Navisworks 2015 New Features
As Navisworks 2015 can already be downloaded and some others are posting about it, here are my top 4 new features: you can set the faceting factor for NWC export from Revit use quantity takeoff on you…
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5 More Navisworks and Revit Tips from Twitter
Un-coordinated BIM is like having all the ingredients of a delicious cake and eating each of them separately.— Luke Johnson (@lukeyjohnson) March 13, 2014 Struggling with imported DWG in Revit -> IFC …
How To Extract or Recreate an individual NWC file from an NWD
Let’s say something went wrong, and you have lost an NWC file that you need – but you don’t have access to the originating application or model. Do you have an NWD file that contains this NWC, prefera…
Using DataTools, Excel and Appearance Profiler together
This forum post by John Lipp is definitely worth a read:http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/Navisworks-General/changing-part-color-in-Navisworks-by-Excel/m-p/3437673#M3555 In part:Then repeat for the other …
Glue and Navisworks together…
Quote:By using Navisworks with BIM 360, you can ensure that everyone on the team has access to the “single version of the truth,” collaborate and connect with the rest of the team for collaborative pr…
Old School Navisworks Roamer manual
186 pages long, download at:http://www.certh-india.com/software-cd/softwares/navisworks/texte/bfts/Roamer_userguide.pdf…
Coordination Guide for MEP
Quote: “The Mechanical Contractors Association of America (MCAA), in a tripartite project with the Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning National Association (SMACNA) and the National Electrical Contractor…
Graphical XML Editor for Modifying Navisworks files
Navis uses XML as a data interchange format for almost “everything”. However, it sometimes doesn’t offer the greatest editing experience for that same data in the vanilla UI. You will find that variou…
Navisworks Tips for Large Projects
For good navigation performance when clashing large data sets, consider these tips: Set File Options – Frame Rate to 25 Make sure Guarantee Frame Rate and Fill in Detail are on Group all Clashes strai…
The Navisworks 2014 Service Pack 1 Story…
Thanks to Michael Priestman, over at this link: Hiya, The problem is actually a bit deeper than that. In 2014 release, we added an optimisation whereby we only stored GUIDs when required in order to p…