Navisworks for Construction Management

This course is intended to allow new users to understand in detail the capabilities of Navisworks software as a clash detection tool. The course also considers the part that Navisworks software plays within the wider context of Building Information Modelling (BIM).

Course content for Navisworks for Construction Management

• Introducing Navisworks
• Becoming familiar with the Navisworks user interface
• Setting up and creating a federated model
• Using viewing tools to accomplish effective model navigation
• Working with viewpoints and model sectioning for improved visualisation
• Effective object selection and property review
• Review and report using measure and markup tools
• Hiding and Overriding Objects
• Use Links to associate project related data to the federated model
• Comparing graphical and non graphical changes to project models
• Understand and develop selection and search sets as part of a clash detection strategy
• Overview of Clash Detective
• Create and manage named clash tests
• Explore the options to run a clash test
• Review, understand and complete clash test results
• Methods for creating and distributing clash test results
• Managing expected results with the use of clash rules
• Introducing clash resolved project models as part of the clash resolution cycle