Autodesk Navisworks 2023: Fundamentals

Objectives
• Understanding the purpose of Building Information Modeling (BIM) and how it is applied in the Autodesk Navisworks software
• Consolidate Models
• Navigating the Autodesk Navisworks workspace and interface
• Creating a composite model
• Transforming models for proper alignment
• Review and Analyze Models
• Using basic viewing tools
• Saving and retrieving views
• Sectioning a model
• Investigating properties
• Searching for items
• Hiding and unhiding items
• Communication
• Measuring a model
• Adding tags and comments to model components
• Marking up the model
• Animating a model
• Writing scripts for interacting with the model
• Creating photorealistic images
• Collaboration
• Reviewing a model for clashes
• Consolidating markups from other team members
• Performing quantification calculations and material takeoffs
• Construction
• Creating a construction timeline
• Animating a construction timeline

Target Audience
• Civil Engineer 

Course Outline

1) Introduction to Autodesk Navisworks
• What Is Navisworks
• Overview of the Interface
• Using Basic Viewing Tools

2) Consolidate Trade Models
• Consolidating the Model
• Aligning Models

3) Review Models
• Saving and Retrieving Views
• Sectioning the Model
• Setting View Options
• Setting Up Appearances

4) Analyze Models
• Selecting Items
• Investigating Properties
• Using the Selection Tree
• Finding Items and Saving Search Sets
• Hiding and Unhiding Items

5) Communication Review and Mark Up a Model
• Using Measuring Tools
• Marking Up Scenes for Review

6) Collaboration Clash Detection
• Overview of the Clash Detective
• Setting Up Clash Tests
• Setting Up Clash Tests
• Assigning Clash Fixes
• Assigning Clash Fixes
• Sharing Clash Test Results
• Incorporating Model Updates

7) Quantification
• Quantification Overview
• Setting Up a Quantification Project
• Item and Resource Management
• 3D Model and Virtual Takeoffs
• 2D Takeoffs
• 2D Takeoffs

8) Communication Animator
• Creating Tours
• Animating Objects
• Animation and Scripts

9) Communication Scripter
• Scripter
• Creating and Managing Events
• Creating and Configuring Actions

10) Construct Project Scheduling
• Introduction to TimeLiner
• Manually Creating a Construction Simulation
• Importing an External Task List
• Combining TimeLiner and Animator
• TimeBased Clashes

11) Communication Rendering
• Autodesk Rendering Overview
• Materials
• Material Mapping
• Lighting
• Exposure Control
• Photorealistic Rendering