2012

NOTE If you are using Windows 7 then the search directory paths are different.
Instead of \Users\Application Data\Autodesk Navisworks Simulate 2012, the path
will be \Users\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk Navisworks Simulate 2012.
Two additional directories, Site and Project, may be used to share various
configuration settings with other users. When you run Autodesk Navisworks
for the first time, the settings are picked up from the installation directory.
Subsequently, Autodesk Navisworks examines the current user profile and the
all users profile on the local machine, and then checks the settings in the
Project Directory and the Site Directory. The files in the Project Directory take
precedence.
See also:
Location Options (page 154)
Gizmos
Autodesk Navisworks provides you with gizmo-based tools to interact with
3D objects. The following types of gizmos are used:
■ Transform gizmos. Manipulate objects’ transforms (translation, rotation,
and scale) globally (as if they’d been changed in the original CAD model).
See
Transform Objects (page 383).
■ Animation gizmos. Manipulate objects’ transforms temporarily for
animation purposes. See
Manipulate Geometry Objects (page 529).
■ Sectioning gizmos. Manipulate section planes and section box. See Move
and Rotate Section Planes
(page 459) and Enable and Use Section Box (page
463).
Each gizmo displays three colored axes at the correct angles relevant to the
current camera position. Gizmos act like 3D objects in that the axis rotate
with the viewpoint. However, they are overlaid over the top of the 3D scene,
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