Navisworks

Drawing > Save/Print > Save as .> 3-D formats (STEP, IFC, 3D PDF ...)

 

Via the Navisworks interface, HiCAD drawings and parts can be exported into the file format of Autodesk Navisworks. Nwc and nwd files can be created. The export as nwd file is only possible if a licensed version of Navisworks is available on the computer.

After calling up the function, select the desired file type. On the right in the dialogue window you can then specify the options for the export.

The settings can be preset in the Configuration Editor at Interfaces > General 3-D Iinterfaces > Navisworks and Interfaces > Navisworks and loaded with a click on the symbol.

 

Setting	Effect
Parts in separate files	Specify here whether each node of the model drawing is to be saved as a separate file or not. The file name you select is automatically extended by a number at the end.
Export displayed parts only	If this checkbox is active, only the parts that are visible in the active view are output.
Consider ifcSite CS	If this checkbox is active, then the model is transformed into the installation coordinate system stored in the feature of the IfcSite assembly (top assembly) with the name IfcSite - if available.
Unit of length	mm, cm, m or inches
Mode	Under Accuracy you can specify a Mode for polyhedron approximation: Polygon points per quadrant: Enter the number of polygon points (at least 2). The default setting is 6. Via distance tolerance: Enter a tolerance for Distance (default is 0.1). Via Distance tolerance with minimum number: Enter a tolerance for Distance and the minimum value for Polygon points per 3-D quadrant. Via Distance tolerance with maximum number: Enter a tolerance for Distance and the maximum value for Polygon points per 3-D quadrant.
Polygon points per 3-D quadrant
Distance

Specify the desired settings and determine the path and name of the export file. When you exit the window with OK, the Navisworks file is generated with the set settings.

 

Navisworks (*.nwc and *.nwd); however, the export as .nwd file is only possible if a licensed version of Navisworks is available on the Spooler server.

With the Navisworks export via the Spooler - as with other formats - the entire model drawing is exported.

 

With the help of the system file NavisWorksAttribute.xml you have the possibility to configure the attribute transfer of Navisworks files even beyond the options in the export dialogue.

 

The XML file consists of "attribute" nodes. Each of these nodes describes an attribute.

The name under which the corresponding HiCAD attribute is to be stored in Navisworks can be found in the XML attribute attrName. You can change this as required.

An attribute node contains the following sub-nodes:

targetFormat	The targetFormat node describes the format for which the attribute is relevant. If the type is set to NavisWorks, the attribute node is taken into account for the Navisworks export. In the underlying node targetDescNavisWorks the attributeType describes the data type in which the attribute is written to Navisworks (e.g. wstring or float). Exception: If the attributeType is set to treeName, the attribute in question is not written as a Navisworks attribute, but it describes the part name in the part tree.
hdb	This node contains the description of the HiCAD attribute. This is basically analogous to HDB files, so that different HiCAD attributes can also be combined.
attributeGroup	The node attributeGroup is optional and specifies the name of the tab under which the attribute is to be displayed in Navisworks. If this is not available in the configuration file, the attribute is simply entered there under the HiCAD attributes tab.

3-D Interfaces • Interfaces • Configuration Editor: Settings for Interfaces