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The document discusses using the Timeliner tool in Navisworks for 4D planning. It covers prerequisites, Navisworks basics, main uses, products, extensions, the procedure including defining data sources, selecting objects and appending to tasks, adding real data, configuring playback, and tips. The summary focuses on the key aspects of using Timeliner for 4D planning simulation and coordination in Navisworks.

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Naviswork 4D Planning

The document discusses using the Timeliner tool in Navisworks for 4D planning. It covers prerequisites, Navisworks basics, main uses, products, extensions, the procedure including defining data sources, selecting objects and appending to tasks, adding real data, configuring playback, and tips. The summary focuses on the key aspects of using Timeliner for 4D planning simulation and coordination in Navisworks.

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NAVISWORKS 4D PLANNING

WORKFLOW

HANDBOOK

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The use of Timeliner for 4D planning in Navisworks.

Prerequisites

Users can navigate Revit files.


The user has basic skills in BIM modeling with Revit Software and understands
the language used.
The user knows construction and planning.
The user has basic skills in Navisworks. If not, read before Navisworks
guideline.

Navisworks basic ideas

Is an Autodesk software that enables the analysis, simulation and


communication of design and constructability.
It allows shared viewing and review of models of different disciplines (Revit,
Inventor, Rhinoceros, Solidworks, Sketchup, Allplan, Robot, CYPE, ...).
Main Naviswork uses

Clash Detection: Interferences detection and management. It allows us to


anticipate, prevent and resolve problems in the virtual model before construction
begins, to reduce costs and minimize changes and delays.
Planning: 4D simulation. Navisworks Manage combines spatial coordination
with construction planning, allowing the simulation and analysis of it, and also
you can manage the changes that occur during the construction progress.

Navisworks products

Autodesk Navisworks Freedom

Autodesk Navisworks Simulate

Autodesk Navisworks Manage


Extensions

NWC (cache files):


They contain the Revit extracted geometry and we are going
to have as many as the number of Revit files we want to export.

NWF (federated files):


Those kinds of files are containers for several cache files.
The way of reviewing several files together (ARC, MEP, STR) is making a new
NWF file and appending (link) many NWC files to it. If the location of the NWC file
changes, they must be reloaded.

NWD (document files):


Is the kind of file you use for delivering purposes, because
it integrates all NWC files as imported elements, capturing the geometry and
forgetting the relation with the NWC file. It saves all generated views, annotations
and comments. It’s considered as a full file and it can be opened in the Freedom
viewer.
Procedure
Timeliner tool:

Basic topics

The Navisworks tool to plan a construction is the Timeliner.


It’s convenient to generate the planning file previously from a specific
software. Then, you can import it to Navis and manage it there.
The planning software that best works for importing in Navisworks is MS
Project. You can also use other formats, as a generic CSV or Primavera, but
they require a more careful workflow.
Selection Tree organization
Level (Layer)
Category
Family
Type
Instance (Object)
Solid (Geometry)

Step by step
1. Prepare the file. Add required parameters.
2. Export cache file from the right view.
3. Have the planning ready.
4. Append cache files.
5. Define Data sources
6. Select objects and Append to Tasks
7. Using rules
8. Add real data
9. Configure playback.
10. Start the simulation.
Define Data sources
Open and dock the Timelines palete.
Go to Data Sources tab, click Add, select MS Project 2007-2023.

Select your MPP file.


Map (at least) each of the following parameters to the corresponding
MPP column.
Press OK and rename your data source.
Right click and select Rebuild Task Hierarchy.
Check everything went well and the Schedule has been imported.
Select objects and Append to Tasks
Always use SEARCH SETS as they are dynamic and will update with
changes in your models.
Use the FIND ITEMS tool to filter your query depending on several
properties.

Use the OR condition to concatenate various conditions rather than


AND.
Click FIND ALL and save your set.
Under SETS, click Save Search and name it properly.
Add real data

Assign the actual start and end dates.


Set the appearance to differentiate what has been executed in time,
before or after planned.
Set the simulation to show the actual dates with planned dates.
Configure playback
1. You can play a specific portion of the timeline.
2. Set the interval size to choose which tasks will be considered.
3. Playback duration must be specified as a whole.
4. Text overlay edition is a token from the past and looks quite ugly.
5. You can connect your playback with a predefined camera/object
animation.
6. View has a deep impact on the way information is presented:
Planned and Actual work as expected, just showing the dates.
Planned Actual Differences shows things at their planned dates but
with color info about real late start or early finish.
Planned against Actual uses the actual dates but includes info if
something starts or finishes out of time.
Actual Planned Differences shows things at their actual dates but with
color info about planned early start or late finish.
Tips&Tricks
You can use Navisworks for model reviewing of several file formats. It can
import natively from most of the CAD formats.

You can work with other BIM platforms by using IFC files.

Conclusion
With the Timeliner tool you can review and coordinate the construction
process, associating with planning data from other softwares or creating your
own inside Navisworks. You can preview an animation to check the
construction progress.
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