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
Work Within a Team
Autodesk Navisworks Freedom 2012 enables multiple users to participate in a single
design review session across a Local Area Network (LAN).
The Collaborate tool has two noteworthy limitations.
■ Collaboration between different versions of Autodesk Navisworks is not supported.
■ This feature is only available for Windows XP users, as it utilizes the shared program
features of Windows NetMeeting, which is unavailable in the Vista and Windows 7
operating systems.
Collaborate Panel
The collaboration tools necessary to run collaboration sessions are located on
the Review tab ➤ Collaborate panel.
By default, the Collaborate panel is not displayed. To display it, right-click
the Review tab, and click Show Panels ➤ Collaborate on the shortcut
menu.
Collaboration Session
All meeting participants require access to a Autodesk Navisworks NWF or NWD
file, in a shared location. One of the participants will host the meeting and
place a call to invite the others to join the meeting. Any of the participants who
have joined the meeting can take control and drive the session. All navigation
performed by the driver will be displayed in the Scene View on each of the
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