Just below the Move Tool icon, you can click the Transform drop down menu and a X, Y, and Z distance of change between where the object originally was and where you adjusted it will be shown. Need to know how much to move an object in AutoCAD or Revit to clear a clash in Navisworks? Rather than using the measuring tool, select the object, and under the Item Tools tab, use the Move tool to move the object in Navisworks such that it isn’t clashing any other object.

Link the section planes and adjust the plane until you find an elevation with a clear path for you to run your trade. Trying to find an optimal path for your pipe or ductwork within a plenum space? Create a top and bottom section plane using the sectioning tool, such that the distance between the planes are set to be the height of your ductwork or pipe. Simply have any redline tool active, and each time you mark up a view with no redlines on it shown, Navisworks will create a new viewpoint with these markups in the saved viewpoints window. Need to do quick redline markups on the fly? You don’t have to click “Save Viewpoint” prior to marking up view points. Adjust accordingly until you get a good view. If your model starts flickering after this change, then your clipping plane numbers may be too high or low. Under the Home tab, click File Options and under the Culling tab, change you Near Clipping Plane to Fixed and enter a low number (.01 for example), and change your Far Clipping Plane to Fixed and enter a extremely high number (9999 for example). When navigating through the model, does your model suddenly disappear or go blank? Your clipping planes may be the troublemaker. 6 MULTIPLE/SINGLE OBJECT CLASH GROUPINGĪre multiple objects clashing a single object in the clash detective and require you to group them all at once? Under the Items drop down window in the clash detective Results tab, right click the single element that has multiple clashes, and the option to group all clashes associated with the object will be available to you. Additionally, hold CTRL+SHIFT and you can multi-select groups of objects. Holding SHIFT while using the select box tool will select all objects that touch the box you made, not just the ones fully surrounded by the selection box.

Select multiple objects quickly by using the select box tool instead of the selection tool. Similarly, learn to quickly switch to the selection tool by pressing CTRL+1. With The measure tool active, press CTRL+SHIFT+Z to snap to the Z axis, CTRL+SHIFT+Y to snap to the Y Axis, and CTRL+SHIFT+X to snap to the X Axis. Know your shortcuts for the measuring tool.

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