2010

Explore Your Model
Autodesk Navisworks Freedom 2010 enables you to walk through a scene in real
time.
Navigate a Scene
In Autodesk Navisworks, you have a variety of options for navigating
your scene.
You can directly manipulate your position in 3D space with nine
navigation modes on the Navigation Modes toolbar. You can also
use StreeringWheels that travel with the cursor, and can save you
time by combining many of the common navigation tools into a
single interface.
You can change the orientation and view of your model by using
the preset views available from the Viewpoint ➤ Navigation Tools
menu. Alternatively, you can use the ViewCube, a 3D navigational
tool that enables you to reorient the view of a model by clicking
predefined areas on the cube. For example, clicking the front of the
ViewCube turns the view until the camera is facing the front of the
scene. You can also click the ViewCube and drag it to rotate the
view freely.
You can use the options on the Navigation Tools toolbar to control
the realism of your navigation. So, for example, you can walk down
stairs or follow terrain, crouch under objects, use an avatar to
represent yourself within the 3D model.
Animating Navigation
As you navigate in Autodesk Navisworks, you can record viewpoint
animations, and then play them back. For more information, see
“
Record and Play Animations” on page 123.
Orientation in 3D Space
Although Autodesk Navisworks uses the X, Y, Z coordinate system,
there is no hard-and-fast rule as to which way each of these particular
axes actually 'points'.
Autodesk Navisworks reads the data necessary to map which way
is ‘up’ and which way is ‘north’ directly from the files loaded into
your scene. If this is not possible, by default, Z is treated as ‘up’ and
Y is treated as ‘north’.
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