Autodesk 507B1-90A211-1301 User Guide - Page 249

Use Viewpoints and Sectioning Modes Viewpoints are an important feature of Autodesk Navisworks. They not only allow you to save and return to views of the model which are of importance, but they can also be used for design review audit trails, and for setting up animations of the model. Create and Modify Viewpoints Overview of Viewpoints Viewpoints contain more than just the camera information - each viewpoint can also contain redlines and comments. In fact, you can use viewpoints as a design review audit trail. They can be used as hyperlinks in the Scene Area to click on and zoom to the viewpoint, which will also bring up the redline and comments associated with it. The viewpoints, redlines and comments are all saved into an .nwf file from Autodesk Navisworks, and are independent of the model geometry. So, if the native CAD files are changing, the saved viewpoints remain the same, appearing as an overlay on top of the base layer of model geometry. This enables you to see how the design has evolved. See "Review Your Model" on page 179 for more information on hyperlinks, comments and redlines and "Native File Formats" on page 87 for more information on the .nwf file format. Viewpoints also retain the section planes active at the time of viewpoint creation, which can be useful in animating sliding sections. See "Sectioning" on page 244 for more information on sections. Viewpoints can optionally retain saved attributes too, so that on returning to a viewpoint, overridden colors, transparencies and hidden items are reinstated. This can be used to great effect to create animations where items appear and disappear from the scene in time. See "Default Viewpoint Options" on page 242 for more information on options, and "Record and Play Animations" on page 251 for more information on viewpoint animations. Saved Viewpoints Window The Saved Viewpoints window is a floating window that enables you to create and manage different views of your model so that you 9 237