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Load Material Definitions Select this check box to extract material definitions
from DWG files.
When this check box is clear, the file exporter ignores material definitions.
Material Search Paths Autodesk Navisworks automatically searches the default
Autodesk material paths.
Use this box to specify additional paths to texture files used in Autodesk
Architectural Desktop materials. Separate the paths with semi-columns.
Max Facet Deviation This setting controls the greatest distance between the
edge of a facet and the actual geometry.
If this distance is greater than the Max Facet Deviation value, Autodesk
Navisworks adds more facets.
If the Max Facet Deviation is set to 0, then this function is ignored.
Merge 3D Faces Indicates whether the file exporter interprets adjoining faces
with the same color, layer, and parent as a single item in the Selection Tree.
Clear this check box to keep the entities as separate items in the Selection
Tree.
Line Processing Specifies how the file reader processes lines and polylines.
Select one of the following options:
Merge Lines by Color. This option merges any lines on the same layer
or on the same proxy entity that match by color. Use this option when
you want more efficient file processing and navigation.
As Provided. This option reads lines and polylines the same way as they
are specified by the original DWG.
Separate All Lines. This option splits line elements into separate nodes
for each segment of the line.
Use this option when you need to enhance clash detection analysis. By
default, Clash Detective treats multi-segment entities as a single object,
reporting one clash for each object pair. Ungrouping polyline objects means
that each line segment can be clashed independently from other segments
of the line. As a result, all potential clashes are reported, and not just the
first one found.
IMPORTANT In order for this function to work properly, you need to set the
ModelPerformanceCollapse on Convert drop-down to None,
otherwise the polyline objects will be collapsed into a single geometry node.
Merge XRef Layers Select this check box to merge the layers in external
reference files with layers in the main DWG file in the Selection Tree.
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