Navisworks Essentials Training - United Kingdom

Navisworks Essentials Training Course Outline

Module 1: Get Started with Navisworks

• Introduction to Navisworks
• Use of Navisworks

Module 2: The Navisworks File System

• The Three Navisworks Versions
• Navisworks File Types
• Opening Files Directly
• Working with Revit Directly
• Exporting from Revit to Navisworks
• Appending and Merging Models

Module 3: Navigating in a Model

• Looking at the Navigation Bar
• Walking through your Model
• Rotating your Model with the Orbit Tool
• Looking around your Model
• Using the Gravity Tool
• Settings

Module 4: Working with Viewpoints

• Saving Viewpoint
• Choosing Render Style
• Changing the Background
• Slicing your Model using Sectioning
• Getting Rid of Lines and Text

Module 5: The Review Tab

• Getting Measurements
• Finding the Shortest Distance between Objects
• Creating Redlines

Module 6: Dealing with Objects

• Selecting Objects
• Overriding Colour, Transparency, and a Transform
• Hiding and turning on Objects
• Moving, Rotating, Scaling Items
• Adding Links
• Viewing Properties and Adding Fields
• Switching Back to Revit 
• Holding Objects

Module 7: Sorting and Grouping

• The Selection Tree
• Finding Items and Saving Selection as a Set
• Using the Quick Find Tool
• Using the Selection Inspector

Module 8: Clash Detection

• Creating a Clash Test and Setting Rules
• Selecting Objects to Clash and Adding Clearances
• Analysing the Clash Test Results
• Resolving and Reducing Clashes
• Grouping and Assigning Clashes
• Creating Report: Viewpoints, HTML

Module 9: The TimeLiner

• Configuring Appearances
• Creating Tasks
• Adding Selection sets to a Task
• Adding Multiple Tasks and Running the Movie
• Simulating Settings
• Exporting the TimeLiner
• Adding a Data Source
• Creating a Simulation for the TimeLiner

Module 10: Quantification

• Setting up your Workbook
• Dragging Items to the workbook
• Taking off the Entire Model
• Exporting the Take off

Module 11: Presenting, Animating, and Exporting

• Animating Saved Viewpoints
• Animating Objects
• Creating a Script

Module 12: Rendering

• Adding Lights
• Adding Materials
• Adjusting the Sun
• Rendering
• Appearance Profiler