Autodesk Navisworks Simulate 2012

Autodesk® Navisworks® Simulate project review software supports intelligent 3D model-based designs with advanced scheduling and visualization capabilities.

• Supports the creation of a single, coordinated model to facilitate collaboration, encouraging shared learning and helping to provide a platform for interdisciplinary workflows.
• Provides a comprehensive range of markup, review, and commenting tools to support collaboration among all design disciplines.
• Offers comprehensive API and data integration tools to help deliver a visual portal for easy and intuitive access to all project data.

Features:

Improved Revit Interoperability
Increase your productivity when working between Autodesk® Revit® and Autodesk Navisworks applications.

• Transition between views in both applications for easy navigation and visualization with the Switchback feature.
• Pass construction components created with new Revit® Construction Modeling tools into Navisworks project review software for 4D simulation.
• More accurately create 4D sequences to demonstrate constructability with support for Revit properties, including areas, volumes, and points, along with Revit-linked files and split regions.

Timeliner Enhancements
Gain greater control and flexibility when working with 4D simulations.

• Create, edit, and communicate your construction schedule more effectively with a new interface and integrated, editable Gantt control.
• Extend and tailor the 4D toolset to help meet your project and business requirements with the new Timeliner API (application programming interface).

Clash Detection Enhancements
Better support management and resolution of project clashes with new clash detection enhancements.

• Assign ownership of clashes with new workflow tools.
• Produce batch status summaries of clashes and export a formatted report directly to Microsoft® Office Excel® software.
• Better visualize clashes through a new wireframe view and a clash focus feature.

New Multisheet 2D DWF Support
Open, review, and explore your 2D data sets alongside your 3D models. Select a model component in the 3D world, then find and review the same component in a 2D representation.

Better File Interoperability
Autodesk Navisworks 2012 software supports complimentary Autodesk® 2012 applications and the following third-party applications:

• Oracle® Primavera® P6 v7
• FARO®
• Google™ Sketchup™ v7
• RVM, Pro/ENGINEER®, and DGN file formats

Control Your Project Outcomes

Fully integrate, analyze, and communicate your design models and gain insight and predictability into construction.

Autodesk® Navisworks® Simulate software provides advanced tools for reviewing, analysis, simulation, and coordination of project information.Comprehensive 4D simulation, animation and photorealism capabilities enable the demonstration of design intent and simulation of construction to provide better insight and predictability. Realtime navigation combines with review toolsets to support collaboration among the project team.

Project Review Features

Model File and Data Aggregation
Autodesk Navisworks model file and data aggregation features enable you to combine design, construction, and other project data into a single integrated project model. The software incorporates files in any major 3D design or laser scan file format, reads intelligent data from original design files for viewing beside the model, and imports data from external databases and displays it within the model.

Review Toolkit
The software’s review toolkit offers a host of tools that facilitate whole-project review. Its features enable you to measure distance, areas, and angles; store, organize, and share camera views of a design and export those views into images or reports; and add cross sections and section plans to inspect details closely. Navisworks NWF reference files enable you to view the latest version of a CAD design while maintaining previous review data.

NWD and 3D DWF Publishing
Publish your entire project for a whole-project view. Complete project models can be published and stored in a single distributable NWD or DWF file with compressed file sizes up to 90 percent smaller than original design files.

Collaborate, Coordinate, Communicate

Bring together the contributions of project designers and building professionals into a single, synchronized building model rich in information.

Collaboration Toolkit
Communicate design intent and encourage teamwork with the ability to add markups to viewpoints with advanced redlining tools, comment on viewpoints with searchable notes, record animated walkthroughs for real-time playback, and stream large models and content, navigating the design as the model loads.

Photorealistic Visualization
Use Autodesk Navisworks advanced visualization features to develop compelling 3D animations and imagery to present projects to stakeholders. Customize and configure every render aspect, including materials, lights, backgrounds, and rendering styles; use environment backgrounds to add real-world scenery; and choose from more than 1,000 built-in materials to create an accurate, photorealistic look.

Object Animation
The software’s object animation features help you create animations of objects for clash and interference analysis. You can create interaction scripts that link animations to specific events, triggers, or key comments, and link animations to tasks in a 4D schedule for improved construction planning.

4D Scheduling
Simulate construction schedules and logistics in 4D to visually communicate and analyze project activities, and help reduce delays and sequencing problems. The 4D scheduling features enable you to verify building or demolition viability by developing construction or demolition sequences that link model geometry to times and dates; import times, dates, and other task data from project management software to dynamically link schedules with project models; and set up planned and actual times to visualize deviations from the project schedule.

Clash and Interference Detection
Anticipate and avoid potential problems before construction, reducing expensive delays and rework. Clash and interference detection features in Autodesk Navisworks Manage software enable you to perform clash tests against specified geometry to more easily find and resolve conflicts. Link clash tests to 4D simulations and object animations to analyze issues in space and time.

Clash and Interference Management
Autodesk Navisworks Manage software provides the ability to manage and track clashes and interferences through to resolution. Reports of clash tests, including comments and screenshots, can be exported to communicate issues to the project team.

Real-Time Navigation
Explore your integrated project model using advanced navigation tools that produce a realistic, real-time experience. Real-time navigation capabilities are included in all Autodesk Navisworks products.

System Requirements:

• Microsoft® Windows® 7 Enterprise, Ultimate, Professional, Home Premium, or Home Basic edition, Microsoft® Windows Vista® Enterprise, Ultimate, Business, Home Premium, or Home Basic edition (SP2 or later), or Microsoft® Windows XP Professional Home 32-bit (SP2 or later) or Professional x64 edition (SP3 or later)
• AMD Athlon™ processor, 3.0 GHz or faster, or Intel® Pentium® 4, 3.0 GHz or faster (recommended)
• 512 MB RAM (2 GB or greater recommended)
• 11 GB free disk space for installation
• 1280 x 800 VGA display with true color (1,280 x 1,024 monitor and 32-bit video display adapter recommended)
• Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 6.0, (SP1 or later)
• Microsoft Mouse-compliant pointing device