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Experienced Navisworks Coordinators typically have a very solid workflow in place for grouping clashes into clash groups. Some prefer to do that part manually (with selection and filters), so they can…
Have you ever wondered how to increase the image resolution exported by Navisworks during a Clash Report? You can set this in the Registry, look in bottom left corner of image for the location of this…
Simon Moreau has shared a nice addin for Navisworks that allows the automatic grouping of clashes. From his blog:“This plug-in enables a lot of possibilities for sorting clash detection results in a m…
To simulate a temporary search set in Glue, select an object and view its properties. Then, right-click on the desired “search” property and click Select Similar: To merge Clash Groups in Navisworks: …
Have you ever had a large facility, divided up into Levels and Sectors, and you wanted to find out in which zone a particular item or group of items exist? In Navisworks, this can be a real pain becau…
Ok, lets say you have a large team working on a single Revit project, and questions fly back and forth. Some firms use a Clash box, which is then listed in a Generic Model Schedule. Unfortunately, the…
By now, most of us are using Navisworks for some sort of aggregation, model checking or clashing. So why would anyone want to use Revit Inteference Check (on the Collaborate tab, Coordinate panel)? Ba…
What is Navisworks Manage good for? Model aggregation – either from pure Revit or from a mixture of 3D software Clash Detection Programme Visualization (timelining) Some great things about Navisworks:…
Cool post from Steve about Tekla BIMsight – free download link here. Revit OpEd: Tekla BIMsight – Free divided by Free is still Free!…