Most Autodesk Navisworks features are accessible from dockable windows.
There are several windows to choose from, which are grouped into several functional areas:
These windows give you access to the core Autodesk Navisworks functionality:
These windows contain tools required to perform select/search/review operations:
These windows contain tools required to perform quantity takeoff.
These windows contain tools necessary to set up and use viewpoints:
These window enable you to work with multi-sheet files:
Windows can be moved and resized, and either floated in the Scene View or docked (pinned or auto-hidden).
A docked window shares one or more edges with adjacent windows and toolbars. If a shared edge is moved, the windows change shape to compensate. You can also float windows anywhere on the screen, if necessary.
By default, a docked window is pinned, meaning that the window remains displayed at its current size and can be moved. When you auto hide a window and move the mouse pointer away from it, the window is reduced to a tab displaying the window name. Moving the mouse pointer over the tab displays the window fully, but temporarily, over the canvas. Auto-hiding a window can show more of the canvas while still keeping the window available. Auto-hiding a window also prevents it from being undocked, grouped, or ungrouped.
An undocked window is one that has been separated from the program window. Each undocked window can be moved around the screen or screens as desired. Although undocked windows cannot be pinned, they can be resized and grouped.
A window group is a way to have more than one window occupy the same amount of space on the screen. When windows are grouped, each window is represented by a tab at the bottom of the group. In a group, click a tab to display that window. You can group or ungroup window as necessary and save custom workspaces. After changing window positions, you can save your settings as a custom workspace.
When you auto hide a window, it collapses against a specific side of the canvas - Top, Left, Right, or Bottom. The side to which it collapses is determined by the docking position. So, for example, if you dock a window to the left of canvas, it collapses to the left.
Right-clicking a dockable window displays a context menu of available commands. If you right-click a single item, or select one or more items and right-click, this menu contains commands related to the items. If you right-click an area that contains no items or data, the menu contains commands related to the dockable window, if appropriate.