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Enhancements in Navisworks 2026

Navisworks 2026 includes the following enhancements:

User Interface and Usability

  • 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

  • Clash Detective now includes the ability to group clashes using clash property data (NW-60002).

    Note: This Group Clashes functionality was previously available using the Navisworks Coordination Issues Add-In, but has now been moved to the Clash Detective.

  • 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).

  • When working in Model Coordination projects using the Navisworks Coordination Issues Add-In, the Assign clash to dialog will allow you to select Model Coordination project members as clash assignees.

  • 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).

Viewpoints

  • The Saved Viewpoints window now contains a search field, enabling more efficient management of viewpoints (NW-17499, NW-60157).

Properties

  • 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).

    Note: This has replaced the need to create Quick Property definitions.

  • The Properties window now contains a search field, enabling more efficient management of properties (NW-60156).

Sets

  • The Sets window now contains a search field, enabling more efficient management of sets (NW-60004).

General

  • 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).

    • General > Locations > Project Directory
    • General > Locations > Site Directory
    • General > Auto-Save > Auto-Save Location
    • Model > Performance > Temporary File Location
    • General > Logging > Log File (hidden)
    • General > Logging > Logging Directory (hidden)

  • 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).

Parent page: 2026 Release

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