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6 Click OK.
To hide links without comments
1 Click the application button Options.
2 In the Options Editor, expand the Interface node, expand the Links node, and click the Standard Categories
option.
3 On the Standard Categories page, select the Hide Icons Without Comments check box for all required link
categories.
By default, links without comments are also displayed.
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 the application button
Options.
2 In the Options Editor, expand the Interface node, and click the Links option.
3 On the Links 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 the application button Options.
2 In the Options Editor, expand the Interface node, and click the Links option.
3 On the Links 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 View have now leader lines pointing to the attachment point on the items.
4 Click OK.
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