Open Models using the Navisworks Coordination Issues Add-In

Open Models from Model Coordination

1. Click the Coordination tab > Coordination panel > Open.

2. Select your account from the drop-down list, then click the project you want to work in.

3. Select a coordination space from the drop-down list.

4. To open models or Model Coordination views:

   1. Select the Models or Views tab.
   2. Browse the list or use the search box to locate specific models or views, select the corresponding checkboxes, and click Open to open the selection.

5. To add more models to your selection:

   1. Click the Coordination tab > Coordination panel > Append. Your previous account, project, and coordination space selection should persist.
   2. Browse the list or use the search box to locate the models, and select the corresponding checkboxes.
   3. Click Append.
   Note: You can only append models that are in the same coordination space as the open models. Views can't be appended. You can remove models using the Selection Tree.

Create Views with Associated NWF files

Combine models opened from Model Coordination into a view, an aggregated combination of models that can be useful for model review, clash detection, and issue resolution on a subset of related data.

1. Click the Coordination tab > Coordination panel > Open.

2. Select the account, project, and coordination space you want to open models from.

3. Click the Models tab, select the models you want to create a view from, and click Open.

4. When the models have loaded, click Save in the Quick Access toolbar to open the Save view dialog box.

5. Enter a title and description for the view, and select a privacy status.

   Tip: There are two privacy statuses for views. Public views are viewable by all project members in the coordination space. Private views are only viewable by the creator and project administrators.

6. Click Save view.

   The view is saved to the Model Coordination project. An associated, hidden NWF file is also saved, that contains all the Navisworks-specific data such as model appearance settings, search sets, viewpoints, Clash Detective data and so on.

7. In your next Navisworks session, follow steps 1 and 2 above, select the Views tab, and select and open your view.

   The NWF file is also opened, loading any Navisworks-specific data.

8. Make edits in Navisworks as required, for example create a viewpoint. Click Save to save the changes to the NWF file.

   If another project member opens the view and makes edits in Navisworks, they are prompted that a newer version of the NWF file exists and asked if they want to merge the data. When they click Yes, the other member is notified and can review the changes before saving again.

   Warning:

   If Clash Detective data is saved in an NWF file associated with a view, and a member opens the view and makes changes in Navisworks Simulate, saving those changes will cause the clash data to be lost. They will be notified of this before they save. Once saved, it is not possible to revert to a previous version of the NWF file.

These views can also be opened in Model Coordination, but the Navisworks-specific data from the NWF file is not loaded. You can use and update the view as normal in Model Coordination, and any changes made are reflected in Navisworks.

Open Models from Desktop Connector

1. Click the Application button > Open > Open.

2. Navigate to Desktop Connector for Autodesk Docs.

   Note: We recommend that you update to the latest version of Desktop Connector.

3. Select your account and click Open.

4. Select your project and click Open.

5. Navigate to your model, and click Open.

   Note: Only NWD files can be opened using Desktop Connector.