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
Undo/Redo Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Autodesk Navisworks Workspaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Default Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Navigation with the Wheel Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Autodesk Navisworks Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Location Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Display Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Search Directories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Gizmos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Chapter 4
Work with Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Use File Readers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
NWD Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
DWF/DWFx Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Manage Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Open Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Create Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
2D and Multi-Sheet Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Project Browser Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Chapter 5
Explore Your Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Navigate a Scene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Orientation in a 3D Workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Product-Specific Navigation Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Navigation Bar Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
SteeringWheels Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Classic Navigation Modes and Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
ViewCube . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Overview of ViewCube . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
ViewCube Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Reorient the View of a Model with ViewCube . . . . . . . 143
Set the View Projection Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Home View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Examine Individual Objects with ViewCube . . . . . . . . 149
Navigation Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Overview of Navigation Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Reposition and Reorient the Navigation Bar . . . . . . . . 151
Control the Display of Navigation Tools on the Navigation
Bar
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
SteeringWheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Overview of SteeringWheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Wheel Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
View Object Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Tour Building Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
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