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
3 Drag the light and drop it into the palette (right pane of the Lighting
tab). This will automatically be added to the scene.
NOTE If you drag a light studio into the palette, this will replace any existing
lights with those that make up the light studio.
As a general guide, the more lights there are in a scene, the longer it will
take to render it photorealistically. For external rendered scenes, you
may consider using the Standard Light Studio from the
Recommended archive as a starting point, then strategically add a
couple of Point and Spot lights around the scene. Point lights are
good to light up a dark area of the scene, while Spot lights can add an
element of drama and enhance realism.
To position or reposition lights in the model
1 Open the Presenter window, and click the Lighting tab.
2 In the palette (right pane of the Lighting tab), right-click the light you
want to reposition, and click Edit on the shortcut menu.
3 Use the Light Editor to position the light as needed.
Point, Distant, Spot and Projector lights have a Location parameter.
Distant and Spot lights additionally have a To parameter. You can
type in X-, Y-, and Z- coordinates for these, or alternatively use the Pick
button to interactively pick a point in the scene where the light and/or
target is located. The light is represented by a 3D wireframe sun icon in
the scene and the target by a wireframe sphere. The currently selected
light is drawn in the selection color (see Selection Page (page 709) for
more information).
NOTE Autodesk Navisworks does not allow you to pick a point in empty
space so you must pick a point on the model.
4 Lights can be positioned interactively. The 3D wireframe sun icon,
representing the light, has six bars extending out along the X- axis, Y-
axis and Z- axis. Hover the mouse pointer over one of the bars. The
mouse pointer will change to a hand and the bars will extend further
along that axis. Hold the left mouse button down to hold on to the light
and move it in either direction, along the extended bar. Release the left
mouse button to release the light in its new position. This can be
performed for all three axis.
5 Lights can also be positioned in the current location of the camera, which
can be anywhere in the scene. Navigate to the location where you want
the light to be positioned. Right-click the light in the palette (right pane
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