This is a comprehensive textbook specially written for the Plant/Mining and AEC professionals who use Autodesk Navisworks to review designs, create construction simulations, perform clash tests, and run coordination meetings on Building Information Modeling (BIM) or Digital Engineering (DE) projects. Real-world plant and BIM models have been carefully selected to discuss the tools and concepts in the tutorials of every chapter. You will be able to find various similarities between the models used in this textbook and your current projects. This will allow you to apply the concepts learned in this textbook to your day-to-day work The following are some salient features of this textbook:
- Complimentary access to more than 220 minutes of videos of all tutorials in the textbook.
- 636 pages of in-depth coverage of all modules of Autodesk Navisworks Simulate and Manage.
- Detailed discussion of the Autodesk Navisworks tools and concepts followed by BIM and Plant tutorials.
- Around 400 pages of tutorials on real-world Plant and Building models.
- Detailed coverage of the Clash Detective module and the switchback functionality.
- Tutorial on performing clash test with point cloud data.
- Timeliner based clash tests included in tutorials.
- Project-based chapter on Autodesk Navisworks for Factory Design Suite.
- Special tutorial on the animation of the subsea Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV).
- Special tutorials showing the Animator and Scripter scenes with crane animations.
- Timeliner simulation linked with animator animations showing construction sequences and movement of crane and semitrailers at the construction site.
- “What I do” sections describing some real world challenges that Autodesk Navisworks users face and the author’s approach in those situations.
- End of chapter skill evaluation to review the concepts learnt in the chapter.
- Complimentary access to the teaching resources for faculty members.
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