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
Contents
Chapter 1 Welcome to Autodesk Navisworks Freedom 2012 . . . . . . . . . 1
What Is New in This Release? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
How to Get Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Find Information Using InfoCenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Overview of InfoCenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Search for Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Access Subscription Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Use Communication Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Save and Access Favorite Topics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Use the Help System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Specify InfoCenter Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Get More Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
View the Product Readme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Join the Customer Involvement Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Chapter 2
Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Quick Start to Stand-Alone Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Prepare for Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
System Requirements for Stand-Alone Installation . . . . . . 21
Install Microsoft .Net Framework 4.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Understand Administrative Permission
Requirements
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Avoid Data Loss During Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
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