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You probably know that you can import a Viewpoint animation into a Scene animation in Navisworks, like this: Animation Ribbon – Animator Add Scene Right click on the Scene, Add Camera, From Current Vi…
You can use the “Require” option. Any item that is set to “Required” will show as red, while normal unrequired items will remain black. This allows you to quickly, visually review two sets of models f…
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: …
Did you know that you can access Navisworks Options directly from the Start Menu? Just click on Start and type “Options Editor”. Then, if you hover over the entries in that list you can pick the Optio…
Open embedded content: www.youtube.com Uploaded by youtube user BIMcoach: “When working with Autodesk Navisworks you may run into mapping errors or omissions. This is due to the limitations of propert…
Also, did you know that holding Shift and clicking settings on the Exporter will bring up Advanced Settings related to the Exporter?…
Sometimes it can be difficult to get Autodesk Rendering lights in Navisworks to work properly. When doing services coordination, you don’t really want to have to deal with placing new lights just so y…
On latest R2 version of Revit 2015, with Navisworks 2015 SP3 and Navisworks Exporters R3, there remains a Navisworks export bug that affects some projects after upgrade from previous versions of Revit…
Have you seen the BIM One Batch NWC Exporter? Its a free little addin for Revit that allows you to select multiple views and export them to NWCs all in one go. It works well, but it doesn’t have all t…
Most of you would be aware of keyboardshortcuts.xml in Revit. However, did you know about RoamerCommands.xml? This file lives in the Layout folder under you Navisworks install, and it can be edited to…