I am working on 3d renderings for Marines using Microstation (SS3) and another team in some other company (our JV) is working on 3d renderings in Autodesk Naviworks software. I received a sample Naviworks fiel which has extension '.nwd' & i could not open this file since Microstation does not recognize this file.
Our goal is to somehow merge or combine my 3d renderings with our JV's 3d rendering. I open the nwd file in Naviworks (yes i installed Naviworks, 2013 i guess) and i there is no option to do 'Save as' or 'Export' to dgn or dwg format. There is option to export in 'dwf' format and surprisingly the 'dwf' file i cannot open in AutoCAD.
Does anyone know how can i use either .nwd or .dwf file in Microstation to combine the two renderings?
Hi there,
Short answer: No for nwd files, strictly 1 way only. For dwf files, there is conversion software around that claim to convert dwf to dwg, I have never used any and would be cautious about using any. If you are interested in that route just do a search for 'DWF to DWG'.
The simpler answer would be to request the original format files from the JV, or sit down and agree a mutually beneficial format for transfer. Failing that, the only option I see would be to use Navisworks aswell.
HTH
Andy
You can try use this >
Autodesk Navisworks NWC Export Utility ( dgn support i think )
usa.autodesk.com/.../item
or Navisworks 2011 will allow you to export to FBX format ( and can be open in Microstation )
Thanks Andy & Martinezx for your inputs. I will try the FBX format first and if it does not work then will look for other options.
Jim
Here i found FBX Converter > usa.autodesk.com/.../item
Could you solve the problem? I am currently in the same situation. It would be very helpful to know how you got on.