2009
Table Of Contents
- Autodesk NavisWorks Freedom 2009
- Contents
- Part 1. Welcome to Autodesk NavisWorks Freedom 2009
- Part 2. Installation
- Part 3. Working with Freedom
- Chapter 4. Overview
- Chapter 5. File Management
- Chapter 6. Converting Files
- Chapter 7. Navigating
- Chapter 8. Selecting Items
- Chapter 9. Finding
- Chapter 10. Editing
- Chapter 11. Display Modes
- Chapter 12. Viewpoints
- Chapter 13. Animation
- Chapter 14. Reviewing
- Chapter 15. Object Manipulation
- Chapter 16. Interface
- Chapter 17. Tools
- Chapter 18. Options
- Chapter 19. Getting Help
- Part 4. Using TimeLiner Playback
- Glossary
- Index
Chapter 1. New Features
Autodesk NavisWorks Freedom 2009 contains a number of key enhancements for this release.
Interface Enhancements
• .NET GUI Modernization
Up-to-date look and feel including new icons, improved control bar docking and tabbed control bars.
• The Selection Tree Control Bar
Shows the internal structure of the loaded NWD, allowing direct navigation through the tree list to
required elements in the project.
• The Properties Control Bar
Shows all properties of a selected geometry item.
• TimeLiner Playback
Abitlity to play back a TimeLiner sequence.
• Animation Playback
Ability to play back viewpoint and object animation.
• New Editor for Global Options.
A change from complex tabs to a logical tree structure, making finding options much simpler. Also
making global options sharable across multiple PCs through import and export.
• Viewable Comments
Ability to view comments recorded in NWD files.
Display Enhancements
• 3D Text Support
The visualization of 3D text brought into other NavisWorks products from AutoCAD and MicroStation,
and exported in the NWD.
• Parametric Support
Any parametric data brought into other NavisWorks products and exported in the NWD will be
displayed in Freedom. This data increases cylinder accuracy, and dramatically reduces the memory
footprint to load and display them.
Operating System Support
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