2012
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Welcome to Autodesk Navisworks Freedom 2012
- What Is New in This Release?
- How to Get Assistance
- Installation
- Quick Start to Stand-Alone Installation
- Installation Troubleshooting
- General Installation Issues
- How can I check my graphics card driver to see if it needs to be updated?
- How do I switch my license from stand-alone to network or network to stand-alone?
- When performing a Typical installation, what gets installed?
- Why should I specify the Project Folder and Site Folder?
- How do I share the Autodesk Navisworks settings on a site and project basis?
- When should I reinstall the product instead of repairing it?
- When I uninstall my software, what files are left on my system?
- Uninstall and Maintenance Issues
- General Installation Issues
- Quick Start
- Work with Files
- Explore Your Model
- Control Model Appearance and Render Quality
- Review Your Model
- Use Viewpoints
- Play Back Animations
- Work Within a Team
- Share Data
- TimeLiner Playback
- Reference
- Background Settings Dialog Box
- Collision Dialog Box
- Default Collision Dialog Box
- Edit Viewpoint Dialog Box
- File Options Dialog Box
- InfoCenter Settings Dialog Box
- Options Editor Dialog Box
- Glossary
- Index
To make objects required
1 Select geometry items that you want to remain visible during navigation
in the Selection Tree.
2 Click Home tab ➤ Visibility panel ➤ Require
.
In the Selection Tree, the object appear red when required.
TIP Clicking Require
again makes the selected objects unrequired.
Menu: Classic user interface: Edit ➤ Required
Command entry: CTRL + R
Ribbon: Item Tools tab ➤ Visibility panel ➤ Require
To make all objects unrequired
■ Click Home tab ➤ Visibility panel ➤ Unhide All drop-down
➤ Unrequire All
.
Shortcut menu: Scene ➤ Reset All ➤ Unrequire All
Control Rendering of Objects
Adjust Scene Rendering During Navigation
Your models can range in size from small models to complex supermodels.
As you navigate a scene in real time, Autodesk Navisworks automatically
calculates which items to render first, based on the size of items, distance from
the camera, and the specified frame rate. This customizable frame rate is
guaranteed by default, but can be turned off, if necessary. Items that Autodesk
Navisworks does not have time to render are dropped out. These dropped
items are rendered when navigation stops.
The amount of drop-out depends on several factors, such as your hardware
performance (graphics card and driver), the size of the Scene View, and the
size of the model. When working with truly large supermodels in Autodesk
Navisworks, you will require a sufficient amount of RAM to load and review
the data.
Autodesk Navisworks employs JetStream technology which optimizes the
usage of the available RAM. Before running out of memory, Autodesk
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