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
Collision
Settings Opens the
Collision dialog box (page 270). This functionality is
available in a 3D workspace only.
Ribbon: Viewpoint tab ➤ Save, Load & Playback panel ➤ Edit
Current Viewpoint
Menu: Classic user interface: Viewpoint ➤ Edit Current Viewpoint
File Options Dialog Box
Use this dialog box to control the appearance of the model and the speed of
navigation around it.
NOTE Some of the tabs are only available when working with 3D models.
When you modify any of the options in this dialog box, your changes are
saved in the currently opened Autodesk Navisworks file, and apply to this file
only.
Ribbon: Home panel ➤ Project tab ➤ File Options
Menu: Classic user interface: Tools ➤ File Options.
Culling Tab
Use this tab to adjust geometry culling in the opened Autodesk Navisworks
file.
NOTE The Clipping Planes and Backface options are only available for 3D models.
Area
Enable Specifies whether or not area culling is used.
Number of Pixels Below Which Objects Are Culled Specifies a value for the
screen area in pixels below which objects are culled. For example, setting the
value to 100 pixels means that any object within the model that would be
drawn less than 10x10 pixels in size are discarded.
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