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
The Shortcut Menus Right-clicking within the tasks area on the tab, opens a
shortcut menu that enables you to work with tasks in your schedule.
■ Copy Date/Time - copies date/time values in the selected field. This
option is only available when you right-click one of the date fields (for
example, Planned Start).
NOTE Currently, you cannot use the CTRL + C keyboard shortcut to copy
date/time values.
■ Paste Date/Time - pastes date/time values. To access this option you
need to right-click one of the date fields. Also, this option is not available
unless a valid date/time has been previously copied.
NOTE Currently, you cannot use the CTRL + V keyboard shortcut to copy
date/time values.
■ Enable Planned Dates - Simulate Planned Dates for the selected task.
This option is available when you right-click the Planned Start or the
Planned End field.
■ Enable Actual Dates - Simulate Actual Dates for the selected task. This
option is available when you right-click the Actual Start or the Actual
End field.
■ Dates - Enables you to simulate actual and planned dates for the selected
task. If no dates are enabled for the task, then it will not appear in the
simulation (page 613).
■ Add Task - adds a new task to the schedule. This option is available when
you right-click in an area of the task view below any current tasks.
■ Attach Current Selection - attaches the currently selected items in the
scene to the selected tasks.
■ Attach Current Search - attaches all items selected by the current
Search to the selected tasks. See
Find Objects (page 349) for more
information on searching.
■ Attach Set - attaches all items contained within a Selection Set, to the
selected tasks. When you choose this option a list of all Selection and
Search Sets saved in the current scene is displayed. Choose the Selection
or Search Set you wish to attach to the tasks. See
Create and Use Sets of
Objects
(page 360) for more information on using Selection and Search
Sets.
■ Append Current Selection - appends the currently selected items in
the scene to the items already attached to the selected tasks.
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