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navisworks File Types

For users without Navisworks, Autodesk provides the NWC File Export Utility free of charge

for all users. You can download it from the Autodesk website at www.autodesk.com/navisworks.

Once you’ve downloaded and installed the EXE file, follow all onscreen instructions to complete

the installation process. This process will install the NWC File Export Utility on all relevant

installed applications.

ex p o r t i N g NWC Fi l e s F r o m so u r C e Fi l e s

To export NWC ﬁles from Revit-based applications, follow these steps:

1. In Revit, navigate to the Add-ins tab and select Navisworks 2012 from the External Tools

panel (Figure 2.6).

2. In Export Scene As dialog box, specify the ﬁlename and select the desired storage location.

3. To adjust the export settings, select the Navisworks Settings button at the bottom of the

Export Scene As dialog box.

4. In the Navisworks Options Editor, expand the File Readers hierarchy and select Revit, as

shown in Figure 2.7.

5. Adjust the settings and click OK to accept the changes or click Cancel to return to the

Export Scene As dialog box.

Exporter Not Functioning?

If the Export button for the Navisworks exporter is not displayed properly in the Add-ins tab, check

to make sure the NWC File Export Utility is installed correctly. For an unavailable (grayed-out)

button, make sure you have exited from all active commands in Revit. Also, make sure you’re in

a 3D model view. The export feature will not work when you’re viewing schedules, quantities, or

other nongraphical data.

If you installed any AutoCAD-based application after installing the NWC File Export Utility, you

need to update the exporter plug-ins to reﬂect these changes.

To export NWC ﬁles from AutoCAD-based applications, the NWC File Export Utility installs

ARX plug-ins for any AutoCAD-based product such as AutoCAD Civil 3D, AutoCAD MEP,

AutoCAD Plant 3D, or AutoCAD Architecture. This utility is available for any AutoCAD plat-

form from the 2004 release on.

Figure 2.6

Choose Navis-

works 2012 from

the External Tools

panel in Revit.

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