Navisworks 2012 Service Pack 1 Available Now

We're pleased to announce the release of the new Service Pack for Navisworks 2012

There are 3 separate Service Packs

• 32 bit Service Pack - install if you have a 32 version of the product
• 64 bit Service Pack - install if you have a 64 version of the product
• Updated Exporter Plug-ins - you will need to install this for your exporters to continue running correctly after installing the Service Pack. If you have the standalone exporters on any machines then you should also upgrade to this version.

This can be installed on all standalone versions of Navisworks 2012 (Manage, Simulate and Freedom), and versions of Navisworks in the suites below:

• Factory Design Suite (Premium and Ultimate)
• Building Design Suite (Ultimate)
• Infrastructure Design Suite (Standard, Premium and Ultimate)
• Plant Design Suite (Premium and Ultimate)

The main fixes include: -

• NWC files can't be loaded in Navisworks 2012 NWF's
• Clashed items appear gray instead of highlighted
• Inventor files that seemed to load in as exploded models
• Support for NVidia 3D Vision (more information on its way)
• AutoCAD MEP Property Browser properties now correctly convert
• Handling World Up in the DWF reader and exporter correctly
• Batch test's selections no longer switching when files are appended
• Referenced DWF files now can be opened in Navisworks
• Task appearance coloring now correct when rendering
• Support for the FARO SDK 4.8
• Support for hidden items in Inventor
• No crash in Revit when using Switchback on linked/appended elements
• No crash when loading multiple NWD files in Freedom
• No crash when overwriting an existing Clash Report
• No error now if opening a file from Vault if its reference file is renamed.

There are other fixes as well, just check in this readme.

The Service Pack can be downloaded and installed from here.

Comments

[Email Database]

This help pack only updates Autodesk Navisworks 2012 products and should not live gave to Navisworks put in for divide of Autodesk 2012 innovation Suites.

[Lee Mullin]

Hi André, We're looking at doing a blog post about this so keep an eye out, add us to your RSS feed and we'll be posting it in the next week or two.

[André]

How exatly does the Nvidia Vision Support work?

[Lee Mullin]

Thanks for the feedback Mike. The Updated Exporter Plug-ins are also for users who do not have a full Navisworks Product (Freedom, Manage and Simulate) installed.

We have many users who install the exporters as a standalone install, perfect for contractors who deliver a range of formats for collaboration. It was decided a separate updated Exporters plugin was better than including this in the 32 and 64 bit service packs meant for the full products.

[Mike]

"•Updated Exporter Plug-ins - you will need to install this for your exporters to continue running correctly after installing the Service Pack. If you have the standalone exporters on any machines then you should also upgrade to this version."

I noticed during the service pack installation, exporters were getting updated. Is that separate from the Updated Exporters Plug-ins? If you do need to run the Updated Exporter Plug-ins after the service pack, why don't you include it in the service pack itself?