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Bim Coordinator
Getting Started

Navisworks-Bim Coordinator
• Product Overview
• Understanding user interface
• Opening and Appending Files in Navisworks
• Saving, Merging, Refreshing, and Publishing Files
• The Autodesk Navisworks Engine
• Selection Tree and Selecting Objects
• Object Properties
• Animations, Sectioning, and Hyperlinks

3D Model Review
• The Autodesk Navisworks Engine
• Navigation tools
• Selection Tree & Selecting Objects
• Search Sets
• Hiding Objects & Overriding Materials
• Object Properties
• Creating viewpoints
• Adding Comments and Redlining
• Measuring and Moving Objects
• Sectioning
• Comparing Models
• Switchback

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Clash Detective

Navisworks-Bim Coordinator
• Creating clash matrix and creating the clash
tests from it.
• Setting Clash Rules .
• Performing Clash Tests and updating the tests
with the updating of Revit files.
• Creating the hard, clearance and duplicates

clash tests.
• Export and Import Clash Tests .
• Using the search sets for automating clash

tests.
• Using Switchback tool to automatically select
the elements in Revit to solve the clash.
• Performing Time-Based Clash test to find

clashes with temporary elements in the time of

construction.
• Manage and review Clash Results.
• Grouping clash results and adding comments

to it.
• Assigning tasks to specific members regarding

clash results.
• Produce Clash Reports with data of location

and elements clashed and image, ….

• Auto update clash tests when updating models.

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Quantification

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• Setting up a Quantification Project
• Creating the Item's catalog with the required work
break down structure.
• Creating the resources catalog and linking re-
sources to items catalog.
• Perform model takeoff using the automatic and
manual techniques .
• Editing the way Navisworks translates Revit param-
eters and controlling the way Navisworks calculates
quantities.
• Perform virtual takeoff and assigning viewpoints
and manual measurements to it.
• Using sheet browser to link 2d sheets with the 3D
BIM model.
• Performing 2d takeoff’s from Autocad files or PDFs
or even images.
• Using 2d takeoff tools to find quantities of count,
linear and area elements.
• Export takeoff data to Excel and make use of pivot
tables.
• Applying and disapplying quantification coloring
code .
• Update and analyze data

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4D simulation and time liner

Navisworks - Bim Coordinator

• Overview of TimeLiner Tool
• Creating and managing TimeLiner tasks.
• Creating the WBS of tasks using indentation and
sorting tools.
• Using Gantt chart to control planned dates and
actual dates.
• Managing Time liner costs .
• Importing and managing data from Primavera
and Ms project.
• Auto update tasks data like dates and costs
when updated in Primavera file.
• Attaching Element to time liner tasks using
manual and automatic techniques.
• Checking the quality of the planning schedule
by finding the unmentioned tasks.
•Checking the quality of 4D model by finding ele-
ments not attached to tasks or attached to mul-
tiple tasks.
• Creating and editing task types and their visuali-
zation rules.
• Exporting TimeLiner Schedules
• Creating and reviewing construction 4D simula-
tions.

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4D simulation and time liner

Navisworks-Bim Coordinator
• Controlling the Text data attached to the 4d
simulation like dates active tasks, cost, …
• Controlling the 4D simulation duration, resolu-
tion and quality.
• Attaching a walk through animation to the 4D
BIM model.
• Attaching an object animation to each task.
• Exporting images and videos from TimeLiner
4D simulation.

Additional tools
• Rendering and visualization tools.
• Using data tools to add databases to elements.
•Using appearance profile to automate the apply-
ing of color codes to elements.
•Using patch utility to automate creating .NWCs,
NWFs, NWDs .
• Using selection inspector tool to analyze selec-
tion.
•Exporting elements BIM data to Excel.
• Importing data from excel or access to Navis-
works.

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