2012

MAN File Reader
The file reader supports MAN files from Informatix's MicroGDS
™
version 6.0
or later. MicroGDS
™
projects are not supported. The workaround is to export
the desired project window with a .man file extension.
In Autodesk Navisworks, MicroGDS renderer materials are shown in their
flat-shaded colors in shaded mode. In full render mode, or with Presenter
rendering, the full shaders are used. Only the standard LightWorks shaders
are available. The shaders which are unique to MicroGDS are not available
inside Autodesk Navisworks, and are converted as follows:
■ Height band color shader is treated as plain grey
■ Wrapped random color shader is treated as a plain color using the
flat-shaded color from MicroGDS
■ Wrapped stencil transparency is ignored
■ Undulate, wrapped brick, wrapped grid and wrapped ripple displacement
shaders are ignored
■ Object axis texture space is equivalent to the Autodesk Navisworks box
texture space
■ Auto axis and object XY axis texture spaces are treated as the Autodesk
Navisworks box texture space
■ Grid background is treated as a plain background using the background
color, that is grid lines are not shown
■ Foreground and environment shaders are ignored
NOTE All other shaders, as of MicroGDS 7.2, are correctly imported into Autodesk
Navisworks.
MicroGDS materials are specified in millimeters, and are converted into metres
to make Autodesk Navisworks materials, dividing distance parameters by 1000.
Windows with Perspective Views are converted as viewpoints.
Supported Entities
■ Clump primitives
■ Line primitives.
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