Navisworks Support (beta)
Launching Navisworks Files in Prospect
1. Open your file in Navisworks Manage (2017-2019)
2. Use the selection tree or section box tool to hide geometry that contains particularly large, dense or complex elements, or any layers you don’t need in VR. This will help your experience run smoother.
3. Navigate to the IrisVR tab on the Ribbon > click View in VR
4. Use the selection tree to choose the specific viewpoints and camera positions you wish to export
5. > click Start Processing and Prospect will automatically collect, export, and optimize your file's geometry
6. After processing, your file will be ready to enjoy in VR! For Prospect Basic users the experience will immediately load, and for Prospect Pro, Pro Plus and Team users the experience will open in the Prospect Library.
Materials and Textures
Textures are not supported. Instead, textured faces are assigned color values.
Objects with multiple materials from Revit will get split into unique building elements when they’re imported into Navisworks.
- Example: If a wall in Revit (single building element) has a different color on each side, it will get imported to Navisworks, and then Prospect, as two elements.
- This means in Prospect, both sides of the wall will be individually selectable and appear to be unique, independent objects.
Layers
The plugin will automatically use the top-level of the “Selection Tree” hierarchy and map those to the Prospect concept of Layers. Layers in VR are based on the elements placement in the selection tree in Navisworks. Geometry not marked as being on a layer will be put on the default layer.
File Types
Navisworks supports the import of dozens of different 3D and BIM file formats. To support Navisworks, we need to build and test each Navisworks supported format individually. For Beta, we’ve currently tested the following list of geometry -- but feel free to test other formats.
- SketchUp
- Revit
- Rhino
- 3DS Max
- FBX, IFC, OBJ
- SolidWorks
Section Boxing
We currently support a beta version of sectioning through the “Box” or “Plane” mode in Navisworks. This tool can be used to reduce the size of a model, which typically increases performance in-VR. Geometry that is entirely outside of a section box will not be imported into Prospect. If a pipe or wall, for example, extends outside of the section box, it will not be “cut” in Prospect. With full Navisworks support we will support cleaner section cuts, and crop boxes.
Sun Position
Geolocation, if available from the native file, is exported to Prospect for the Sun Settings tool. If none exists, the default is 0,0,0.
Features
- All file geometry is exported to Prospect (excluding hidden geometry, elements or “layers” from the selection tree that are specifically toggled off)
- Individual object definitions are preserved and can be selected in-VR
- Saved Viewpoints are imported as Prospect Viewpoints, more on this in the video below
Supported Versions
- Navisworks Manage 2017-2019
Notes:
- Large files will experience long load times. If the process takes longer than 10 minutes consider canceling and reducing the file complexity via the Selection Tree.
- Imported viewpoints are camera positions only. Layer states, visibility settings, etc. are not yet supported.
- Geometry hidden in the Selection Tree window will not be exported to Prospect.
- Sections are not supported, the full extents file will load into VR regardless of viewpoint.
- Full Navisworks support will support cleaner section cuts and crop boxes as well as general performance and stability improvements.
We appreciate your feedback on our beta as we continue to build it out, please share any feedback with our team by submitting a request