Navisworks Simulate - File size:
- 3.2 GB
- Date added:
- Apr 12, 2024 | Last update check: 1 minute ago
- Licence:
- Trial | Buy Now
- Runs on:
- Windows 10 64-bit / 11 See Autodesk’s Product Support Lifecycle for support information
Navisworks Simulate is a project review software that provides advanced tools for 5D simulation, analysis and quantification. You can import project schedules from planning applications (such as Microsoft Project or Primavera), which enables you to simulate and visually communicate construction schedules. Schedule, quantification, animation, and visualisation capabilities of Navisworks Simulate allows you to demonstrate design intent and simulate construction, which helps to improve insight and predictability.
Virtual Design and Construction (VDC) specialists and construction managers use Navisworks to create a multi-discipline model, integrated from architectural, structural, mechanical and civil engineering models and specialist trades. Then it can be further integrated with construction schedules for 4D simulation, enabling the project to be reviewed and analyzed by all stakeholders in both space and time. Virtual Design and Construction is becoming to AEC what digital prototyping is to the manufacturing industry.
About Navisworks versions
Navisworks Simulate is one of three versions of Navisworks (the others are Freedom and Manage).
- Navisworks Freedom allows you to view, navigate, measure and section a model that has been compiled. It is a free viewer.
- Navisworks Simulate does everything that Freedom does but it also allows you to do quantity takeoff, put annotations, save viewpoints and export combined models. Most project managing companies and construction companies would purchase Navisworks Simulate.
- Naviswork Manage is the highest version and it does everything Freedom and Simulate does plus it adds the ability to do clash detection and clash management. Navisworks Manage will be purchased by your principal agents that are coordinating project.
Navisworks Manage and Navisworks Simulate has integration with Model Coordination module of Autodesk Construction Cloud, that provides web access to models and federated views. Users can open models in Navisworks directly from coordination spaces in Model Coordination using the Coordination Issues for Autodesk Navisworks add-in.
The Navisworks original developer was UK-based developer NavisWorks. However, the company was acquired by Autodesk in 2007.
What’s new in version 2025:
- Home screen: A user-friendly interface that provides easy access to resources and matches your task and product knowledge.
- Enhanced Properties panel: Redesigned with features like stacked category tabs, combined category/single list, favorites, multiple selection traversal, auto zoom to selected, hyperlink support, column sorting, and category sorting for efficient property management.
- IFC import: Introduced Autodesk Translation Framework, support for IFC v4.3, provides latest updates across Autodesk products, decreases load time by 50%, improves geometric fidelity, large coordinate support, and shared coordinates management.
- Section planes: Allows creation of section planes for top and bottom heights of grid levels for better model interaction.
Gallery
Navisworks 2024: Civil 3D alignments are supported. ©Autodesk
4D simulation enhanced by animating building components (using the Navisworks Animator feature) and rendered with Navisworks to create presentation-style video.
Navisworks file types. ©AEC TechKnow University