Simple 4D animation using Navisworks!

The 4D timeliner in Navisworks Manage/Simulate is actually much simpler than you may expect. By putting together a basic program and some sets of elements, we can link them together using Navisworks time liner.

Oh and yeah we crash 3 times. Awkward.

I hope you enjoy the session and learn something new! Feel free to comment any feedback/questions below, or follow my channel if you enjoyed this.

0:00 Introduction
0:50 Exporting NWC
2:18 Visual settings
2:33 Construction program
3:40 Building sets
12:36 Timeliner
14:11 Crash 1
14:50 Timeliner
17:24 Crash 2
18:05 Run simulation
18:48 Crash 3. Seriously Autodesk?!
19:08 Outro

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#revit #navisworks #bim

[gaganj]

haha... Michael pop-up for all the crashes was a brilliant touch...

[danemmanuelreyes]

I really forgot how to animate using Navisworks!
Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
May God bless this channel!
Just subscribed here!

[mexirio]

So it crashes even on the BIM Guru, lol. Great tutorial.

[AUSSIESPANIARD]

Great fast tutorial, good to refresh why I don't use it anymore hehehe, Legend!

[SauravK]

Thanks a lot brother, I would always wonder how to use 4D, your video really helped to understand things

[brenttassell]

"Navisworks can be very temperamental"??? That's like saying the Titanic had some watertight issues around 00:05 on 15 April 1912. It's a bit galling that as Autodesk's anchor into BIM, Navisworks doesn't appear to enjoy much development (like - any). Brilliant tutorial - I always get a lot from these. Thanks for persisting ABG

[rhcengineering]

Thanks for this informative tutorial. 👍

[sonij]

Thnank you Guru.. Actually u r a Big Guru... My God bless u.. Expecting more from u

[amingharaei]

Hi, I noticed the Revit contents on your online store on your website are not available. Wondering when will I be able to purchase contents and training packages?
Thanks,
AG

[arlindervishaj]

I had the same crash problem a year ago related to the appearance tab. After updating Revit 2020 and Navisworks 2020 to their latest version, the crash did not show anymore. I was also using MS Project Pro and had no crashes in Navis with it.

[shamchavan]

Learned so much, thanks for uploading.

[immi]

Software can't keep up with your speed ⚡.
Very informative video for beginners.
(I am using one project parameter and add data in revit then use attach by rule option so it will automatically assign with task.)

[timmcguire]

Nice explanation. I've actually seen a Dynamo script through Revit that does this using periodic Run. So Dynamo might actually be a better option than Navis as it can be manipulated more without having to be exported to Navis

[matevzpetric]

Maybe it would be easier to do search sets by adding shared project parameter to all elements that you're about to animate, like "construction step" and numerate them as you draw revit model.
Ofc that wouldn't save any time if you decide to do it after the fact.. but if you know you're going to do it before you start modeling, it might be a useful parameter to have.

But i had no idea this is the feature Navis has. Cool stuff!

Question: what would you consider to be the best alternative to Navis, considering the issues?

[JackSmith-rcfn]

These crashes are the highlights in this video 😃

[julenapraiz]

I had the same problems years ago when trying to change or create new appearances. I thought it was a bug in those versions.

[amrutpatil]

thank you so much.
it helps a lot
keep making such videos ❤

[fukuda]

Thanks Gavin, your channel is very instructive. Will you continue on more advanced topics of Navisworks, such as data tools, select inspector, ..?

[sinemknasu]

Very helpful tutorial🙏🏼🌟what is the difference of attaching items to display Id or Synchrozation Id?

[vreslisawatisagala]

why I can't find the model in the website?