AutoCAD .nwc Exporter

JetStream Roamer comes with ARX plugins for any AutoCAD based product, such as Architectural Desktop, that enable you to export an .nwc file directly from the CAD application in which it was created. As long as AutoCAD is already installed on the computer when JetStream is installed, the ARX plugin is installed with JetStream on a Custom Install or Full Install and ready for use.

You can also publish .nwd files directly from AutoCAD if you have the Publisher plugin. For more details, refer to

Exporting .nwc files from AutoCAD

1. Type nwcout at the command line.

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

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

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

If, on typing nwcout at the command line, you get an error, you probably have to load the ARX plugin manually. You should only have to do this once.

Loading the NavisWorks ARX Plugin

Loading the ARX plugin manually

1. Type ARX (followed by return) at the command line.

2. Then type the letter l (followed by return) at the command line, for "Load".

3. The Select ARX file dialog will be displayed, so browse to the ARX plugin. By default, for AutoCAD R14, this will be C:\'Program Files\'NavisWorks 5\'NWExport\'nwexport.arx , for AutoCAD 2000 based applications, this will be C:\'Program Files\'NavisWorks 5\'NWExport2000\'nwexport2000.arx , for AutoCAD 2004 based applications, this will be C:\'Program Files\'NavisWorks 5\'NWExport2004\'nwexport2004.arx , and so on.

4. Click OK to load the ARX plugin.

5. You should now be able to use the nwcout command from AutoCAD to export an .nwc file.

The JetStream Partial Menu for AutoCAD

If you prefer to work from menus, there is a partial menu available to run this export command from, along with the other JetStream ARX plugins.

Loading the NWExport partial menu

1. At the command line, type menuload (followed by return).

2. The Menu Customization dialog will be displayed, so change the Files of type to Menu Template (*.mnu) and browse to the partial menu. By default, for AutoCAD R14, this will be C:\'Program Files\'NavisWorks 5\'NWExport\'LwNw_Export.mnu , for AutoCAD 2000 based applications, this will be C:\'Program Files\'NavisWorks 5\'NWExport2000\'LwNw_Export.mnu , and for AutoCAD 2004 based applications, this will be C:\'Program Files\'NavisWorks 5\'NWExport2004\'LwNw_Export.mnu , and so on.

3. Click Load and then Yes to the dialog that appears.

You should now have a NavisWorks menu just before the Help menu and this will be reloaded into future AutoCAD sessions. This menu contains 4 items:

• Publish .nwd

  See for more details.

• Export .nwc

  See for more details.

• NavisWorks Export Options

  See for more details.

• Navigator

  See for more details.

AutoCAD .nwc Exporter Options

Available from the NavisWorks menu, or by typing nwopt at the command prompt, this enables you to configure various elements of the exported file to your choosing.

See for details on what each of the options does.

Once you have set the options, future exports of .nwc and publishes of .nwd files will use these settings.