To Configure and Share Global Options

You can specify the location of shared project and site directories, and configure global options for use by a project team.

1. Open Autodesk Navisworks.
2. Click the application button Options.
3. In Options Editor, expand the General node Locations.
4. Click in Project Directory and browse to the location of your network Project directory. Alternatively, create a new folder on your shared network called Project, and then create another folder within it called global_options.
   Note: This should be in a central network location, accessible to other users.
5. Click in Site Directory and browse to the location of your network Site directory. Alternatively, create a new folder on your shared network called Site, and then create another folder within it called global_options.
   Note: This should be in a central network location, accessible to other users.
6. Expand any node in the Options Editor and modify the global options you want to share with your team.
7. Click Export and select the global options you just changed OK.
8. Save the file within the Project global_options folder. Call the file options.xml, for example.
9. For a second time, expand any node in the Options Editor and modify another set of global options. OK.
10. Click Export and select the global options you just changed OK.
11. Save the file within the Site global_options folder. Call the file options.xml, for example.
12. When you restart Navisworks, the global options will be used by default.
13. To share these global options with other users, for each machine on the network:
14. In Navisworks, click the application button Options.
15. In the Options Editor, expand the General node Locations.
16. Ensure the Project Directory and Site Directory point to the same locations as specified above.
Note: If you are a network administrator and want to prevent users from changing global options, you can lock them. See To Lock Global Location Options.