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Chapter 1

Product Readme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Installing Autodesk Navisworks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Customer Involvement Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Product Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Autodesk Navisworks Freedom 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Known Problems in Autodesk Navisworks Manage 2012 . Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Copyrights and Trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 .1 .3 .3 .3 .4 .4 .5

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Installing Autodesk Navisworks

If you have previously installed any beta version of Autodesk Navisworks Manage 2012, you must completely uninstall these pre-release versions before installing the retail version.

Customer Involvement Program

During the first week of Autodesk Navisworks Manage 2012 use, a new window will appear to invite you to join the Customer Involvement Program (CIP). By joining, Autodesk Navisworks will send anonymous data to Autodesk related to the use of the application. We strongly encourage you to participate in the program, and assure you there is no risk to your privacy. We hope you will help us improve our product through this effort.

What does CIP track?

Number of minutes you are running the software. Number of sessions that end due to stability issues. Menu actions triggered. Import/export actions (including file extension used). Scene statistics after a load or import (number of objects, faces, vertices, and so on). Machine configuration (resolution, hard disks).

Other Autodesk products installed. Plug-in (DLLS) installed with Autodesk Navisworks.

What does CIP not track?

There is no way for CIP to track any information related to the user. There is also no way to track information outside of Autodesk products.

To turn the CIP on or off 1 Run Autodesk Navisworks. 2 On the InfoCenter toolbar, click the drop-down arrow to the right of the Help button .

3 Click Customer Involvement Program. 4 In the Autodesk Customer Involvement Program dialog box, select to start or stop participating.

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5 Click OK.

Product Notes
Supported file formats and applications
For an up to date list of supported file formats and applications go to Autodesk Navisworks Product Center.

Autodesk Navisworks Freedom 2012

A free viewer for Autodesk Navisworks NWD and Autodesk DWF files, Autodesk Navisworks Freedom 2012 is the answer for those without design software or specialist skills that want to explore a project model. Autodesk NavisworksFreedom extends the whole-project view to all project stakeholders, helping to improve communication and collaboration. Multi-disciplinary models created in building information modeling (BIM), digital prototype (DP), and process plant design applications can be combined into a single integrated project model and published into the NWD format using Autodesk NavisworksManage or Autodesk NavisworksSimulate software. The published file provides access to model hierarchy, object properties, and embedded review data, including viewpoints, animations, redlines, and comments. Click here to Install Freedom.

Resources

Autodesk Navisworks is provided with a number of sample models, which are installed in the Examples directory within the Autodesk Navisworks Manage 2012 installation directory. Autodesk Navisworks has a powerful API (Application Programming Interface) that allows developers to customize the product. The API documentation and example files are installed in the API directory within the Autodesk Navisworks Manage 2012 installation directory. Autodesk Navisworks has support for ArchVision's RPCs for use with the Presenter tool, and is provided with a number of sample RPC files. The sample RPCs are installed in the Presenter\lads\layla_data\textures\RPC

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directory within the Autodesk Navisworks Manage 2012 installation directory.

Autodesk Navisworks has support for Image Based Lighting through the use of High Dynamic Range Images (HDRIs). The LightWorks User site has a number of resources for users of HDR Images: Access the LightWork Design HDRI Resource Access the LightWork Design HDRI Starter Collection

Known Problems in Autodesk Navisworks Manage 2012

For an up-to-date list of outstanding issues in Autodesk Navisworks Manage 2012, visit the Autodesk Navisworks website at http://www.autodesk.com/navisworks.

Credits
Autodesk kindly acknowledges the following contributors to the Autodesk Navisworks example models: National Ice Centre model courtesy of Design and Property services, Nottingham City Council, Nottingham, England.

Scorpion TKX890 Snowmobile model courtesy of Scorpion Recreational Products, L.L.C. Manistee, Michigan, USA City of Bath model courtesy of the Centre for Advanced Studies in Architecture, University of Bath, England. Gatehouse model courtesy of Dr. David Kerr, Taylor Woodrow, Taywood House, 345 Ruislip Road, Southall UB1 2QX, England. Eircom Park model courtesy of HBG Construction Ltd., Merit House, Colindale, London NW9 5AF, England. Architects: RHWL Partnership, 77 Endell St. London WC2H 9DZ, England. Client: IMG Ireland, 5 Clare St. Dublin 2 Ireland. KLM model courtesy of Laing Ltd, Maxted House, 13 Maxted Road, Hemel Hempstead HP2 7DX, England.

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Copyrights and Trademarks

2011 Autodesk, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Except as otherwise permitted

by Autodesk, Inc., this publication, or parts thereof, may not be reproduced in any form, by any method, for any purpose. Certain materials included in this publication are reprinted with the permission of the copyright holder. Trademarks The following are registered trademarks or trademarks of Autodesk, Inc., and/or its subsidiaries and/or affiliates in the USA and other countries: 3DEC (design/logo), 3December, 3December.com, 3ds Max, Algor, Alias, Alias (swirl design/logo), AliasStudio, Alias|Wavefront (design/logo), ATC, AUGI, AutoCAD, AutoCAD Learning Assistance, AutoCAD LT, AutoCAD Simulator, AutoCAD SQL Extension, AutoCAD SQL Interface, Autodesk, Autodesk Envision, Autodesk Intent, Autodesk Inventor, Autodesk Map, Autodesk MapGuide, Autodesk Streamline, AutoLISP, AutoSnap, AutoSketch, AutoTrack, Backburner, Backdraft, Built with ObjectARX (logo), Burn, Buzzsaw, CAiCE, Civil 3D, Cleaner, Cleaner Central, ClearScale, Colour Warper, Combustion, Communication Specification, Constructware, Content Explorer, Dancing Baby (image), DesignCenter, Design Doctor, Designer's Toolkit, DesignKids, DesignProf, DesignServer, DesignStudio, Design Web Format, Discreet, DWF, DWG, DWG (logo), DWG Extreme, DWG TrueConvert, DWG TrueView, DXF, Ecotect, Exposure, Extending the Design Team, Face Robot, FBX, Fempro, Fire, Flame, Flare, Flint, FMDesktop, Freewheel, GDX Driver, Green Building Studio, Heads-up Design, Heidi, HumanIK, IDEA Server, i-drop, ImageModeler, iMOUT, Incinerator, Inferno, Inventor, Inventor LT, Kaydara, Kaydara (design/logo), Kynapse, Kynogon, LandXplorer, Lustre, MatchMover, Maya, Mechanical Desktop, Moldflow, Moonbox, MotionBuilder, Movimento, MPA, MPA (design/logo), Moldflow Plastics Advisers, MPI, Moldflow Plastics Insight, MPX, MPX (design/logo), Moldflow Plastics Xpert, Mudbox, Multi-Master Editing, Navisworks, ObjectARX, ObjectDBX, Open Reality, Opticore, Opticore Opus, Pipeplus, PolarSnap, PortfolioWall, Powered with Autodesk Technology, Productstream, ProjectPoint, ProMaterials, RasterDWG, RealDWG, Real-time Roto, Recognize, Render Queue, Retimer,Reveal, Revit, Showcase, ShowMotion, SketchBook, Smoke, Softimage, Softimage|XSI (design/logo), Sparks, SteeringWheels, Stitcher, Stone, StudioTools, ToolClip, Topobase, Toxik, TrustedDWG, ViewCube, Visual, Visual LISP, Volo, Vtour, Wire, Wiretap, WiretapCentral, XSI, and XSI (design/logo). LightWorks, the LightWorks logo, LWA and LWA-Enabled are registered trademarks of LightWork Design Ltd. The LWA-Enabled logo, Interactive

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Image Regeneration, IIR, A-Cubed, Feature-Following Anti-Aliasing and FFAA are all trademarks of LightWork Design Ltd. All other trademarks, images and logos remain the property of their respective owners. Copyright of LightWork Design Ltd. 1990-2007, 2008. This software is based in part on the work of the Independent JPEG Group. Disclaimer THIS PUBLICATION AND THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS MADE AVAILABLE BY AUTODESK, INC. "AS IS." AUTODESK, INC. DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE REGARDING THESE MATERIALS.

This Help file was last updated on 9 March 2011.

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