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Navisworks Diocles Preview Guide 1.0 – December 2008

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION...... .......................................................................................................................... 4

INSTALLATION...... ............................................................................................................................ 5

NAVISWORKS 2010 PRODUCT ENHANCEMENTS ............................................................................... 7

1 USER INTERFACE ...................................................................................................................... 7

1.1 ViewCube

1.2 SteeringWheel

1.3 Button Menus

1.4 Artificial Horizon

2 TIMELINER ............................................................................................................................... 9

2.1 Copy and Paste Timeliner Dates

2.2 Timeliner CSV import and export

2.3 Attach a selection to multiple tasks

3 MEASUREMENT ..................................................................................................................... 11

3.1 Measure Shortest Distance

3.2 Measure Distance between Centerlines of Parametric Objects (e.g. Pipes)

3.3 Measurements as Redlines

3.4 Angle Measurements

3.5 Area Measurements

4 SECTIONING ........................................................................................................................... 14

4.1 Section Box

4.2 Alignment of Section Planes

5 CLASH MANAGEMENT ........................................................................................................... 15

5.1 Clash Groups

5.2 Clash Detective View in Context

5.3 Clash Detective Transparent Dimming

5.4 Clash Detective Animated Transition

5.5 Reviewed Clash Status

5.6 New Clash Ignore Rule

6 AUTO-SAVE ............................................................................................................................ 19

7 COMMUNICATION CENTER ................................................................................................... 20

8 MISCELLANEOUS ENHANCEMENTS ....................................................................................... 21

8.1 64-bit support

8.2 Near / far clipping planes



8.3 In-place form validation

8.4 Site and project folders

8.5 LADS Upgrade

8.6 Support for Revit shared coordinates

8.7 Support for Revit rebars

8.8 Support True North from Revit

8.9 Views exported from Revit 9

8.10 Support for viewpoints exported from Revit V9 onwards.

9 FILE FORMAT SUPPORT ......................................................................................................... 23

9.1 JTOpen file reader

9.2 Faro reader upgrade

9.3 Support for Autodesk 2010 formats

10 API .......................................................................................................................................... 23



Introduction......

Welcome to the Navisworks Diocles Preview Guide! This document provides a quick summary of the

new features and enhancements that are included in our 2010 beta release. We hope that you will

find the guide informative, but more importantly that you find the improvements to the product

useful!

A full help guide for all of the product features will be available with the release of our 2010 product.

For this beta release only some of the features are fully documented. This preview guide indicates

the features that have full help entries.

Not all of the features described in this guide are available in all Navisworks products. Some will only

be available in Manage, Simulate or Review. The guide will indicate the products that offer each

feature.

We hope that you will be participating in the Navisworks Beta programme. Please remember to fully

review the README documentation before installing the beta products.

Many thanks, and we look forward to your feedback...

The Navisworks Team



Installation......

You will notice a few changes when installing Navisworks Diocles.

The installation screen provides links to the installation options, deployment options, installation

tools and utilities, documentation and language settings:

Note: English is the only available language for this beta installation.

When installing the product you can select to install either the 32-bit or 64-bit version:



Note: if you are installing the product on a 32-bit operating system the 64-bit install options are

inaccessible.

You have the option of selecting the DWG file readers that require installation, plus the exporter

plugins that you require.



Navisworks 2010 Product Enhancements

1 User Interface

Changes to the Navisworks interface more closely align Manage, Simulate, Review and Freedom with

Autodesk standard interface and navigation toolsets.

1.1 ViewCube

The ViewCube is an on-screen widget, shaped like a cube, that rotates as you orbit your 3D scene

and provides you with feedback about your current camera viewing angle in relation to the model

world.

The ViewCube also provides a clickable interface to switch between views. For example, clicking on

the front of the ViewCube will turn the view until you are facing the front of the scene. The

ViewCube can also be dragged to rotate the view. For example, you can click on the cube and drag to

turn the cube which also turns the scene.

Once you have clicked on a viewpoint button, an animated view transition is performed smoothly

taking your viewpoint to the new position and orientation.

The ViewCube now offers you the opportunity of creating a ‘Home’ view for your model.

Note: see Navisworks User Guide for full description of View Cube toolset

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1.2 SteeringWheel

SteeringWheels are task-based floating tool palettes that travel with the cursor to minimize tool

access time. Tools are grouped into various wheels depending on the navigation task and user skill

level.

Indicative steering wheel

SteeringWheels provides access to nine different navigation tools

Forward; Walk; Look; Pan. Various combinations of these nine tools are available in different version

of the SteeringWheel - there are six different types of S

Note: see Navisworks User Guide for full description of Steering Wheel toolset

1.3 Button Menus

In NavisWorks, some toolbar buttons exist in mutually

can be selected. These buttons are now grouped under drop down menus to improve accessibility

and decrease screen clutter:

Indicative button menu

1.4 Artificial Horizon

You can now place your model against a fixed artificial horizon so that it appears more realistic and

does not float in mid air:


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based floating tool palettes that travel with the cursor to minimize tool


SteeringWheels provides access to nine different navigation tools - Center; Zoom; Orbit; Rewind;


there are six different types of SteeringWheel available to you.

see Navisworks User Guide for full description of Steering Wheel toolset

In NavisWorks, some toolbar buttons exist in mutually-exclusive groups of which only one at a time

are now grouped under drop down menus to improve accessibility


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based floating tool palettes that travel with the cursor to minimize tool


Center; Zoom; Orbit; Rewind;


teeringWheel available to you.

exclusive groups of which only one at a time

are now grouped under drop down menus to improve accessibility




Artificial horizon No artificial horizon

The background of the 3D scene is split across the horizontal plane giving the effect of a sky and the

ground. The resulting artificial horizon gives you an indication of your orientation in the 3D world.

Note: see Navisworks User Guide for full description Artificial Horizon functionality.

2 TimeLiner

(only available in Manage & Simulate)

Changes to the Timeliner tool support improved integration with 3rd

party planning tools, and make

adding and editing dates more intuitive.

2.1 Copy and Paste Timeliner Dates

When right-clicking anywhere in a date-time field you can chose ‘Copy Date/Time’ or presses CTRL+C

to copy the date/time value. Click in a different date-time field, right-click and choose ‘Paste

Date/Time’ or presses CTRL+V to paste the date/time value:

Copy / Paste Timeliner dates

You also now have the option of copying and pasting dates from 3rd

party applications such as Excel.

2.2 Timeliner CSV import and export

Navisworks offers import and export support for the CSV file format.



The context menu item for the TimeLiner ‘Add Link’ context menu will be ‘CSV File’:

Create a link to a CSV file

The new Field Selector dialogue box allows you to map Task Name and Task ID fields; supports user-

defined date & time formats; specify Row 1 as containing headings:

You can now export CSV data from the TimeLiner via File > Export > TimeLiner CSV File link. There are

no user-defined options for CSV export. The system will display a ‘Save As’ dialog, allowing you to

save the CSV file to a specific location. The columns exported, and their order, will be precisely as

per the TimeLiner Tasks grid.

2.3 Attach a selection to multiple tasks

Quickly attach a selection set to multiple Timeliner tasks:



3 Measurement

Numerous improvements to the measurement tools allow greater accuracy when calculating

dimensions and distances between objects in your Navisworks model.

3.1 Measure Shortest Distance

When measuring the distance between 2 objects Navisworks can now calculate and display the

shortest distance between the selected objects. After selecting 2 objects by pressing and holding the

Ctrl key an additional option in the Measure Tools window allows you to select ‘Measure Shortest

Distance’:

The Measure Shortest Distance button

Navisworks will display the shortest distance between the 2 selected objects:

Measure the shortest distance between 2 objects

Note: see Navisworks User Guide for full description of Measure Shortest Distance.



3.2 Measure Distance between Centerlines of Parametric Objects (e.g. Pipes)

When measuring the distance between parametric objects (e.g. pipes) you now have the option of

measuring from the centerline of the selected objects. Tick the Measure Tools > Option ‘Use Center

lines’ select box to enable the functionality:

When measuring the center lines of parametric objects Navisworks will indicate the measurement

with a centreline icon:

Measure between the centerlines of pipes

Note: see Navisworks User Guide for full description of Measure Distance Between Centerlines of

Parametric Objects.

3.3 Measurements as Redlines

When measuring distances you now have the option of converting measurements into redlines. An

additional option in the Measure Tools window allows you to select ‘Measurement to Redline’:

Measurement to redline button



The end markers, lines and dimension labels of your current measurement are converted to a

redline and stored in the current viewpoint:

Convert measurements to redlines

Note: see Navisworks User Guide for full description of Measurements as Redlines.

3.4 Angle Measurements

When measuring angles Navisworks will now display a measurement arc:

Display measurement arcs

3.5 Area Measurements

Whilst measuring areas Navisworks will now display a dotted line indicating the closure path for the

area:



4 Sectioning

Improved support for quick and accurate analysis of models using the sectioning toolset.

4.1 Section Box

Additional tools allow you to create a section box of a user-defined size. Click on the icon on the

Box section toolbar to display the Set Box Size dialogue:

Set section box size

The section box can be positioned using the XYZ coordinates:

Position the section box using XYZ coordinates

Navisworks will display only geometry within the defined section box:

Geometry within section box

4.2 Alignment of Section Planes

You can now easily align section planes to specific faces of an object or a line. Two new alignment

options – ‘Align to Surface’ and ‘Align to Line’ are available on the Sectioning toolbar:



Align section to line or plane

Select either option and select a surface or a line to quickly align the section plane to the selected

object.

5 Clash Management

(only available in Manage)

Enhancements to support the management of large numbers of clashes, and improved analysis of

the context of a clash relative to the model.

5.1 Clash Groups

You can now group clashes into folders and subfolders to make managing large numbers of clashes

or related clashes simpler. When reviewing Clash Detective Results an additional option is available

to create Clash folders:

Add and remove clash folders

Once a folder is created clashes can be dragged into it, or further sub-folders can be created. Use the

shift key to select and drag multiple clashes. Unused folders can be deleted.

To quickly group multiple clashes related to a single object right click and select ‘Group Clashes

Involving Item’:



Select objects for grouped clashes

Navisworks will group all related clashes into a single folder which is highlighted for renaming:

Automatic generation of clash groups linked to an object

Clash reports support the new clash group functionality.

5.2 Clash Detective View in Context

Additional tools allow you to understand a clash relative its surrounding geometry. Often when a

clash is identified it is useful to pan back from the zoomed area to understand its context within the

model, before zooming back to the clash.

Additional options on the Clash Detective Results screen allow you to select your preferred context

view:

Select context zoom preference

Select ‘View All’ and click and hold to pan back to the extents of all files in your model.

Select ‘View File Extents’ and click and hold to pan back to the extents of only files that contain

the clash.

Select ‘Go to Home View’ and click and hold to pan back to your Home view.

Release to zoom back in to the clash.



5.3 Clash Detective Transparent Dimming

To view clashes within their surrounding geometry, but to make the surrounding geometry

transparent set the ‘Transparent Dimming’ option to true:

Transparent Dimming option

Note: to use this tool the ‘Dim Other’ option must be On and the ‘Hide Other’ option must be Off.

Surrounding geometry will be rendered transparent, clashes will remain solid:

Solid clash, transparent geometry

Use the ‘Dimming Transparency’ slider on the Clash Detective Global Options menu to change the

level of transparency of the surrounding geometry:

Dimming Transparency slider

5.4 Clash Detective Animated Transition

When reviewing multiple clashes switch the ‘Animate Transitions’ option to true to smoothly zoom

between clashes:



Animate transitions option

5.5 Reviewed Clash Status

An additional status allows you to identify a clash as having been reviewed but not yet resolved:

Reviewed clash status

Clashes with a reviewed status are displayed as light blue:

Reviewed clash display

The additional status is displayed in all reports.



5.6 New Clash Ignore Rule

You can now configure Clash Detective to ignore clashes between objects that are connected, as

identified by specific properties on each item, or parent item. Certain models, like those from Aveva

PDMS, contain property information that identifies which items of equipment should be connected

to a particular pipe line, for example. Currently you run a clash test of pipe lines against equipment,

these items that are connected together can be reported as a positive clash. You can now ignore

these false-positives if your model has this connection intelligence in the form of object properties.

Click to create a new Clash Rule and select ‘Specified Properties with the Same Value’:

Rules editor for specified properties with same value

Complete the Rule description and click ‘OK’ to create a new rule.

6 Auto-Save

You now have the option of automatically saving your work at regular intervals using the Auto-save

tool. Go to Global Options > General > Auto-Save to display the available options:



Auto-save options dialogue

You have the option of setting location, disk space allocation, frequency of saves and history

deletion rates.

Note: see Navisworks User Guide for full description of Auto-save

7 Communication Center

Communication Centre allows the Navisworks and Autodesk team to notify you of product related

updates and announcements. Click the ‘Communication Centre’ button to enable the tool:

Communication centre button

The communication centre dialogue is displayed:



Communication centre dialogue

The communication centre will provide information on:

• Product support

• Subscription announcements

• Articles and tips

• Live update maintenance patches

• Featured technologies and content

Note: Only a subset of communication centre content is available for this beta release.

Note: see Navisworks User Guide for full description of Communication Centre

8 Miscellaneous Enhancements

8.1 64-bit support

Navisworks Manage, Simulate, Review and Freedom are available for full 64-bit installation.

8.2 Near / far clipping planes

Manual override option allows you to specify the distance of near and far clipping planes:



Set clipping planes

This can help you avoid display problems when viewing large models or when your viewpoint is in

close proximity to surrounding geometry.

8.3 In-place form validation

When inputting values in the Global Options dialogue you will be notified of invalid values:

Notification of invalid entry

8.4 Site and project folders

You can now configure site and project folders at install time, making deployment across an

organization easier.

AutoCAD advanced options editor

Access to advanced options editor when working within Autocad.



8.5 LADS Upgrade

Upgrades to the Navisworks rendering engine (LADS) provide a number of improvements:

• Support for .png transparencies

• Improved rendering consistency

8.6 Support for Revit shared coordinates

8.7 Support for Revit rebars

8.8 Support True North from Revit

8.9 Views exported from Revit 9

8.10 Support for viewpoints exported from Revit V9 onwards.

9 File Format Support

9.1 JTOpen file reader

Support for JT file format, supporting most geometry types and object attributes

9.2 Faro reader upgrade

Support for updated Faro open format

9.3 Support for Autodesk 2010 formats

9.4 Graphisoft ArchiCAD v12

10 API

Added LiNwcSelectionSet* to create selection sets

Added LiNwcSceneSet*Background to create graduated and artificial horizon backgrounds

Added LiNwcSceneSetHomeView and LiNwcSceneSetWorldFrontVector to support ViewCube

Added LiNwcBRepImporter* to support import of geometry defined using common Brep formats

• Parasolid XT

64 bit support

• 64 bit NWCreate loaders/exporters

Added matrix / quaternion manipulation to manipulate cameras and viewpoints

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