
- How do I choose between 32-bit and 64-bit deployments?
- What are information channels?
- What are additional deployment configuration options?
- Licensing Issues
- Networking Issues
- Where do I find my server name?
- If I choose to create a log file, what kind of information does the log file contain?
- What is an administrative image (MSI) file?
- What is the impact of selecting all products to be included in the administrative image?
- How should I configure a network license server for a firewall
- Uninstall and Maintenance Issues
- General Installation Issues
- Quick Start to Stand-Alone Installation
- Quick Start
- Start and Quit Autodesk Navisworks
- Automatically Save and Recover Autodesk Navisworks Files
- Command Line Options
- The User Interface
- Navigation with the Wheel Button
- Autodesk Navisworks Options
- Location Options
- Graphics System
- Display Units
- Profiles
- Search Directories
- Gizmos
- 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/DWFx 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
- Pro/ENGINEER 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
- Animate Objects
- Create Photorealistic Visualizations
- Simulate Construction Scheduling
- Use the Autodesk Vault Add-In
- Reference
- Animation Export Dialog Box
- Appearance Profiler 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
- 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
Use Presenter Rendering Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 583
Effects Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 583
Background Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 584
Foreground Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 589
Use Presenter Rendering Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 590
Rendering Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 590
Rendering Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 591
Predefined Rendering Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 592
Auto Exposure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 594
Use Presenter Texture Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 594
Use Presenter Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 596
Rules Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 596
Predefined Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 597
Custom Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 598
The Presenter Rules Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600
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Simulate Construction Scheduling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603
Overview of TimeLiner Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603
TimeLiner Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 604
Tasks Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 605
Data Sources Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 609
Configure Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 611
Simulate Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 613
Choose TimeLiner Columns Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . 615
TimeLiner Rules Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 615
Field Selector Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 616
Refresh from Data Source Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 620
Simulation Settings Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 620
Overlay Text Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 626
Appearance Definitions Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 628
Get Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 629
TimeLiner Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 633
Create Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 635
Edit Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 637
Use Gantt Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 639
Attach Tasks to Geometry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 640
Attach Tasks Manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 641
Use Rules to Attach Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 642
Validate Project Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 645
Link to External Project Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 646
Supported Scheduling Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 647
CSV Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 650
Add and Manage Data Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 650
Import Data from an External Project Schedule . . . . . . 650
Edit a Data Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 654
Delete a Data Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 654
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