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
Orientation in a 3D Workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Product-Specific Navigation Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Navigation Bar Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
SteeringWheels Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Classic Navigation Modes and Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
ViewCube . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Overview of ViewCube . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
ViewCube Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Reorient the View of a Model with ViewCube . . . . . . . 277
Set the View Projection Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Home View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Examine Individual Objects with ViewCube . . . . . . . . 283
Navigation Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Overview of Navigation Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Reposition and Reorient the Navigation Bar . . . . . . . . 285
Control the Display of Navigation Tools on the Navigation
Bar
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SteeringWheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Overview of SteeringWheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Wheel Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
View Object Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Tour Building Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Full Navigation Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
2D Navigation Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
3Dconnexion 3D Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Set Camera Projection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Control the Field of View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Position and Focus Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Navigation Aids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Head-Up Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Reference Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Focus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Control the Realism of Your Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Gravity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Crouching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Collision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Third Person View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Chapter 6
Control Model Appearance and Render Quality . . . . . . . . 317
Control Model Appearance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Select Render Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Full Render . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Shaded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Wireframe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
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