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
External Database Links
Databases are commonly used to store large amount of data, such as equipment
specifications, catalogue data, and maintenance manuals.
You can connect to external databases directly from your Autodesk Navisworks
files, and create links between objects in the scene and fields in the database
tables to bring through extra properties.
Any database with a suitable ODBC driver is supported, but the properties for
the objects in the model must include unique identifiers to the data in the
database. For example, for AutoCAD-based files, entity handles can be used.
You can have as many database links as you want, but they all should have
unique names. To use a database link, you need to activate it first.
Database links can be saved inside Autodesk Navisworks files (NWF and NWD).
You can also save database links globally, making them persistent across all
Autodesk Navisworks sessions. The global connection information is saved
on the local machine. If the associated database is available on loading the
NWF/NWD file, the link automatically establishes itself when an object is
selected. On selecting an object, if the database is available, and there is data
associated with the object, Autodesk Navisworks adds an appropriate database
tab to the Properties window, and displays the appropriate data.
NOTE To be able to display the data, you need to configure the connection
details. You may need a database administrator to do this, as a knowledge of the
database being connected to is required. You can use Autodesk Navisworks tags
in connection strings and SQL statements.
Data linked from a database connection can be extracted and embedded as
static data within the published NWD file. It also can also be included in
object searches, and can be used with the Clash Detective tool as part of
the clash criteria.
You can export database links, and share them with other users.
To add a database link
1 If you want to add a database link to the Autodesk Navisworks file:
1 Click Home tab ➤ Project panel ➤ File Options
.
2 In the File Options dialog box, DataTools tab, click the New
button.
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