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
File Terminology
cache files (.nwc) When any native CAD file is opened or appended, Autodesk Navisworks
creates a cache file (.nwc) if the write cache option is set. When the file is next opened or
appended, Autodesk Navisworks will read data from the corresponding cache file rather
than re-converting the original data if the cache is newer than the original file. If the original
file is altered, Autodesk Navisworks will re-create the cache file when it is next loaded. Cache
files speed up access to commonly used files. They are particularly useful for models made
up of many files of which only a few are changed between viewing sessions. Cache files can
also be exported from some CAD applications where a native file reader is not available with
Autodesk Navisworks. Cache options can be edited in the Options Editor (application
button
➤ Options ➤ Model node).
external references External references (sometimes called reference files or “XRefs”) are
shown in Autodesk NavisworksSelection Tree as an inserted group. Autodesk Navisworks
looks for the externally referenced files in the same place as AutoCAD or MicroStation would.
If the Unresolved XRef dialog box is shown, then this link has somehow been broken
and the referenced files need to be relocated to where AutoCAD or MicroStation would
expect them to be.
If these XRefs are not important for the current session, then you can Ignore the reference
and the file will load without that XRef inserted. Similarly, Ignore All will load the file
without any unresolved XRefs.
You can also customize the options for the DWG/DXF and DGN file readers in the Options
Editor to set whether external references are loaded or not. This gives you more control
over file appending into Autodesk Navisworks.
faceting factor During an export from a CAD package to NWC format, or while Autodesk
Navisworks is reading a native CAD file, decisions must be made as how a curved surface is
reduced to flat facets. For most applications and file formats, you have control over the level
of faceting that takes place.
All items, no matter what their size, will use the same faceting factor and so have the same
number of sides to curved entities. Therefore, you need to experiment a little with different
values to account for the size that these items will appear on screen.
The faceting factor must be greater or equal to 0, where 0 results in the faceting factor being
turned off. The default value is 1, if you double the value you get twice the number of facets,
if you halve the value you get half as many facets. Larger faceting factors will result in more
polygons to a model and larger Autodesk Navisworks files. There is little point having a
large faceting factor if these curved entities are golf balls viewed from 200 yards!
For AutoCAD exports, the faceting factor is set from the NWCOPT command. MicroStation's
faceting factor is set from Options, which is available from the NWCOUT export dialog.
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