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4 Click OK.
Customize Links
You can customize the default appearance of links in Autodesk Navisworks. In particular, you can draw them in
3D, and you can add leader lines (arrows) pointing to the attachment point on the items. You can also choose
how to represent each link category (as an icon or as text).
To draw links in 3D mode
NOTE In 3D mode links can become hidden by other objects in the scene when you are navigating.
1 Click Tools ➤ Global Options.
2 In the Options Editor, expand the Interface node, and click the Hyperlinks option.
3 On the Hyperlinks page, select the In 3D check box.
Links now float in 3D space just in front of their attachment points to the items.
4 Click OK.
To show leader lines
1 Click Tools ➤ Global Options.
2 In the Options Editor, expand the Interface node, and click the Hyperlinks option.
3 On the Hyperlinks page, Enter the X- and Y- distance in Leader Offset for the number of pixels to the right
and up that these leader lines will use. The default angle is 0. The recommended angle is 45.
Links in the Scene Area have now leader lines pointing to the attachment point on the items.
4 Click OK.
To customize appearance of standard links
1 Click Tools ➤ Global Options.
2 In the Options Editor, expand the Interface node, expand the Hyperlinks node, and click the Standard
Categories option.
3 On the Standard Categories page, use the Icon Type box to specify how you want a link to be drawn for
each of the available categories. You can choose between an icon and text.
By default, tag links are shown as text, and the rest of the link categories are shown as icons.
4 Click OK.
To customize appearance of user-defined links
1 Click Tools ➤ Global Options.
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