Navisworks 2026 includes the following enhancements:
The Appearance Profiler has been redesigned and enhanced with new options for improved usability (NW-60149).
The Measure Tools window has been redesigned and now includes a Save Measurement feature (NW-59699).
The Find Items window has been redesigned and now includes a Save option to save search sets directly (NW-59914).
The Status bar now includes a file version indicator (NW-61275).
The Status bar now includes a button that enables you to lock and unlock the pivot point when using zoom and other navigation tools (NW-60465, NW-60957, and NW-11086).
There is a new Show Pinned First on Home Page option on the Options Editor dialog > General node > Environment page. Select this option to show pinned files first on the Recent tab of the Home page (NW-60641).
Tiles on the Home page now include a cloud icon to indicate which files are not stored locally (NW-60155).
On the Units and Transform Dialog box, you can now adjust units and transforms for multiple 3D files or 2D sheets at a time (NW-874).
Color pickers used throughout Navisworks have been improved (NW-60872).
The Collision dialog box settings have been combined with the Edit Viewpoint dialog box (NW-59899 and NW-59900).
Behavior and usability have been improved when docking windows (NW-59990).
You can now define the Front view of the ViewCube by selecting a face in the model geometry (NW-60958).
The appearance of many dialog boxes across Navisworks has been updated and improved (NW-59895).
Clash Detective now includes the ability to group clashes using clash property data (NW-60002).
A new Delete Empty Groups button on the Results tab allows you to delete all empty clash groups.
It is now possible to specify a default assignee for clash tests. This assignee is automatically added in the Assign Clash dialog box if no other person or trade is assigned (NW-61064 and NW-61077).
The Results tab of the Clash Detective window now contains Resolved By and Resolved (date) fields, providing more details when a clash has been resolved (NW-61069).
The Results tab of the Clash Detective window now contains a Clash Count column, which displays the number of clashes contained in each clash group (NW-46497).
Test Type is no longer shown in the Description column of the Results tab. Instead, right-click on a column heading in the results table and select the Test Type option to add it as a column (NW-61068).
The Description column in the Results tab is now editable, and can be used to enter custom text strings (NW-61066).
Clash tests and clash results can now be assigned a priority level. This is displayed in a column in the Tests panel and Results tab, and is also included in generated clash reports (NW-61065 and NW-61067).
The Clash Detective window now contains sort and filter options for quick and easy management of clash tests and results (NW-59444).
Synchronize statuses when creating issues from clashes using the Navisworks Coordination Issues Add-In (ABDI-2741 and 2742).
You can now easily filter for and create sets of properties, edit which properties are displayed in the Properties panel, and export properties as a CSV (NW-60285, 60287, 60288, 60289, and 60294).
The Properties window now contains a search field, enabling more efficient management of properties (NW-60156).
There is a new Output tab > Export Scene panel > Export NWD option, which can be used to export to NWD using more configuration options, such as excluding hidden objects (NW-59749, NW-1635).
The Home tab > Project panel > Scene Statistics dialog now includes the world bounding box size, along side the minimum and maximum values (NW-60751).
System variables such as %temp% and %username% are now supported in the following global options (NW-54915).
There is a new Default Format Version option on the Options Editor dialog box > Model node > NWD page. Use this option to select which version you want to save NWD files as by default (NW-58249).
The Home tab > App Manager has been replaced with the Plugin Manager. The new Plugin Manager provides easy access to enable and disable plugins, and find information about updates and install locations (NW-4520).
The Options Editor dialog > File Readers node > DWG/DXF page now includes a Convert Hidden Objects option. When selected, objects that are hidden in DWG files in AutoCAD are included when exported to or opened in Navisworks (NW-60581).
There is a new Coordination tab on the Navisworks Home page, providing access to the Navisworks Coordination Issues Add-In (NW-61044).