Combine design, construction, and other project data into a single integrated project model.

• Incorporate files in many major 3D design or laser scan file formats.
• Integrate all project models, even the largest datasets.
• Read intelligent data from original design files and view it beside the model.
• Import live data from external databases and display it within the model.

3D file and data aggregation capabilities are available in Autodesk Navisworks Manage software and Autodesk Navisworks Simulate software.

The review toolkit offers a host of tools that facilitate whole-project review.

• Measure distances, areas, and angles.
• Store, organize, and share camera views of a design and export them into images or reports.
• Add cross sections and section plans to inspect details closely.
• Use NWF reference files to view the latest version of a CAD design while maintaining previous review data.
• Open current model and viewpoint in many original design software packages.
• Automate tasks or extend functionality using extensive APIs (application programming interface).

The review toolkit is available in Autodesk® Navisworks® Manage software and Autodesk® Navisworks® Simulate software. Measure Tools are also available in Navisworks Freedom.

Publish your entire project for a whole-project view.

• Publish and store complete project models in a single distributable NWD or DWF™ file.
• Embed or exclude object properties.
• Compress file size by up to 90% compared to original design files.
• Secure files with password encryption, time expiration, and read-only format.
• Include all authorship and copyright details in files.
• Store all review data with the model.
• Enable viewing of NWD models from a web browser or within Microsoft® Office documents and presentations via ActiveX® control.
• Use the free* Autodesk Navisworks Freedom viewer to open any NWD model.

NWD and 3D DWF publishing capabilities are available in Autodesk Navisworks Manage software and Autodesk Navisworks Simulate software.

*Free products are subject to the terms and conditions of the end-user license agreement that accompanies download of the software.

Communicate design intent and encourage teamwork with the collaboration toolkit.

• Add markups to viewpoints with advanced redlining tools.
• Comment on viewpoints with searchable notes, and include a date-stamped audit trail.
• Record animated walk-throughs for real-time playback, or export as AVI files.
• Stream large models and content from a disk or the Internet, navigating the design as the model loads.

The collaboration toolkit is available in Autodesk Navisworks Manage software and Autodesk Navisworks Simulate software.

Develop compelling 3D animations and imagery for project presentations.

• Customize and configure every render aspect, including materials, lights, backgrounds, and rendering styles.
• Use environmental backgrounds to add real-world scenery.
• Choose from more than 1,000 built-in materials to create a photorealistic look.
• Add rich photorealistic content (RPC), such as people and trees, to scenes.
• Add smooth shadows and natural lighting with HDRI lighting.
• Use real-time shaders that support the OpenGL® 2.0 shader language for real-time lighting and shadows.
• Create believable nighttime imagery with light-scattering effects.
• Create your own transparent materials with support for PNG files with transparency.

Photorealistic 3D visualization capabilities are available in Autodesk Navisworks Manage software and Autodesk Navisworks Simulate software.

Animate and interact with models.

• Create animations showing object movement, operation, assembly, and disassembly.
• Create interaction scripts that link animations to specific events, triggers, or key commands.
• Link object animations to tasks in a 4D schedule.
• Include animated objects in a clash detection and interference analysis.

Object animation capabilities are available in Autodesk Navisworks Manage software and Autodesk Navisworks Simulate software.

Simulate construction schedules and logistics in 4D to visually communicate and analyze project activities, and to help reduce delays and sequencing problems.

• Verify building or demolition viability by developing construction or demolition sequences that link model geometry to times and dates.
• Import times, dates, and other task data from project management software to dynamically link schedules with project models.
• Set up planned and actual times to visualize deviations from the project schedule.
• Export 4D simulations as AVI animations or sequential images.
• Customize simulation behavior and overlay text.
• Use CSV Import/Export for two-way interoperability with other applications.
• Copy and paste dates from spreadsheets and specialist planning tools.
• Use tools to associate geometry and tasks quickly and easily.

4D scheduling capabilities are available in Autodesk Navisworks Manage software and Autodesk Navisworks Simulate software.

Anticipate and avoid potential problems before construction, reducing expensive delays and rework.

• Perform clash detection tests against specified geometry to find and resolve conflicts.
• Check as-built laser scan data against 3D designs.
• Open current clash in many original design software applications.
• View clashes in context with geometry in the model and in relation to other clashes.
• Make all non-clashing items transparent to easily locate clashes in the model.
• Transition between clash results to maintain orientation in the model.
• Create Hard, Clearance, and Duplicate clash tests to support multiple coordination scenarios.
• Analyze space and time by linking clash tests to 4D simulations and object animations.

Clash detection and interference management capabilities are available only in Autodesk Navisworks Manage software.

Manage and track clashes and interferences through to resolution.

• Track the status of clashes as they are found and resolved.
• Group clash results to address multiple results as a single issue.
• Export reports with results of clash tests, including comments and screenshots, to communicate issues to the project team.
• Share clash scenarios with other Autodesk Navisworks Manage users with XML import/export for reuse on similar projects.

Clash detection and interference management capabilities are available only in Autodesk Navisworks Manage software.

Explore your integrated project model using advanced navigation tools.

• Enable gravity, solid-object recognition, and customizable third-person avatars for a realistic, real-time experience.
• Use comprehensive navigation tools, including Walk, Look Around, Zoom, Zoom Box, Pan, Orbit, Examine, Fly, and Turntable.
• Access the Autodesk® ViewCube® and Autodesk® SteeringWheels® 3D navigation widgets and the navigation bar for a consistent user experience across Autodesk® applications.

Real-time navigation capabilities are available in Autodesk Navisworks Manage software, Autodesk Navisworks Simulate software, and Autodesk Navisworks Freedom software.

Extend the whole-project view to all project stakeholders, improving communication and collaboration.

• View all simulations and output saved in 3D DWF™ and NWD formats.
• See model hierarchy, object properties, and embedded review data, including viewpoints, animations, redlines, and comments.

Whole-team review capabilities are available in Autodesk Navisworks Manage software, Autodesk Navisworks Simulate software, and Autodesk Navisworks Freedom software.

Increase your productivity when working between Autodesk® Revit® and Autodesk Navisworks applications.

• Transition between views in both applications for easy navigation and visualization with the Switchback feature.
• Pass construction components created with new Revit® Construction Modeling tools into Navisworks project review software for 4D simulation.
• More accurately create 4D sequences to demonstrate constructability with support for Revit properties, including areas, volumes, and points, along with Revit-linked files and split regions.

Gain greater control and flexibility when working with 4D simulations.

• Create, edit, and communicate your construction schedule more effectively with a new interface and integrated, editable Gantt control.
• Extend and tailor the 4D toolset to help meet your project and business requirements with the new Timeliner API (application programming interface).

Better support management and resolution of project clashes with new clash detection enhancements.

• Assign ownership of clashes with new workflow tools.
• Produce batch status summaries of clashes and export a formatted report directly to Microsoft® Office Excel® software.
• Better visualize clashes through a new wireframe view and a clash focus feature.

Open, review, and explore your 2D data sets alongside your 3D models. Select a model component in the 3D world, then find and review the same component in a 2D representation.

Autodesk Navisworks 2012 software supports complimentary Autodesk® 2012 applications and the following third-party applications:

• Oracle® Primavera® P6 v7
• FARO®
• Google™ Sketchup™ v7
• RVM, Pro/ENGINEER®, and DGN file formats