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
Build Tasks from Data Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 655
Synchronize Tasks with Project Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 655
4D Simulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 656
Play Simulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 656
Configure Simulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 657
Simulation Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 657
Simulation Appearance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 657
Export . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 660
Add Animation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 660
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 660
Add Animation to an Entire Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 661
Add Animation to Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 663
Add Scripts to Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 664
Chapter 15
Use the Autodesk Vault Add-In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 665
About the Autodesk Vault Add-In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 665
Launching the Vault Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 666
Log into a Vault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 666
Log out of a Vault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 667
Understanding the Working Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 667
Check Out a File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 669
Get Files from a Vault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 670
Refresh a Vaulted File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 671
Check a File into a Vault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 671
Undo File Check Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 672
Vault Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 673
Log In Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 673
Check In Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 674
Settings Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 675
Select Vault Location Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 675
Create Folder Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 676
Select File Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 676
Chapter 16
Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 679
Animation Export Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 679
Appearance Profiler Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 681
Background Settings Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 683
Collision Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 683
Convert Object Properties Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 685
Culling Options Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 685
Customize Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 686
Toolbars Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 686
Commands Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 687
Options Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 687
Default Collision Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 688
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