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Create a project that includes models from multiple disciplines.
Type:
Tutorial
Length:
3 min.
Transcript
00:03
In Navisworks, you can combine files from various disciplines into one composite model
00:09
to create a single Navisworks file with a whole-project view of your model.
00:13
This file brings together geometry and data created by multi-disciplinary teams,
00:18
and enables you to explore and review complex models in real-time.
00:23
While you could also use Revit to bring these models together, a big advantage of using Navisworks is the reduction in file size.
00:31
A 30-megabyte Revit model reduces down to just 4 megabytes in Navisworks.
00:37
By simplifying the model, visualization speeds up without losing details.
00:43
Before you append the models together, consider the files that you can bring into Navisworks, and what the result will be.
00:51
There are many different CAD and BIM file formats that can be opened directly in Navisworks
00:56
or appended together into single consolidated models.
00:60
This includes everything from Autodesk software, Bentley, Esri, and others.
01:07
In terms of the resulting file, Navisworks has three native file formats: NWD, NWF, and NWC.
01:18
When you open a file in Navisworks, a snapshot of the original file is automatically created.
01:25
This creates an NWC file, which is basically a Navisworks cache file.
01:31
Think of it as a snapshot or link to the original file.
01:35
You have two options for saving the time.
01:38
To save a current snapshot of the project with all of the model geometry and markups included save an NWD file.
01:46
Again, that is just a snapshot of the current state.
01:51
By saving a model as an NWF file, you include links to the original files that form a Navisworks model, with its markups.
01:60
Make sure that you are working in the NWF version, so that you are always using the latest version of the model.
02:07
To start a new project, on the Navisworks Home page, click New.
02:14
Then, from the Project panel, click Append.
02:19
In the Append dialog, select the files that you want to combine.
02:24
For this example, several different Revit project files are selected,
02:29
including the architectural, electrical, facades, HVAC, plumbing, site, and structure models for the same building.
02:39
Click Open.
02:41
A loading dialog appears, and then all of the selected models open.
02:47
To save the file, from the Application menu, select Save As.
02:53
In the Save as type drop-down list, select the NWF file type for the latest version of the software,
02:60
which is Navisworks 2016 to 2025 File Set.
03:04
Add a File name, and then click Save.
Video transcript
00:03
In Navisworks, you can combine files from various disciplines into one composite model
00:09
to create a single Navisworks file with a whole-project view of your model.
00:13
This file brings together geometry and data created by multi-disciplinary teams,
00:18
and enables you to explore and review complex models in real-time.
00:23
While you could also use Revit to bring these models together, a big advantage of using Navisworks is the reduction in file size.
00:31
A 30-megabyte Revit model reduces down to just 4 megabytes in Navisworks.
00:37
By simplifying the model, visualization speeds up without losing details.
00:43
Before you append the models together, consider the files that you can bring into Navisworks, and what the result will be.
00:51
There are many different CAD and BIM file formats that can be opened directly in Navisworks
00:56
or appended together into single consolidated models.
00:60
This includes everything from Autodesk software, Bentley, Esri, and others.
01:07
In terms of the resulting file, Navisworks has three native file formats: NWD, NWF, and NWC.
01:18
When you open a file in Navisworks, a snapshot of the original file is automatically created.
01:25
This creates an NWC file, which is basically a Navisworks cache file.
01:31
Think of it as a snapshot or link to the original file.
01:35
You have two options for saving the time.
01:38
To save a current snapshot of the project with all of the model geometry and markups included save an NWD file.
01:46
Again, that is just a snapshot of the current state.
01:51
By saving a model as an NWF file, you include links to the original files that form a Navisworks model, with its markups.
01:60
Make sure that you are working in the NWF version, so that you are always using the latest version of the model.
02:07
To start a new project, on the Navisworks Home page, click New.
02:14
Then, from the Project panel, click Append.
02:19
In the Append dialog, select the files that you want to combine.
02:24
For this example, several different Revit project files are selected,
02:29
including the architectural, electrical, facades, HVAC, plumbing, site, and structure models for the same building.
02:39
Click Open.
02:41
A loading dialog appears, and then all of the selected models open.
02:47
To save the file, from the Application menu, select Save As.
02:53
In the Save as type drop-down list, select the NWF file type for the latest version of the software,
02:60
which is Navisworks 2016 to 2025 File Set.
03:04
Add a File name, and then click Save.
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