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
RVM File Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
SAT File Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
SketchUp SKP File Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
STEP File Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
STL File Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
VRML File Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Z+F Scan File Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Use File Exporters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
AutoCAD File Exporter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Add the ARX Plugin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Use the ARX Plugin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
CAD Preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Revit File Exporter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
MicroStation File Exporter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Load the MDL Plugin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Export Files from the Key-In Command Line . . . . . . . . 202
Export Files from the Command Line . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Customize the DGN File Exporter Options . . . . . . . . . 204
Viz and Max File Exporter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
ArchiCAD File Exporter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Manage Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Open Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Create Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Save and Rename Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
2D and Multi-Sheet Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Add Sheets/Models to the Currently Opened File . . . . . . 213
Project Browser Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Work with 2D and Multi-Sheet Files . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Add Geometry and Metadata to the Current
Sheet/Model
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Complex Datasets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Append Geometry and Metadata to the Current
Scene
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Delete Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Adjust Units and Transform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Refresh Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Merge Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Email Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Receive Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Batch Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Use Batch Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Command Line Options for Batch Utility . . . . . . . . . . 235
View Scene Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Chapter 5
Explore Your Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Navigate a Scene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
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