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

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.)

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

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