HI,
I know Bentley have AutoPLANT Object Enabler V8 for Navisworks.
Let me know if Bentley have OpenPlant Object enabler for Navisworks?
I also want to load data tool from file as well like autoplant datatools links
Thank you
Regards,
Rakesh Saka
I'm seconding Rakesh's and Shannon's queries. Although I agree Navigator and View would be the internal tools to view models, we have had several clients ask for the the models to be viewed in Navisworks. Importing the dgn's or using a neutral file format is fine, but the metadata/intelligence is lost.
The closest I have found to getting the meta data out is in this article, but it's a little light on the back end details...http://beyonddesign.typepad.com/posts/2017/01/how-to-get-improved-data-from-dgns-from-aecosim-into-navisworks.html
I'm hoping that in 2 years since this was posted, a solution has been found?
Hi Austin,
Long time no hear eh. There is pretty much no easy solution to this one. We have done almost exactly what the beyond design article has suggested except we are exporting the data to mdb rather than excel. Navisworks data tools then hooks into the mdb to import the metadata. Keep well cheers for now
This is great news!Thanks for sharing!
I did test this and some not all the properties came through into Navisworks but most of the graphics dropped off.
We have a guy here testing it as well down in our S America office. The trick apparently is to modify the managed workspace pcf file (i.e. OP_Modeler*.pcf) and add the line MS_PUBLISHDGN_CONVERTTOXGRAPHICS = 0. We have never had an issue with the graphics coming through, but the meta data is still spotty. Still, we have around workaround to get data into the Navisworks file using DataTools. Still testing...
You are a champion, thanks Austin!!
Thank my counterpart in South America, but we aim to please