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4 Click OK.
SwitchBack
SwitchBack enables you to select an object in Autodesk Navisworks, and
then locate and zoom into the same object in a native CAD package. You can
use the SwitchBack functionality with AutoCAD (version 2004 or later),
Revit (version 2012 or later), and MicroStation-based CAD products (/J and
v8).
IMPORTANT The native CAD package must be installed on the same machine as
Autodesk Navisworks for SwitchBack to work.
To use SwitchBack with AutoCAD
1 For AutoCAD (version 2004 or later) or products based on it, first open
the product in the usual manner, and type: nwload in the command line
to load the nwexport plugin.
NOTE If SwitchBack needs to be available every time AutoCAD is run,
nwexport can be added to the set of startup applications in AutoCAD.
2 Once the CAD package is running, and nwexport has been started, return
to Autodesk Navisworks.
3 Click the application button
Options.
4 In the Options Editor, expand the File Readers node, and click the
DWG/DXF option.
5 On the DWG/DXF page, check that the Convert Entity Handles
option is selected.
6 Select an object in the Scene View, and click Item Tools tab
SwitchBack panel SwitchBack
.
The current Autodesk Navisworks camera view is taken back to the CAD
package, and the same object is selected. Selection of objects is done by
entity handle.
7 Make the changes in AutoCAD, then save the changes.
8 Return to Autodesk Navisworks, and click Refresh
on the Quick
Access toolbar to view the modified object.
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