How to Review Models and Identify Coordination Issues with Navisworks

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Hi everyone.

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My name is Raja Prasath and I'm a designated support specialist

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at Autodesk.

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And I have 10 plus years of experience

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in the design and execution of AEC projects,

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and my areas of expertise include virtual design

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and construction, building information modeling

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and project management.

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And I'm based in Bangalore, India.

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And in today's session, I'll be teaching

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about how you can review models and identify coordination

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issues with Navisworks.

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So before getting into the presentation,

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the slide talks about the safe harbor statement.

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or statements regarding planned or future development

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The statements made in these presentations

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are being made as of time and date of its presentation.

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So today's learning objective is understanding

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of how to utilize Navisworks for the design review

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and coordination.

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And the topics that we will be covering in today's session

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are creating a federated model, navigating a model,

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controlling the visibility, creating viewpoints

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and markups, and running the clash

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detective between the trades.

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So overview of Navisworks, so what can Navisworks do?

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So Navisworks helps you reduce potential clashes

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and interference problems before the actual construction,

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so that you can identify the clashes upfront virtually.

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So that you can minimize the expensive delays due to error

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and rework that may happen in the site later on,

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so you can avoid all of that.

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And also helps you aggregate the design and other team models

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with different file formats.

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You can aggregate them into one model

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to effectively coordinate between different rates.

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And Navisworks support a variety of file formats,

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whether it is IFC or DWG, so all of these file

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formats you'll be able to bring inside the Navisworks

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and do the clash coordination.

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And also you'll be able to visually interrogate

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the model with advanced navigation tool sets, which

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are available to you in Navisworks

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and you can save viewpoints to share with the other team

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members.

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OK, so creating a federated model.

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So a federated model is a combined building information

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model, that is compiled from several BIM models

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from different disciplines into one.

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So why use Navisworks for a federated model?

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So the first item is you can merge

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models created from different design tools and disciplines.

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Autodesk Navisworks is compatible with more than 80

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file formats.

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So you will be able to merge

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is being supported by Navisworks,

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and you'll be able to merge them into a single model

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in Navisworks for clash coordination.

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And it includes the 2D and 3D geometry as well as

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the metadata.

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The federated model can be used for coordination,

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bidding or reviewing workflows.

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And it contains all the tools and the 3D information,

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so whatever is there in the authoring tool

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you will be able to get it in the Navisworks as well.

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And the federated model can be shared as read-only,

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so that you have a control--

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so that the model is not being changed and different

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stakeholders can review and coordinate without making

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any changes to the model.

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And also Navisworks allows us to set up password and expiry

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date, so which is an extra security for your models

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and expiration date in case it's not the final model.

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And the last one is file compaction.

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So Navisworks models are lighter compared

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to that of viewing in the authoring tools

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so, you'll be able to navigate the model faster,

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and you'll be able to bring in a large file sizes

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inside Navisworks.

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So the next item before we get into the depth

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of the Navisworks, the preliminary items

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that you will need to be familiar with

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is the different types of Navisworks files.

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So basically, there are three different Navisworks files.

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The first one is an NWC file, the second one is an NWF,

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and the third one is an NWD file.

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So NWC stands for Navisworks Cache File,

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and NWF stands for Navisworks File,

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and NWD stands for Navisworks Document.

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By default, when you open or append any native CAD or laser

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scaned files in Autodesk Navisworks,

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a cache file is created in the same directory and with

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the same name as the original file,

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but within an .nwc file extension.

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So when you bring native file or a CAD file

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automatically an NWC file is created,

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so that's a cache file which the Navisworks use

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to load it inside the software.

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And the next one is NWF.

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And NWF file contains links to the original native files

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together with the Autodesk Navisworks-specific

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data, such as review markups.

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And no model geometry is saved with this file format,

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this makes an NWF considerably smaller in size than an NWD.

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So a Navisworks file is a working document,

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and you can link all the NWC's.

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So when you bring in an NWC into a Navisworks file

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and then you save it for the first time,

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it can be saved as an NWF or NWD.

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So when you bring in a few NWC's, the option

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that you can save is NWF or NWD.

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The difference between them is that with, NWF it's

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a work in progress file, and you can continue to work on it.

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Whereas when you save it as an NWD,

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it becomes a detached document, and this

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can be used for sharing the document at a particular point

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of time with different stakeholders with all

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the viewpoints on the clashes.

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So Navisworks document contains all the model geometry

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together with the Navisworks-specific data

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such as review markups.

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And you can think of an NWD file as a snapshot

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of the current state of the model.

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NWD files are comparatively smaller

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as they compress the CAD data up to 80% of the original size,

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and these are detached models.

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And NWD files can be shared with different stakeholders for them

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to review the clashes.

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Appending models in Navisworks works.

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So once you open Navisworks, you will

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be able to append models inside the Navisworks.

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So you need to go to the Home tab

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and click on append, when you click

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on append you will get the screen and in the files of type

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you will be able to select multiple file types as you can

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see in the picture B over here.

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It supports a variety of file formats,

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so you'll be able to select that and append that

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into your model.

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So when you append a file into the model,

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the selection tree allows you to select any part

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of the appended models.

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So in the Home tab, you will see selection tree

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you will need to click on that and you

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will get the panel, which is shown

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on the left side of the screen.

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And you will be able to see the model tree, which you have

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brought inside the Navisworks.

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And you will be able to drill down and select

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the specific components within the file.

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So you can drill down as much as it is available as

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per the authoring tool.

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So you will be able to click that

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and you'll be able to drill inside the model.

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And in this snapshot, we have selected the generic 12 inch

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roof from the Architecture.nwc file.

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And once you have selected that on the viewer

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you will see that it has been highlighted with blue.

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So selection tree helps you to drill down inside the model

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and click on really the specific items of that particular file.

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The next one is assigning colors to objects,

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and you will be able to assign colors to objects

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using the appearance profiler.

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So in the Home tab that you have the appearance profiler,

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you will need to click on that and you can select objects

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by property or set.

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So once you have selected that, you

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will be able to choose specific colors

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and you will be able to assign colors

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to those specific models.

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And once you have assigned colors to specific models

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in a certain way, you will be able to save that as a .dat

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file.

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And you'll be able to take it across multiple projects,

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so that you don't have to repeat it across multiple projects.

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And you have to set it up one time

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and then you can take it across multiple projects.

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So in this slide, you'll be looking

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at how to create a federated model, it's a demo video.

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So you click on the structure, NWC you click on append

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and then you append the structure file.

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And then, you click on the append again

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and then you append the MEP file as well.

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And once you have appended that, you

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will be able to click on that specific file

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and then the file gets highlighted in the Navisworks.

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And you will be able to drill down the model

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and then select the different floors that are available.

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So selection tree is very helpful in this way

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that you are able to select individual elements

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from the model that is coming in.

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When you select a particular element on the right side

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you can see that it is getting highlighted.

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And if it is by shared coordinates, all of the models

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or by internal origin all of the models

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get aligned at the right position.

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However, if you need to do some units and transform

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you will still be able to do that

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and you'll be able to rotate the model as well.

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Now, let's say you want to move the model by Z axis,

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you provide the certain--

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by how much you want to move the model, you provide the units

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and then you can see the model is

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moved by 40 feet in the Z axis.

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However, you need to use this with caution

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and shared coordinates are recommended

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as the models are aligned as soon as you append it.

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And not you're not doing the transformation

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in the Navisworks unless, it is needed.

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The next one will be looking at is navigating a model.

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So there is a variety of navigation tool sets

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that are available in Navisworks for you to review the model.

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So you have the navigation tool set and mouse wheel control,

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gizmos are available and also global control interface

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options are also available, where

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you can change the options on the settings on how you want

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to navigate inside the model.

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So the navigation bar is very helpful in terms

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of how you are reviewing the model

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and it has a full navigation wheel, a pan, a zoom window,

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orbit you can look around inside the model,

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you can walk inside the model and you

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can select any specific element of the model

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once you are navigating inside.

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So let's look at the demo of how you can do this one

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and this in Navisworks.

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So I am inside the model, so I'm in Navisworks 2020

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and I have my files over here.

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So on the right side, you will see these navigation toolbars

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over here.

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You can do a shortcut of shift and W

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and you will get the navigation wheel.

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So with this navigation wheel you

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will be able to perform a variety of operations.

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So as you can see over here, there

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are quite a few options that are provided to you.

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So the first one, let's look at the orbit.

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So when you click on orbit, you just

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need to hold the left mouse button

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and then you will be able to orbit the model.

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So that is used for orbit, and you

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will be able to use pan to go up and down the model.

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And you can use walk to walk inside the model.

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So you can just go inside here, let's say,

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if you want to go inside a specific floor.

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I can just click here and then click on walk again.

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So, I'm walking inside the model.

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You can reduce the speed by slowing the mouse

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and then you can see an arrow, which shows how

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you can walk inside the model.

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And you can use the pan even over here,

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you can just go between different floors

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to check the different items you can go up and down.

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And you can as well click on look

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to just stay in the same position

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and then look around that particular location

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to see how the connections are being made.

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And you can zoom and rewind as well.

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These are some of the other features that are available.

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So you can use these features to review the models.

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And once you have done when you want to come back always you

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can come and click on the Home button over here,

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it will take you to the overall home view.

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This is your home view and you can close this one,

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once it is done.

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In the navigation tool sets, that's

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another important feature, are the gizmos.

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So you do get move gizmos, rotate and the scale gizmos.

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This is very helpful for creating sections and also

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creating any school boxes for you to view the model.

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Let's go back to the software again,

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for understanding the gizmos and how you can

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work with it in the software.

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So in the Home tab, you have the model and in the view

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point just click on the viewpoint,

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and you will see something called as enable sectioning.

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So you click on enabled sectioning

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and you will get the options over here,

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you will be taken to the sectioning tools in which you

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can click on the move.

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So I'm going to use the orbit again to orbit the model.

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So when I click on the move I have got a plane over here

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and then I have got three handles over here,

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so green, blue and red.

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So I can use the blue arrow to actually slice the model,

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so I can slice a model at a specific location

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and then I can use this wheel over here

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to actually see that in the front view

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and again, I can orbit it as well.

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You can use this for sectioning.

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And let's say, you want to use the plane

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for viewing in a plan view.

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So what you can do is you can click on rotate,

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and when you click on rotate, you

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will be able to rotate that plane

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and then you'll be able to see the model from the top view.

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So if you want to give the exact 90 degrees,

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so you can come here and then say, how much of rotation

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you want to provide.

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So I'm going to make this 90 exactly and then

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make the other axis zero.

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So in this case now what happens is again, I go to the move

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and then I'm going to pull from the bottom up

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and as I'm pulling it, you will be able to view that

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from the top view.

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So this is very helpful for you to look at the plan

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overall and then check the plan and if there

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is anything that needs to be changed

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or any markups that needs to be done.

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So you can just keep looking at--

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you can stop at a certain location.

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And if you want to look at the different MEP items,

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that are running in the model, so you

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will be able to view them using this tool.

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And once you are done, you can remove anable sectioning,

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so when you click on remove anable sectioning,

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It will take you back to the original model and then

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when you click on enabled sectioning

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and then it brings you back along with the section.

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And you do have an option to switch

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between the planes and the box.

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So instead of a plane if you would

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like to see a particular item, you can create box as well.

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And box has an option of scaling,

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so you can click on scale as well,

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and then you can just make it smaller at a particular level

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or detail.

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So you can use the box let's say,

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for example you want to view a particular level

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both from the top and the bottom,

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so you will be able to use this scale option to do that.

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Let me go back to the plains and then I'm

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going to remove the enabled sectioning.

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So this is what I wanted to show you in the gizmos option, where

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you can use the sectioning tools and leverage these features

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that are available for you to effectively view

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the model from the plan view or from the section

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by slicing and dicing.

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The next topic that we will be discussing

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is controlling the visibility.

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There are a couple of features and tools

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that are available in Navisworks for you to hide selected

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objects, and it is very helpful when

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you want to view certain elements that are being hidden

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by the architectural and you want

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to see the skeleton of the model,

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you will be able to do that.

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So you can hide the objects in the current selection,

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so that they are not drawn in the scene view this is useful

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when you want to remove specific parts of the model.

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And you can click on the Home tab and visibility panel

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and hide or you can also use a command entry,

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which is Control plus H which will

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hide that particular object.

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Let's say, for example, you select a particular object

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and you press Control H and it will

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be hidden so that you can see what is behind that.

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So you will be able to do that using hide option,

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and you can unhide the objects as well.

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So let's say you have hidden it and then you want to unhide it,

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you'll be able to do that.

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You can hide all items except those currently selected,

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so that they are not drawn in the scene view,

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this is useful when you only want

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to see specific parts of the model.

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In the selection tree the items appear gray

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when marked as hidden, so from the selection tree

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you will be able to hide a few objects.

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Let's say, for example, you want to hide the architecture

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and structure and then you want to see just the MEP,

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you will be able to do hide unselected option, which

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is available in the Navisworks Home tab, Home tab, visibility

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panel, hide unselected.

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Whatever is not selected will be completely hidden in the view,

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so you do have a good view of what are the elements that you

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want to see.

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Reveal selected objects, you can reveal a selection of objects

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that are hidden, because you can select the objects

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in the scene view you need to select them

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in the selection tree.

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Let's say, few of the objects that are hidden

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and then you want to bring them back

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you will be able to reveal those objects, which are selected

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in the selection tree.

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And then reveal all hidden objects,

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so that is an option in Navisworks visibility

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panel, which says unhide all.

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When you unhide all and nothing is hidden everything

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comes back to its previous view, so no objects will be hidden.

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And sectioning plane and box, so click viewpoint tab,

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sectioning panel and enable sectioning.

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So we saw this in the demo as well,

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that you can click on sectioning and then you

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can click on the different gizmos that are available.

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And Autodesk Navisworks opens the sectioning tools

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tab on the ribbon and draws a section plane

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through the model in the scene view.

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And you will be able to leverage and view the section

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and as mentioned, you will be able to choose

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between plane and a box.

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And so the box is now officially present on the screen in the B

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image and with the move gizmo enabled by default.

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So you can use both of these options.

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So let's look at a demo video of controlling the visibility,

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so you go to the selection tree you can just click it

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and then you can say hide, which is available in the item tools,

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so it's hidden then you can see the inside of the model.

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And you can also say hide unselected,

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since only that wall is selected when you did

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hide unselected it unselected--

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they just hidden whatever is unselected, right?

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And then you click on unhide all and then

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it brought back everything.

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And then there is a couple of ways to do this one,

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so we did that directly using the item tools

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or in the selection tree you can just

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click on it and right click and then say hide.

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So there is quite a few ways you can hide and unhide

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objects in Navisworks.

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So as you've seen here, either you

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want to do it in the selection tree it's possible,

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or either you want to just right click that element

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and say hide, even that is possible as well.

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The next important feature that we will be talking about

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is creating viewpoints and markups.

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So in Navisworks you will be able to create viewpoints,

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which enables you to add annotations to the viewpoints

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and clash detection results.

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So when you say viewpoints, you can

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create folders as well as shown in the image B,

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you can have like architectural structure and maybe folders.

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And you can create these viewpoints

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and place them under the folders.

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The benefit of the viewpoints is that, let's say, you

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have created a couple of viewpoints,

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then it'll be easier for you to just directly go

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to that particular viewpoint when

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you want to share your findings with the other users,

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instead of scrolling down to that particular point

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every time.

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So viewpoints helps in that way that you

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have a snapshot of the different issues,

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that you want to review with the team members

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and you will be able to save those viewpoints in Navisworks.

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So you click on viewpoint tab and then

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you can save those viewpoints, and then

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either directly over there or right-click

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in the same viewpoints and then again you

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can click on save your point.

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So there are two ways that you will be able to do that.

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As you can see over here, along the save viewpoint,

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there are a few more options that are available in,

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let's say, for example, if you want

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to create a new folder within this one with a specific date

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you will still be able to do that.

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Let's look at the viewpoints demo in this video.

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So let's say you can create--

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so I have created a viewpoint over here,

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which is let's say, door view one

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and then you scroll the model and then

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you create another viewpoint, let's say door view two.

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So in this case, there are two viewpoints, right?

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So it has created a snapshot and then

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you can switch between these two views, view one and view two,

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then you will be able to look at from that particular angle.

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And again you can go inside and start

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orbiting from that specific view,

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but this snapshot itself doesn't change as soon as you

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create that viewpoint.

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It just stays at that particular location

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looking at the certain way that you have decided when

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you have created the viewpoint.

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So with the viewpoints, you will be

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able to use the review features that are

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available in the Navisworks.

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So when you go to review there are

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a couple of options that is being provided to you.

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So the first one is measurements,

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you will be able to measure between the two

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elements in Navisworks.

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And you red line it and then highlight it.

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And you can add tags over there, and also you

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can add comments as well.

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So if the viewpoint was not saved it,

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a new viewpoint will be created.

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So if there is no viewpoints that you have saved,

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a new viewpoint will be created when

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you do the reviews and markups, so they can stay on a viewpoint

25:19

only.

25:20

So when using the lock, select None

25:22

to reset the reference plane.

25:24

Over here in this picture, as you can see the red line

25:28

markings are done and the measurement is shown.

25:31

And then you can also do a couple of notes over here

25:35

let's say, for example, if you want to say I conveyed this

25:38

to the team members to add a column here,

25:39

and column missing that you'll be

25:41

able to do that using the reviews.

25:44

And you can tag and comments will

25:46

provide additional information to manage that review process.

25:49

So in that particular view, you'll be able to tag.

25:52

You can add the date, author, comment ID and status.

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You will be able to do that and also

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use the find comments window or to set up and run

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a search for tags and comments based on the metadata.

26:05

So from the comments section find and you can run reports

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on what are the items that are modified between a certain date

26:13

to a certain date, that you will be able to get

26:15

that list from there.

26:17

And use the controls on the Tags panel

26:20

to navigate through the tags, so you

26:23

can navigate through the tags using this tags

26:26

option over here.

26:27

So let's look at the markups demo, so I click on review

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and then when you click on review,

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you have a couple of options such as line or a revision

26:35

cloud, so you'll be able to do that.

26:38

You can start drawing directly in that particular view.

26:43

And then you can click on measure

26:45

and you can lock the access as well, so

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that the access doesn't move.

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So you can click on perpendicular

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and then check, OK, what is the distance between those two

26:56

columns?

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And it would be highlighted.

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First it highlights unless you click it

27:00

on convert to red line, then it gets converted to the red line.

27:05

Again you can convert it to red line

27:06

and it shows the dimensions between that,

27:10

and then you can put a revision cloud

27:13

or add further comments to that particular view.

27:23

So you can add the text over there,

27:27

and then you can add an arrow pointing

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to that particular location.

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So once you have done you can rename that as per you

27:40

want to rename it and even you can move it

27:42

inside the different folders, depending

27:44

on who needs to take action based on the comments that

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is provided.

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You click on that, you can further

27:51

add more description rather than just adding all the description

27:56

directly in the view, you'll be able to further add

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more description on when the stakeholders looking at it,

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they will be able to look at this comment

28:05

and then make the changes accordingly.

28:07

So you can add those comments you click on view comments

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and you will be able to see those comments that

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has been provided for that particular viewpoint.

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And you will be able to search between the different dates

28:21

on the different review items that has been created,

28:29

and you'll be able to also click on tags to go over item

28:34

by item.

28:35

So this is very useful, when you want

28:37

to communicate more information to the different stakeholders

28:41

in your coordination meeting.

28:42

Other than just a viewpoint, you can further

28:44

add more of these reviews and convey those information

28:49

to them, so that you'll be able to come

28:51

to an effective resolution.

28:54

The last part that we'll be covering in this lecture

28:57

is running the clash detector between the trades, which

29:01

is one of the powerful feature of Navisworks.

29:05

So running the clash directive between trades and Navisworks

29:08

provides more options and control over your clash test

29:12

in comparison to Glue, and under the Home tab select clash

29:16

detective, so you can go in the Home tab

29:19

and you will see a particular button, which

29:22

is called the clash detector.

29:24

When you click on that, then you will get the items

29:28

B and C pop up in your screen.

29:30

So you will get the screen and if you

29:32

have dual monitors it is even better

29:35

you can take these clash detector screens

29:38

instead of overlaying to a different screen.

29:41

So once you have done that, you will need to add the tests,

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so in item C it shows all the tests that are there,

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when you see the B, right?

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In image B there is something called as add test.

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So you'll be able to keep adding tests over there.

29:56

So let's say you want to test or check between architecture

30:00

and structure, so you click on add test,

30:02

let's say you want to check between the structure

30:04

and the mechanical you click on add test.

30:06

So you keep adding these tests let's

30:09

say, for example as per your record

30:10

I recommend maybe you have 10 to 12 tests.

30:13

So you will see the entire list in the C image, which

30:17

is shown over there, so you clicked on a test

30:19

and you will see all of that.

30:20

And also you will see two columns

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over there one is selection A and selection B,

30:26

and in selection A it shows all of the models and WC's that

30:31

are appended to the file and same it is shown

30:35

and the selection B as well.

30:38

Now, you'll be able to select, let's say architecture

30:41

in selection A and structure in selection B

30:44

and then you will be able to run a test between those.

30:47

Or you can select MEP in selection A and structure

30:51

in selection B and you will be able to run the test.

30:55

So whatever you are selecting, you

30:56

can give the specific name in the test.

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Let's say if you want to clash between MEP

31:02

and structure for that particular test

31:05

you have the name as MEP versus structure or MEP

31:08

underscore structure, so that you are clear on what

31:11

is clashing between the two whenever you come back

31:14

to the work in progress model.

31:16

To choose the elements to test, so you

31:19

can choose between the different elements,

31:22

let's say, for example you want to clash

31:23

between the first floor architecture

31:26

versus the first floor structure,

31:27

so you will be able to select that.

31:29

And you can also provide a tolerance in the settings,

31:33

let's say you want Navisworks to ignore

31:37

the clash for that particular MM, you can mention that.

31:41

And once you have mentioned that,

31:42

Navisworks will ignore that based on the tolerance.

31:46

For example, if there is an insulation in the pipe and then

31:50

you want to ignore it, so you'll be

31:51

able to set those tolerance in this case.

31:53

And there are different clash types

31:55

that you will be able to select, hard, hard conservative,

31:59

clearance, and duplicates.

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So you'll be able to choose between these different types.

32:05

Hard shows all the hard clashes, hard conservative

32:08

shows even a slightest touch of any triangulations

32:12

that happen in the software.

32:13

Even if elements are running parallel and even the slightest

32:16

touch will be highlighted in hard conservative,

32:20

and clearance for if you want to check any clearance.

32:23

And if you want to check for any duplicates in the model,

32:26

so you'll be able to choose their duplicates clash type.

32:29

And once you have selected that, then you

32:31

will be able to run the test.

32:33

So once you have run the test, so be there in the select tab.

32:38

So we were in the select Tab over here.

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So when you click on Run test only after that the Results

32:45

tab get populated, and then when you click on the results tab

32:49

you will see this interface of all the clashes

32:51

that you can see.

32:52

So once that test has been run you

32:55

will find a significant number of clashes,

32:57

so this can now be grouped up and distributed via Glue

32:60

to allow other team members to view and rectify.

33:03

And if you're using BIM 360 Glue you

33:05

will be able to connect to BIM 360 Glue.

33:07

And Navisworks you will be able to group these clashes

33:11

and assign it to the right team members using viewpoints,

33:16

so that is possible as well.

33:17

So you can group clashes either by selecting

33:20

multiple related clashes or clicking on New group.

33:23

So either you can say click on New group

33:26

or multiple related clashes.

33:28

You can select those clashes and then click on create group.

33:31

So the reason we are grouping the clashes is because you

33:35

may have a lot of clashes, but then when you are looking

33:38

at the issues, so a couple of clashes

33:40

can be combined to a single issue.

33:42

This way you can make it like each group

33:45

is an issue that needs to be addressed,

33:47

rather than going into each clash

33:49

and assigning it to different users.

33:51

So it's always better if a group of these clashes

33:55

can be bundled up as a single issue.

33:57

You will need to do that in Navisworks,

33:60

so that they can be bundled and looked at as a single issue

34:03

to be actioned upon.

34:04

And the most common way of grouping clashes is by item.

34:07

The item windows at the bottom shows

34:09

what elements are clashing, select group

34:11

clashes involving item.

34:13

So in the item you will also see further details, as well

34:18

on what is clashing with what.

34:20

And similarly you will be able to see that in the view

34:23

as well, so you can go looking at the view

34:26

and then grouping the clashes as well.

34:28

So if you want to create views that

34:30

track the progress of coordination in an area,

34:32

set the highlighting to use status color each time

34:35

you run this report.

34:37

And repeat this step until you're done grouping clashes.

34:41

And also there are few options that are available where you

34:45

can dim other or hide other .

34:46

So let's say you have selected clash five,

34:49

when you click on Dim other, the other elements

34:52

will be in a ghosted mode.

34:53

However, when you click on hide other,

34:55

you will see only these two elements clash

34:58

of what is clashing with what.

35:00

So once you have grouped that, you

35:02

do have an option in the tab of the reports tab,

35:06

you will be able to create reports.

35:08

There are quite a few options that you can do,

35:11

whether it is group headers only or individual clashes

35:14

or everything.

35:15

And then as well can filter it based

35:17

on, whether you want to create the report just

35:20

for the new clashes, active clashes

35:22

or reviewed, approved or resolved,

35:24

you'll be able to further filter down

35:26

depending on how you want to get that report.

35:29

And then the report format, so you can either

35:33

have an HTML format or you can have it as a viewpoints.

35:37

So whatever clashes that you have identified

35:39

can be saved as a viewpoint in a report format,

35:43

so you click on write a report and they will

35:45

be saved as the viewpoints.

35:49

So let's look at the clash detection demo video.

35:52

So you click on the clash detective tab,

35:55

and then this particular tab opens up and you can pin it

35:60

and that's called test one.

36:03

So you can change it to the name of your choice, which

36:08

makes more sense for you to understand

36:11

what is clashing with what.

36:12

So we have selected MEP first-floor and the structure

36:15

first-floor.

36:17

So that the next is a hard clash, so run report then

36:21

it is going to show you like all of these clashes.

36:25

And since it is Dim other, it is actually

36:28

making the other elements transparent

36:29

and you can review all of these clashes over here.

36:36

And you can select a few clashes and then

36:42

you put them under the single group.

36:48

You can work on a resolution for that particular issue

36:53

and you can give a specific name to that.

37:00

And then you can choose the colors between that,

37:04

so when you select item colors it

37:07

will highlight between red and green.

37:10

So you will be aware of these two elements, what

37:13

is clashing with what.

37:14

And when you click on hide other,

37:15

the other elements would be hidden

37:17

and when you come out of the Dim other

37:19

you will see the entire model as well.

37:30

When you go to the Report tab, you

37:32

will be able to run the report and let's say, for example we

37:37

want to write a report in the HTML format,

37:40

so you can save the report in the HTML format.

37:44

And once that report is written you,

37:46

will get this report, which you will

37:48

be able to share with the different users.

37:52

It gives a snapshot of that clash, the name, distance,

37:56

description, flash point and date created.

37:59

And when you click on that image it gets bigger,

38:01

as well for you to review those flashes.

38:05

Thank you everyone.

38:06

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38:08

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38:27

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38:29

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38:32

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38:35

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38:37

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