As always, download from argyle.build/download

Navisworks Export

  1. Before you Start
    1. Portal.argyle.build, register and log in, ensure you have a project slot to on the Argyle Portal to send the export.
    2. Ensure you’re a user on the project
  2. Create a New Viewpoint
    1. Viewpoint tab, Save viewpoint camera on the left - name it AR export or Argyle export
      1. Right click on viewpoint
        1. edit - saved attributes “hide and required”
      2. Why? Navisworks saves what you’re doing by viewpoint
      3. It exports by viewpoint as well
      4. Make sure the changes you made are on the viewpoint
    2. Render style - there are five little boxes, one with a line - turn off lines and points
  3. Filter and hide small stuff
    1. Why: We want models to render rapidly on site and we want there to be no processing of models we’re not interested in
    2. What to do:
      1. Hide super fine (but unnecessary for your job) details
      2. Hide thin line
      3. Hide high-poly things
    3. High poly things to consider filtering
      1. Threaded rods
      2. Bolts and nuts
      3. Cable tray
      4. Hide unimportant things within categories you don’t care about
      5. Hide curvy things you don’t care about cylinders etc
      6. Hide elements that are doubled up among trades (you dont need 10 versions of the floor to render)
      7. No need to hide high poly stuff you ARE interested in viewing
    4. How to hide
      1. Click the item with single select then click “Select same name > HIDE”
      2. For generic models you may need to select same type ID
      3. OR Select a group of items in a location by “hide unselected”
      4. Examples:

        1. Find pdf or 2d dwg data and hide at the file level.

          https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXfMruANnkUL4-IR0_t3hwcj6jHoRiURLN4xFV-oebHYtXgjAk-yeDdtYcC0GNdR1Aqh2ZHVVbF33y0a9FWRArckzTTkDhYI04cL-nXkneiNdPoHyZPogCN4Mml1ml1b2KXbzf0xDKwqhbYbgCkcn2MMpOVw?key=CBPojHmf56c-o00a8egB6Q

        2. Look through the model for tiny things like threaded rods, nuts, screws, bolts and other small things with detailed 3D models that you don’t care to inspect individually.

          https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXde9hQRAiL545inq-BRf4-z0KL9AAPke2RVnjKEyUNCKeC-zHAEhWqERf5wF5hxYMhFi466xVr4C0F8P23SCgGEvEPuEM35CZFmTc0ErmDjnzOfBvYzaQ-u7K6-UUtnj8iOd7MgqkvRdrnePbX0NkONLso?key=CBPojHmf56c-o00a8egB6Q

        3. Select one, then Home > Select Same > Same Name

          https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXfDRMCWkQ0wbXrZay_KwlD5-5aHPcwHi0cfZROlNdXEETk1nijPyw72V0-XirkfJ8QGh13RtPhVeVjB5A5A2vIEpBKyJGn3U4kPOtO05Z2YzsqB3h2O6kJH0r9H2RiimBw_rzn3gw58_yFsn8Zu02DQFAk?key=CBPojHmf56c-o00a8egB6Q

        4. Hide by right clicking one of the selected pieces or ctrl + h

Even a little bit of cleaning up the repeated curvy elements goes a long way to make the app more stable for the field and improves export and download times!

  1. Organize into Buckets
    1. Buckets are like layers, in that you can turn them off and on
    2. Buckets are called “buckets” because a single element ID may only be in one bucket at a time
    3. Why buckets? Because otherwise the model will come in as one big lump and you won’t be able to turn off/on model categories
    4. Things left out of buckets will still export–they will go to their original Revit top-level category (mech or doors etc) or will be filtered into other categories
    5. How to bucket
      1. Via selection tree you may put your entire link or parts of your links into buckets
      2. Via selection sets you may organize via sets
    6. Bucket tips
      1. Break out your trade-specific content with more depth
        1. Example: Electrical could be broken into underground, cable tray, cable bus, power, security, telcom
  2. Save before Export
    1. You did a bunch of hard work cleaning up that model, Save your Navisworks state before clicking export
    2. Because navisworks crashes!
  3. Recommended: Do a test export
    1. Errors can happen that are only visible in the export process, it’s easiest to find those errors fast by exporting a tiny location of the building
    2. You do a test export in the same way a full export, just selecting a tiny bit of model

Export your Content to the Argyle Cloud

  1. Make sure the project exists in the Portal and that you, the exporter, are a user on the project. portal.argyle.build
  2. In Navisworks we need to export from the 3D window. Everything visible and selected will be exported
  3. How to export

    1. Go to Viewpoint tab

      https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXd8_9aTb_QkhbZe3GDnIqw_QBvdASdY14-ol86T-KsV1BoMQ1Nh0Zk31mrRqBZlxmWD4U9aBm1TGh-m2XTQMcANOtqR4HCpcaCTQ1duA9R8wIz-kqX3osJoNaQVc-VPy6hU8RXAx4jWj1QffEoNq6-Of9EP?key=CBPojHmf56c-o00a8egB6Q

    2. Enable Sectioning

      https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXerofBeY0BSbm0lU5dTMZBPmr9KI1euLNNWQJnk7I6wQQPJr0UPOzup1VjDLyNscSTjypVcg2oSnX5EAqp9yGKk9bfmstxJEL0-IAX7SErt56-l48h-59FhZJ_e1SkOxLXHDwIpGFb4j4aQoKorIJN7vINp?key=CBPojHmf56c-o00a8egB6Q

    3. Use box, not planes

      https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXeeIisaZ2QWbx3_H8YNB95KI7ysdWeqVDbm12sdj4jsab6MBzyDVyAKDFbQjOw2o0UarDEUPFyMImki3BHFtWo2KWikbWVqbqO-V1DCSRUA6WA3Zq63iSvuGw2Th1IHuPowsjOmNABk6NYBfIIsqMyCtTWn?key=CBPojHmf56c-o00a8egB6Q

    4. Box Select on the center view screen–you need to select in 3D, in both the X and Y axis

  1. Did you try to select with the selection tree or on the ribbon? OOPS. You can’t export except via the box select on the center view screen.

TIP: “...the way I see people make mistakes in their export is not selecting 3D content, they'll try to select it on the tree or in the ribbon, and for whatever reason, Navisworks, just doesn't know how to interpret what you're talking about, EXCEPT on that 3d window.”

Export Options

If you’d like to export metadata or color by material,  it is an option at the beginning of the export

Maret’s Favorite Bucket Tips

  1. General how to:

    1. Right click in selection tree and make sure your selection resolution is set to Last Object

      https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXcr3s7pRzY4es7MyJ2qZFLsf0OAXNBnCzTNQR1T0aoNl9xV4nH5NIBDN7EM3Tjtpe71iVwN7qvvCl_WgZ1N-neSOFM1czJfSHh4-rTL9J8daiAMaBqzlmSulK5Mmt4Jdgi6LuFK2f1kZ4rxDAz5ZMlIwDmm?key=CBPojHmf56c-o00a8egB6Q

    2. Select all the items for a bucket, click Argyle > Assign to Bucket

      https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXf7TRsH3xZHc8izg450pZVUw4ydMYvueznAEfhTcKVOUWI40IFf3iHVF92xaYbkNGrCWTRFfMYvraMTup2n8BBI6CSXnxBdpY9AkETR5b_ypK2uPpmyYBluL9TApMbvshaQICHgD7eoAACPJNj6UDKnRDO_?key=CBPojHmf56c-o00a8egB6Q

    3. Choose which bucking in the dropdown then click Assign

     [<https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXdx8n5tSr3s6zfpfehxQHhXHBawWXjeVX58-7Tl7shCgJCXqgphgg9ifg2v3XDmWiJkHX90WYhBmNC51yDuhmACaKCy81b6yje-siYaeizdRJc0lcH30BUj1mnn-LMCe02X4vTAMwT_nNeyXuhikx5LTFQ?key=CBPojHmf56c-o00a8egB6Q>](<https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXdx8n5tSr3s6zfpfehxQHhXHBawWXjeVX58-7Tl7shCgJCXqgphgg9ifg2v3XDmWiJkHX90WYhBmNC51yDuhmACaKCy81b6yje-siYaeizdRJc0lcH30BUj1mnn-LMCe02X4vTAMwT_nNeyXuhikx5LTFQ?key=CBPojHmf56c-o00a8egB6Q>)