Introduction to Navisworks

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Introduction to Navisworks

Lee MullinTechnical Specialist -AEC

@leeroyb

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An introduction on what Navisworks is and how to use it to reduce risk

Class summary


At the end of this class, you will be able to:

You will learn what is Autodesk Navisworks

You will learn methods to navigate around a model

You will learn about what each key tool does

You will learn some of the principle of how to use Navisworks well

Key learning objectives


About me

Joined Navisworks Ltd in 2005

Construction Technical Specialist

Based in Sheffield, UK


What is Navisworks?

Must have App Absolutely Essential Powerful model and

data manipulation The glue for Autodesk

Collections Design Review on acid Enabler for BIM Swiss Army knife of CAD


Wide range of uses and projects


What does it do?

Design Review Clash Detection Construction

Simulation Quantification Animations


Navisworks products

Freedom

Free

Reads NWD and DWF only

Basic Review Functionality

Simulate

Entry Level

Reads all formats

Works with BIM 360

All tools except Clash

Manage

Premium

Reads all formats

Works with BIM 360

All Tools including Clash

Included in AEC Collection


AEC

Formats

Revit*

DWG*

DXF

DWF

DGN*ArchiCAD*

IFC

RVM

Sketchup


MFG

Formats

Inventor

CATIA

Solidworks

ProEngineerJTOpen

IGES

STP


Point

Cloud

Formats

Recap

ASCII

Faro

Leica

Riegl

Z+F


Navisworks file formats

NWC

Cache and Export File

Geometry and Properties

NWD

Snapshot File

Geometry Properties &

Navisworks Data

NWF

Referencing File

Navisworks data


Open / Append / Merge

Open

Opens a new session

Creates NWC of CAD/BIM data

(can be hidden)

Append

Adds a CAD/BIM file to current session

Changed behaviour with BIM 360 Glue

Merge

For Multiple Navisworks

files

Merged duplicate geometry and

properties


Typical workflow

Live Files Weekly Progress


Basic controls

Whole Model

Selected Object


Selection Sets

Static group of items

Needs new items to be added manually

Only for that project

Good for one off uses or dumb models

Search Sets

Dynamic group of items

Picks up new items with refresh

Can be moved between projects

Good for most uses and data rich models


Viewpoints

Camera location Can also contain

Sections

Colour overrides

Mark-ups

Comments


Timeliner

Construction Simulation

Link to MS Project, Primavera P6 and Asta Powerproject

Check Costs, planned & actual schedules


Clash Detective

Check for design clashes

Hard

Clearances

Point Clouds

Animated

Create detailed reports

Resolve in design software


Quantification

Take quantities from models

Add resources and ‘recipes’

Change Analysis

Export to Excel or costing software


What next?

Autodesk Knowledge Network

Beyond Design Blog YouTube AU Online! Books Formal Training

Resellers

Lynda


Recommended tools to look at

Tool Purpose

Appearance Profiler Quick repeatable color overrides

Selection Inspector Quick Property Viewing and export

Review tools Mark-up, comments and tags

Sectioning Tools Powerful Section Planes and boxes

Measure Tools Measurements, areas, angles and move objects

RenderingCloud Rendering

Add materials & rendering of aggregated modelsCreate panoramas and keep working

Animator Animate objects

DataTools Link to databases


BIM 360


BIM 360 Integration


BIM 360 Glue

Everyone uploads files to Glue

Navisworks user just opens

from cloud

No NWF, NWC, Append

complication

Available to all users

BIM 360 Field

Uses same BIM 360

Glue/Navisworks files

Data Collector for model

objects

Use for commissioning or

progress tracking

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