It is now possible to add Navisworks (.NWD & .NWC) model files to the project and view them in 3D using the Connect for Windows application.
The Navisworks model viewing is released as a BETA feature
In this stage of the BETA period, the NWD & NWC file formats support plain 3D viewing only. The files cannot be used in other workflows, like for example in creating Views, ToDos or Clash checks. Also, there may be some models that are not rendered correctly or some property data may be incomplete.
It would be good if Trimble would provide a document that shows the best way to avoid NWD file loading issues into Connect. Is there a max number of supported layers, individual features (entities), etc.? I was supporting a customer earlier and couldn't recommend what the best thing to do was, as I don't run Navisworks. It also would seem that any layer purging/auditing has to happen upstream from Navisworks. How to purge unused material or elements in Navisworks. In this particular case, I was able to upload the NWD as is to Trimble Connect for windows (latest version) but it took nearly 15 minutes and was quite sluggish. It simply fails when attempting to upload to Trimble Connect on the web. It also errors out when trying to import into Trimble Realworks (latest version). Again, a document on what Trimble connect requires for proper rendering and usage of a NWD file would be nice!
hi, can you advise if this feature is supposed to allow .nwc files to be brought into Tekla Structures (2023 sp10) as an overlay model?
I have the latest version of Trimble Connect installed, but I am still unable to view a 10MB NWD file. Are there any other solutions that I can try to view an NWD file?