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I am loving Navisworks more with every passing day. A job doesn’t have to be a fully collaborative / coordinated project in order to get benefit from Navis. Here is a collection of recent information …
View Templates not behaving? Use Create Template from Current View on a “good view” & *overwrite* problem View Template by using same name.— Luke Johnson (@lukeyjohnson) October 10, 2013 To duplicate …
Hear more about Autodesk® Navisworks® and the Glue Connection, including answers to these important questions:How do Navisworks and Autodesk® BIM 360™ Glue® work together?How can BIM 360 Glue bring va…
Let’s say you installed a standalone trial using BDSU media, and you are trying to switch to Networked license of Navisworks. Can it be done? One possible method:If you did it by making a Deployment y…
Navisworks may have issues importing PCG point cloud files. For example, if you try to append a PCG directly to Navisworks Manage 2013, it will say “No plugin exists that will open pointfile.pcg”. If …
Of the 4 free 3D PDF creation methods I have previously posted, this is the easiest and probably the best: Export an FBX file from Revit, Navisworks, or any other Autodesk application (File – Export –…
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:…
Some tips on using IFC with Parts from http://danielgijsbers.blogspot.com/2012/08/revit-parts-and-ifc.html It’s important when you export a Revit model to IFC that the following conditions are met: Ex…
Have you tried Showcase yet? Open embedded content: www.youtube.com Like Shades of Grey, I’m relatively excited about Showcase:One of my brightest hopes for Revit 2013 is Showcase, which is a totally …
For all you Ipad users out there: Field BIM-Interactive™ enables BIM viewing and interactivity on the iPad. Key features include: A simple interface that will allow a user to put themselves “inside” t…