Publishing from Roamer

Publishing from Roamer

JetStream Publisher .nwd files are files published by JetStream Publisher and are snapshots of the model at a certain time.

Publishing a NavisWorks .nwd File

1. Go to File, Publish...

   The Publish dialog box is displayed

   

2. You can enter as much, or as little information as you wish. Title, Subject, Author, Publisher, Published For, Copyright, Keywords and Comments are all optional text boxes to be completed by you.

3. Password gives you the opportunity to password protect nwd files. On clicking OK , you will be asked to re-enter the password to ensure you have not mis-typed it.

4. If the Display at password checkbox is checked, this will force JetStream or NavisWorks Freedom to display the publication entries in a dialog on asking for the password so that the recipient is able to know whose password to enter.

5. If the Expires checkbox is checked, this will "time-bomb" the file so that it will not be openable in JetStream or NavisWorks Freedom after the date set.

   Note

   Evaluation copies of JetStream can publish .nwd files, however these files will have a "time-bomb" set to the same expiry date as the evaluation software. To remove the expiry date from an .nwd file created by an evaluation copy, you must re-publish the file with a full JetStream Publisher license.

6. If the May be re-saved checkbox is checked, this will allow JetStream to re-publish the file with new publication information. If this checkbox is not checked, the publication information in the nwd file will never be changeable.

7. The checkbox Display on open , if checked, will force JetStream to display the publication entries in a dialog on opening the file.

8. If the Embed Textures checkbox is checked, all textures will be embeded in the published file; separate texture files will no longer be created.

9. The Embed Database Properties check box, if checked, force any properties accessed via an external database to be embedded in the NWD. No database links will be stored in the file from this point on.

10. The checkbox Prevent Object Property Export , if checked, will stop any native CAD package object properties from being exported into the published file.

11. Click OK to go to the File Save dialog where you can type in the name and location of the published file, or Cancel to return to JetStream.

Publishing from

Publishing from AutoCAD

JetStream Publisher comes with ARX plugins for any AutoCAD based product, such as Architectural Desktop, that enable you to publish an .nwd file directly from the CAD application in which it was created.

Publishing .nwd files from AutoCAD

1. Type nwdout at the command line, or go to NavisWorks, Publish .nwd

2. The standard WindowsSave As dialog is displayed, so choose the location and name of the .nwd file to be published.

3. Click OK to export the file or Cancel to return to AutoCAD without exporting it.

See for more information on publishing options, what to do if the menu is not already loaded or you get an error on typing nwdout at the command line.

Publishing from

Publishing from MicroStation

JetStream Publisher comes with MDL plugins for MicroStation SE, 95, /J and v8 that enable you to publish .nwd files directly from the CAD application in which it was created. As long as MicroStation is already installed on the computer when JetStream is installed, this MDL plugin is installed with JetStream and ready for use.

There are two steps to publishing .nwd files from MicroStation - first you have to load the MDL application into MicroStation and then you have to publish the file.

Loading the NWExport MDL plugin manually

1. Go to the Utilities, Key-in dialog box to load the application manually.

2. Type "mdl load nwexport " (without the quotes) and press return.

3. An options dialog can be opened from this export dialog to configure the file output.

If you regularly publish .nwd files from MicroStation, then you will not want to load the NWExport plugin manually each time, so do the following:

Loading the NWExport MDL plugin automatically

1. Go to Workspace, Configuration

2. Choose Design Applications under Category

3. Choose NWExport under Available Applications

4. Click Add and confirm that you want NWExport added to your default configuration.

5. MicroStation will then automatically load NWExport in future sessions.

6. Click OK

Once NWExport plugin is loaded, you can publish to .nwd using the nwdout command from the key-in command line.

Publishing .nwd files from MicroStation

Type nwdout at the key-in prompt.

The MicroStation export dialog is displayed.



1. Enter the file name if it is to be different to the existing MicroStation file.

2. Enter the location you wish the file to be published to.

3. Select the view number you wish to the model to be published from.

4. Click on the Options button if you want to change the export configuration. See for more information on these options.

5. Click OK to publish the file or Cancel to return to MicroStation without publishing it.

See for what entities are and are not supported by the MicroStation exporter.

JetStream colors are derived from either MicroStation cell colors or MicroStation materials, depending on the export options set during nwdout . The appearance of objects in Publisher will match the appearance of a MicroStation shaded render.

The view number chosen for export determines the initial view in JetStream, whether level symbology is used and which levels are hidden.

Freedom

Freedom

Freedom is a cut down free version of JetStream Roamer. It is designed to work with JetStream Publisher by allowing you to distribute published .nwd files to your clients and other non-CAD users for free and easy viewing of your models. Simply publish the .nwd file, give them Freedom, and let them walk around your model.

It is available as a stand-alone viewer, or as an ActiveX control for insertion into web pages. Once installed, Freedom looks like this:

The available functionality includes all of the navigation modes; the view all, perspective and orthographic modes; collision detection, gravity, auto crouch and third person modes; display of hyperlinks; and restoring viewpoints and animation playback.

The buttons on the Freedom interface work in the same way as the JetStream buttons:

• Open

  Simply opens the standard WindowsOpen dialog for you to choose an .nwd file to open into Freedom.

• Walk

  Puts Freedom into Walk navigation mode.

• Look Around

  Puts Freedom into Look Around navigation mode.

• Zoom

  Puts Freedom into Zoom navigation mode.

• Zoom to Box

  Puts Freedom into Zoom to Box navigation mode.

• Pan

  Puts Freedom into Pan navigation mode.

• Orbit

  Puts Freedom into Orbit navigation mode.

• Examine

  Puts Freedom into Examine navigation mode.

• Fly

  Puts Freedom into Fly navigation mode.

• Turntable

  Puts Freedom into Turntable navigation mode.

• View All

  Zooms to extents so that the whole model is visible in the Freedom window.

• Perspective

  Puts the Freedom view into perspective viewing mode. This is mutually exclusive with orthographic mode.

• Orthographic

  Puts the Freedom view into orthographic viewing mode. This is mutually exclusive with perspective mode.

• Collision Detection

  Toggles collision detection on/off.

• Gravity

  Toggles gravity on/off.

• Auto Crouch

  Toggles automatic crouching on/off.

• Third Person

  Toggles the third person view on/off.

• Hyperlinks

  Toggles the display of hyperlinks on/off.

• Stop

  Stops the current animation playback.

• Pause

  Pauses the current animation playback

• Play

  Plays the currently selected animation.

• Viewpoints

  This drop down shows all the viewpoints and animations that have been set up and published with the .nwd file. Click on one of the viewpoints from the drop down to recall that viewpoint into the Freedom window. Select an animation from the drop down and use the play, pause and stop buttons to control its playback.

• About

  Shows the About box, providing version details and offers a link to the NavisWorks web site.

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