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2 In the Options Editor, expand the Interface node, expand the Hyperlinks node, and click the User-Defined
Categories option.
3 On the User-Defined 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, links with
user-defined categories are shown as icons.
NOTE If no user-defined categories have been added, this page is empty.
4 Click OK.
Quick Reference
The table below shows the icons that can be used to represent different link categories in the Scene Area.
DescriptionIcon
Represents links that have hyperlink, tag,
or any user-defined category (and points
to a web address).
Represents links that have hyperlink, tag,
or any user-defined category (and points
to an external file).
Represents links with viewpoints category
(perspective camera mode).
Represents links with viewpoints category
(orthographic camera mode).
Represents links with redline tags category.
Find and Follow Links
Links are an extremely useful review tool to allow you to access non-graphical information through the graphical
interface of Autodesk Navisworks.
The links converted from the native CAD files, and the links added by Autodesk Navisworks users are treated as
object properties. This means, you can examine them in the Properties window.
To follow a default link
1 Make sure links are switched on. If not, click Hyperlinks
on the Workspace toolbar.
2 Click the desired link in the Scene Area to open the attached data source.
Shortcut menu: Follow Link
To follow one of the non-default links
1 Make sure links are switched on. If not, click Hyperlinks
on the Workspace toolbar.
2 Right-click the default link, and click the Select Item Containing Hyperlink option. This option is only
available for multiple hyperlinks attached to the same item.
3 Click Review ➤ Hyperlinks, and click the link that you want to follow.
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