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NAVIS WORKS – NAVIS WORKFLOW Navisworks is used to review models more quickly than reviewing directly in Revit
Create a 3D View For Electrical {Open} a local copy of the Revit File you wish to export
Select the Newly created 3D View and rename to [Navisworks Export – Electrical]
Zoom the model (Z enter) If the model is very small, check the surrounding space for floating elements
Create a 3D View For Architectural {Open} a local copy of the Revit File you wish to export
Select the Newly created 3D View and rename to [Navisworks Export – Architectural]
Zoom the model (Z enter) If the model is very small, check the surrounding space for floating elements
Select Visibility/ Graphics overrides in properties
Turn off: Revit links (other than the architectural), work sets, and model categories you do not wish to
see, all imported Categories, and all annotation categories
TIP: If the model is large and crashes when entering the 3D view you can edit the visibility graphics to
remove categories and links before entering it but only singly clicking instead of double clicking
Select the 3D view pulldown on the View Tab and select Default 3D View
TIP: You can Also find the 3D View tool in the quick access toolbar at the
top of the program window
Select Visibility/ Graphics overrides in properties
Turn off: Revit links, work sets, and model categories
you do not wish to see, all imported Categories, and
all annotation categories
TIP: If the model is large and crashes when entering
the 3D view you can edit the visibility graphics to
remove categories and links before entering it but
only singly clicking instead of double clicking
Select the 3D view pulldown on the View Tab and select Default 3D View
TIP: You can Also find the 3D View tool in the quick access toolbar at the
top of the program window
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Exporting the 3D view
Select the Export NWC under the Revit main menu
Importing into Navisworks
Open the Navisworks Simulate that matches the Revit Year of the exported NWC file
Append any additional NWC Files
{Saveas} the combined file as [project - Navisworks – Review]
Generating Saved Views
After importing all the appropriate files into your Navisworks – Review File, it is important to generate a
set of initial views which will allow quick navigation of the model.
TIP: If the planes do not show or your model vanishes, deselect and reselect the move action and the
plane should show up
Set the file name to Export - Project name - Discipline - R(Revit Year)
Navigate to [Project/Engineering/Working Drawings/Revit] and
{Save}
TIP: If the Project is very large you may need to Export the
Architectural and electrical information separately. You can export
any discipline you have attached to the electrical Revit file and even
use the same 3D model just by adjusting which Links and which
model categories are on or off in the graphics override of the 3D
view.
Select Append under the Home Tab and navigate to
the Folder containing the Exported NWC File
Appending is like attaching an X-ref in CAD. By
appending we can keep a single Navis file up to date
when we export new NWC files and overwrite the old
TIP: Ensure File type selection is set to see all
Navisworks file types
Under the viewpoint tab select Enable Sectioning
Select planes then turn on the planes you wish to use
Select the orientation of each plan (top, bottom, etc.)
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All Floor plans must be generated this way in the Navis file. We also recommend creating At least one
cut section of the entire building and cut sections of areas that have multiple varying ceiling heights.
Navigating the Model
PAN - Select Pan on the Navigate pane of the Viewpoint tab
Pan - hold the left mouse button to move the drawing around
Zoom – Use the scroll wheel to zoom in and out
Look - Select Walk on the Navigate pane of the Viewpoint tab
Move - hold the left mouse to look around from a fixed point
Zoom – Use the scroll wheel to zoom in and out
Pan - hold the Middle button to move the drawing around
Walk - Select Walk on the Navigate pane of the Viewpoint tab
Move - hold the left mouse button and push the mouse forward or back
Turn - hold the left mouse button and tilt the mouse left or right
Look – Scroll with mouse wheel forward to look down and back to look up
Elevate - hold Middle button and push up or down to move down through the building
Sectioning - Select Enable Sectioning on the Sectioning pane of the Viewpoint tab
On the Sectioning tool Pane Select Mode pulldown and Select Box
In the Transform Pane of the Section Tools tab you can Scale and move the box to show the
section you would like to see.
There are many ways to navigate a Navis model.
All of the Navigation styles can be found in the
Navigate Pane of the viewpoint tab
Move each plane individually to Isolate the
information and geometry of the first floor
Select Save Viewpoint either from the sectioning tools
menu of from the viewpoint tab.
Rename the Saved View to corrispond with the
Architectural name for this floor.
Repeat for all floors
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Measuring Navisworks
On the Review Tab, Select Measure Pulldown.
From here you can select multiple different ways to Measure including a cumulative measurement tool.
Before we being please select the Navis pulldown menu and
select Options. Select Display units and Set to Feet and inches.
Select Point to point.
Select the face of the first object you wish to measure
from and then the second
The Yellow Line is the path traced by your cursor.
The Green or Red line (depending on whether you are
measuring Plan N/S or Plan W/E) will be the direct line
Dimension from one object to the next
If you are having trouble measuring form floor to ceiling
or along a surface you can use the Lock pulldown menu
to lock a specific axis you are trying to measure from