Navisworks

Clash Detection using Navisworks Manage
By Chris Smith Introduction When we create factory layouts using the Factory Design Utilities tools, we may need to v...
Navisworks - Create and Manage Selection and Search Sets
By Garry Stockton You can add, move and delete selection and search sets, and organise them into folders. To save a s...
Navisworks - Adding Model Content to Navisworks
By Garry Stockton Whilst using Navisworks, have you ever been frustrated with the lack of Avatars? You can add addit...
Navisworks - Using the Comparison Tool in Navisworks
By Garry Stockton Whilst many people look at Navisworks as a collaboration, communication and clash detection tool, u...
Model Data Coordination settings (Revit & Navisworks)
By Garry Stockton Here are a few good practices to keep in mind when setting up your model coordination workflow to e...
Revit Tip – Working with Navisworks files in Revit - Limitations!
By Dennis Collin Revit can reference several different file formats in addition to Revit models. The software can li...
Navisworks - Creating an Orbital Animation
By Garry Stockton When using Navisworks, you may often need to create an Animation moving around the environment focu...
Navisworks - Tools to avoid Coordination Problems
By Garry Stockton When considering using Navisworks there are 2 applications to choose from, Navisworks Manage and Na...
Navisworks 2023 - Objects Ghosting
By Justin Doughty When appending multiple native files into Navisworks, sometimes things may not look as expected or...
Navisworks– Creating a Transform Animation
By Garry Stockton When using Navisworks, you may need to create an animation moving around the environment, focussed ...
Navisworks - Enhance Materials in Navisworks
By Garry Stockton Improving presentation quality for 3D models in Navisworks Navisworks offers two graphics systems, ...
Navisworks – Why you should use it
By Garry sto Navisworks is just one of the many software applications included in the Autodesk AEC Collection (Archi...
Navisworks - Inserting a Data Link to an Element or Object using Hyperlink
By Garry Stockton There are times when you may need to add a hyperlink to a component or element in Navisworks, such...
Navisworks – Migrating Data from an IFC File
By Garry Stockton The data analysis and extraction capabilities of Navisworks are good and often not considered. In a...
Navisworks – Product Downloads
By Garry Stockton If you are looking at exporting data from your design application such as Civil 3D Design, Plant 3D...
Navisworks – Data Analysis and Extraction
By Garry Stockton Extracting data from IFC file into Microsoft Excel using Navisworks The data analysis and extractio...
Navisworks – Export Viewpoints as a JPEG format
By Garry Stockton Did you know that you can export all the views you have ‘Saved in Viewpoint’ to JPEG format? These ...
Navisworks - Useful Tip - Measuring Round or Oval Objects
By Garry Stockton Measuring Round or Oval objects If you’re having problems measuring round or oval objects accuratel...
Navisworks - Exporting a FBX file
By Garry Stockton If you use 3ds Max as part of your CGI or presentation media and need to use existing data in Navis...
Navisworks - Useful Tip - Quick Iterations
By Garry Stockton Quick Iterations of Navisworks Models If you’re working on doing quick iterations of Navisworks mod...
Navisworks - Using Search sets
By Garry Stockton The main benefit of using search sets is the reduction in time to find certain items based on diffe...
Navisworks - Using Appearance Profiler
By Garry Stockton Are you aware of a tool in Navisworks called Appearance Profiler? You’ll find it on the Home Tab, t...
Navisworks - File Formats (NWC, NWF, NWD) Explained
By Garry Stockton If you are new to Navisworks, or simply confused of which file format to use, below you will find a...
Navisworks using Switchback with Revit
By Garry Stockton Did you know once you have exported your Revit Model as a NWC file there is a tool called SwitchBac...
Navisworks - Search set and viewpoint cleaner
By Garry Stockton When importing a third parties Navisworks model, you can often have embedded Search Sets and views ...
Avoid Coordination issues in Navisworks
by Garry Stockton When inserting geometry into Navisworks, nobody really wants to start manually moving models, espec...
How to check poor graphics performance in Navisworks
by Garry Stockton When running Navisworks, do you get lots of drop out? Does the screen refresh take forever? Does it...
Navisworks - Clash Management Tool
by Garry Stockton I don’t know how often you visit Autodesk’s AppStore, but there are some really useful productivity...
Preparing a Model for Navisworks
by Garry Stockton   Below are the primary things to consider preparing if you wish to Export to Navisworks. This is t...
Avoiding Coordination Problems with Navisworks
by Garry Stockton When considering using Navisworks there are 2 applications to choose from, Navisworks Manage and Na...