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Buttons
Export Displays the Select Options to Export dialog box, where you can select the global options you want to
export (or “serialize”). If an option cannot be exported, it is unavailable.
Import Displays the Open dialog box, where you can browse to the file with the required global option settings.
OK Saves the changes, and closes the Options Editor.
Cancel Discards the changes, and closes the Options Editor.
Help Displays the context-sensitive help.
General Node
Use the settings in this node to adjust the buffer size, file locations, number of recent file shortcuts you want
Autodesk Navisworks to store, and the auto-save options.
TIP If you want to restore the default values, click the Defaults button.
Pointing device: Options Editor dialog box ➤ General node
Undo Page
Use the settings on this page to adjust the buffer size.
Pointing device: Options Editor dialog box ➤ General node ➤ Undo page
Buffer Size (KB) Specifies the amount of space Autodesk Navisworks allocates for saving undo/redo actions.
Locations Page
Use the options on this page to share global Autodesk Navisworks settings, workspaces, datatools, avatars, Clash
Detective rules, Presenter archives, custom Clash Detective tests, object animation scripts, and so on, with other
users.
The settings can be shared across an entire project site, or across a specific project group depending on the
required level of granularity.
When you run Autodesk Navisworks for the first time, the settings are picked up from the installation directory.
Subsequently, Autodesk Navisworks examines the current user profile and the all users profile on the local
machine, and then checks the settings in the Project Directory and the Site Directory. The files in the Project
Directory take precedence.
Project Directory Click
to open the Browse for Folder dialog box, and locate the directory that contains the
Autodesk Navisworks settings specific to a project group.
Site Directory Click to open the Browse for Folder dialog box, and locate the directory that contains the
Autodesk Navisworks settings standard across the entire project site.
See also:
■ Location Options on page 59
■ How do I share the Autodesk Navisworks settings on a site and project basis? on page 26
Environment Page
Use the settings on this page to adjust the number of recent file shortcuts stored by Autodesk Navisworks.
Maximum Recently Used Files Specifies how many file shortcuts Autodesk Navisworks can remember. By
default, shortcuts to the four most recently opened files can be displayed.
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