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
Locate Your Autodesk Navisworks Serial Number and
Product Key
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Avoid Data Loss During Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Choose a Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Install Multiple or Bundled Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Install and Run Autodesk Navisworks Simulate 2012 . . . . . . . 36
Install Autodesk Navisworks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Launch Autodesk Navisworks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
How to Launch Autodesk Navisworks in Another
Language
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Add or Remove Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Repair Autodesk Navisworks Simulate 2012 . . . . . . . . . 42
Uninstall Autodesk Navisworks Simulate 2012 . . . . . . . . 42
Move to Autodesk Navisworks from a Previous Release . . . . . . 43
Install Autodesk Navisworks for Multiple Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Quick Start to Network Administration and Deployment . . . . . 44
Deployment Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Set Up Network Tools and Your License Server . . . . . . . . 50
Distribute the Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Distribute an Autodesk Navisworks Product . . . . . . . . . 54
Set Up a Deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Preliminary Tasks for a Network Deployment . . . . . . . . 55
Choose a Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Your Deployment Choices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Create a Deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Modify a Deployment (optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Point Users to the Administrative Image . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Uninstall an Autodesk Product . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Installation Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
General Installation Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
How can I check my graphics card driver to see if it needs
to be updated?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
How do I switch my license from stand-alone to network
or network to stand-alone?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
When performing a Typical installation, what gets
installed?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Why should I specify the Project Folder and Site
Folder?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
How do I share the Autodesk Navisworks settings on a
site and project basis?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
How do I change which exporter plugins are
installed?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
How do I register and activate Autodesk Navisworks? . . . . 75
When should I reinstall the product instead of repairing
it?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
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