Autodesk Navisworks Reader

The Navisworks Reader provides full access to the Assembly and B-rep data stored within a particular Navisworks file. A file does not need to have a particular extension to be read correctly by HOOPS Exchange however the file extension of Navisworks files that you can expect to be loaded by HOOPS Exchange is:

• .NWD

Our readers are updated to the latest released version within 90 days of the release of the authoring software. You can see the exact version supported in the current release here.

Assembly

The full assembly tree definition is supported. Incremental load is not supported by our Navisworks reader.

B-Rep

The list of supported entity types is:

• parametric cylinder

• parametric circle

Visualization

The triangle information is parsed and provided via HOOPS Exchange. This also includes tessellated solids, shells, wires, text and point sets.

Views

All view types are supported by HOOPS Exchange. However, there are some known limitations regarding default views and zoom factors.

Markups

Markups aren’t currently supported by the HOOPS Exchange Navisworks reader.

Materials and Colors

HOOPS Exchange supports materials with Navisworks. Also, imported and overridden colors and transparencies on wires, faces, and tessellation are supported.

Metadata

HOOPS Exchange fully support Navisworks metadata (properties) with their units.

Animations

Animations aren’t currently supported by the HOOPS Exchange Navisworks reader.