Usage of Navigation tool , Timeliner and Clash Detection test using Naviswork

Q No.1

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AIM:-

To use the architectural/structure project file developed from week 6-8, Export the Revit file to Navisworks cache file.

Procedure:-

• Open the Revit software.
• Go to File -> Open -> Project.
• Select the "Architectural" file from the "Open" tab.

• Repeat the above process for adding Structural file.

• Now go to File -> Export -> NWC.
• Create a New folder for Navisworks.
• Save the file as Architecture, make sure that save as type is selected as "Navisworks(*.nwc)".
• Repeat the same for Structural File.

Q No.2

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AIM:-

To use navigate tool to walk around the model and walk through the rooms created and record the moving as animation in the Navisworks file.

Procedure:-

• Open the Navisworks Manage software.
• Click on the Top-Left icon on the Navisworks, Click on Open button in the menu .
• Open the "Architectural" .nwc file saved in previous question.

• Next go to Viewport -> Navigate -> Walk -> Walk.
• Next go to Save, Load & Playback and from the dropdown menu click on "Manage Saved Viewpoints".
• Again go to Save, Load & Playback -> Save Viewpoint -> Save Viewpoint.
• In the Saved Viewpoints rename the view to "Reception".
• Again go to Save, Load & Playback -> Save Viewpoint -> Record.
• In the Save, Load & Playback hit the "Stop" button as shown in image below after recording.

• Rename the animation as "Reception" as shown in image below.

• For saving the animation so that we can see the animation even out of the Navisworks go to Animation -> Export -> Export Animation.
• In the "Animation Export" tab change the format from "JPEG" to "Windows AVI" and click on "OK" button.
  
• In the "Save As" tab save the animation.

• Repeat the above procedure for "Reception" animation for next animation too which is for conference hall 2, as shown in image below.
• Go to Save, Load & Playback -> Save Viewpoint -> Save Viewpoint.
• Rename the View point to "Conference Hall 2" as shown in image below.

• Next go to Save, Load & Playback -> Save Viewpoint -> Record.
• Next go to Viewpoint -> Navigate -> Walk.
• After recording the viewpoint go to Viewpoint -> Recording -> Stop.
• Rename the Viewpoint to "Conference hall 2".

For saving the animation so that we can see the animation even out of the Naviswork go to Animation -> Export -> Export Animation.

In the "Animation Export" tab change the format from "JPEG" to "Windows AVI" and click on "OK" button.

In the "Save As" tab save the animation.

Q No.3

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AIM:-

To use navigate tool to use the realistic feature to walk through the model and record our moving as animation in Navisworks file.

Procedure:-

• Go to Viewpoint -> Navigate -> Realism -> Third Person.
• The result will be as shown in image below.

• Go to Viewpoint -> Save, Load & Playback -> Save Viewpoint -> Save Viewpoint.
• Rename the Viewpoint as "Realism".
• Next go to Viewpoint -> Navigate -> Walk -> Walk.
• And the for recording the walk go to Save, Load & Playback -> Save Viewpoint -> Record.
• After recording the animation we can stop recording following the path Viewpoint -> Recording -> Stop.
• Rename the animation as "Realism".

For saving the animation so that we can see the animation even out of the Navisworks go to Animation -> Export -> Export Animation.

In the "Animation Export" tab change the fomat from "JPEG" to "Windows AVI" and click on "OK" button.

In the "Save As" tab save the animation.

Q No.4

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AIM:-

To use navigate tool to use the realistic feature to walk through the model and record our moving as animation in Navisworks file.

Procedure:-

• Go to Home -> Project -> Append -> Append.
• From the Append tab select the "Structural Project".
• Now go to Home -> Tools -> Clash Detective.
• A clash detective tools tab will appear.

• As we can see from the above image my structure does not have any clashes.
• So in conclusion there is no need for attempting b, c, d, e, f, and g sections of the question.

Q No.4

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AIM:-

Using the timeline feature in Navisworks we can prepare a schedule for the project by adding reasonable assumptions like task start and end date and simulate the task.

Procedure:-

• Go to Home -> Tools -> TimeLiner.
• A time liner tab will open in bottom of the screen.
• For working in the TimeLiner screen we need to add selection tree.
• For that go to Home -> Select & Search -> Selection Tree.

• In next step in the TimeLiner tab click on the "Add Task" button.
• Rename the Name of type of the work and change "Task Type" to "Construct".
• Select the required type of works from the selection tree and use "Attach" button in the TimeLiner tab to attach it to its respective task.
• Repeat the above same process for all kinds of tasks.
• Also provide the required "Planned Start", "Planned End", "Actual Start" & "Actual End" for the tasks.

• In the "TimeLiner" tab select "Simulate" option and use play button for playing the work progress animation.
• Just next to the seeking bar "Export Animation" button is there.
• By clicking on that button we can use "Animation Export" tab for saving the animation in "Windows AVI" format, so that we can see the animation outside of the Navisworks.

Result:-

We have used timeliner feature in navisworks to prepare a schedule for the project developed in previous weeks and added some reasonable assumptions for the task like start date and end date and simulated the task complition as a visual simulation and saved the timeliner simulation to Navisworks file.