Navisworks
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Adding Custom Avatars to Navisworks
by Garry Stockton
Above vehicle collections (.SKP files) courtesy of 3D Warehouse.
Whilst using Navisworks, have ...
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Issues Opening or Appending a DWG with Navisworks
by Garry Stockton
Are you having issues opening or appending a DWG in Navisworks?
When opening DWG in Navisworks, th...
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Navisworks - Split Screen Views
By Garry Stockton
If you are used to more than one view of your 3D model in Civil 3D, AutoCAD, Plant 3D or Revit, yo...
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Navisworks - Compare Tool
By Garry Stockton
Whilst many people look at Navisworks as a Collaboration, Communication and Clash detection tool, u...
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Revit/Navisworks - Converting Revit Models to Navisworks (Part 2)
By Garry Stockton
Opening the Revit file directly in Navisworks
Go to Navisworks Menu and click on options. In File R...
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Navisworks & BIM 360 - Missing Colours
By Justin Doughty
Navisworks and BIM 360 are both really powerful tools to explore a number of different format file...
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Revit & Navisworks - Model Positioning
By Garry Stockton
Here are a few good practices to keep in mind when setting up your model coordination workflow to e...
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Revit - Link a Navisworks Coordination file into Revit
By Garry Stockton
There may be a time when you have to link a file from Navisworks and use it as a reference for a Re...
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Navisworks - Inserting a Data Link to an Element or Object (Label) Part 2
By Garry Stockton
There are times when you may need to add a Label (Link) to a component or element in Navisworks, su...
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Revit/Navisworks - Converting Revit Models to Navisworks (Part 1)
By Garry Stockton
Revit to Navisworks conversion can be done in two ways, either exporting from Revit, where you will...
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Navisworks - Inserting a Data Link to an Element or Object (Hyperlink) Part 1
By Garry Stockton
There are times when you may need to add a Hyperlink to a component or element in Navisworks, such ...
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Navisworks - File Formats Supported
By Garry Stockton
Did you know Navisworks can open almost all CAD file formats and many more file formats without hav...
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Navisworks - Improving presentation quality for 3D models
By Garry Stockton
Navisworks offers two graphics systems; “Basic” using the graphics older "Presenter" system as the ...
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Navisworks - Measuring rounded objects
By Garry Stockton
If you’re having issues measuring rounded objects accurately, such as the bottom sides of pipes, du...
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Navisworks NWD, NWC or NWF file format, which do I use?
By Garry Stockton
Image courtesy of Autodesk
NWD File Format
When you save to a NWD (Navisworks file), all loaded...
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Navisworks 2019: Checking Coordinates
By Justin Doughty
Navisworks is a great tool to combine files from many sources into one model. With this there is ...
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Creating a Rotation Animation
By Garry Stockton
When using Navisworks, you may often need to create an Animation moving around the environment foc...
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Navisworks 2019 Teach an old Navisworks new BIM 360 tricks
By Justin Doughty
After being asked about some Navisworks workflows by a customer, I was testing a few ideas and fou...
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Navisworks 2018 COBie Explorer
By James Philip
The new COBie export tool in Navisworks 2018 is easy to use once you have created an export template ...
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Navisworks 2017 Cobie Explorer
By James Philip
The new Cobie export tool in Navisworks 2017 is easy to use once you have created an export template ...
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Navisworks 2017 Use Relative Paths in Hyperlinks
By Justin Doughty
When we need to send a Navisworks file to a customer or colleague, sometimes hyperlinks can become...
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Navisworks 2017: Objects showing in Wireframe
By Justin Doughty
Navisworks can view and navigate a large number of files, however sometimes some files can have pa...
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Navisworks 2016 - Switchback Tip
By Graham Riddleston
Here’s something I discovered the other day that might save you valuable seconds!
I was alway...
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Navisworks 2016: Move a Model
By Justin Doughty
We all know Navisworks is a great tool to combine and coordinate various format designs and model...
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View Clash Test Results in Navisworks Simulate
By Andy Davis
Autodesk Navisworks
Every member of your design team has a copy of Navisworks Simulate, but your tea...
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Displaying Navisworks Windows
By Graham Riddleston
One of the frustrations of using Navisworks is remembering the various methods to show and hid...
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Setting Navisworks Background Colour
By Graham Riddleston
The default background colour and style in Navisworks is solid black like this:
To change t...
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Revit 2015 and Navisworks 2015 – SwitchBack Tool
By Liam O'Connor
The Switchback tool used in Revit for Navisworks can form an integral part of any Design/Model rev...
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Using SwitchBack for Revit and Navisworks 2015
by Liam O'Connor
As part of any project, design reviews are critical and form an important part of any project proce...
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Navisworks 2015 - import of a Revit 2015 Site Designer surface
by James Philip
So following on from my previous blog, the next part of the process is to open the Revit file tha...