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Unity Reflect - Navisworks Tips and tricks - Moving models closer to the origin

Discussion in 'Unity Reflect' started by jackstrongitharm, Jul 9, 2020.

  1. jackstrongitharm

    jackstrongitharm

    Unity Technologies

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    Hi there. If you are testing out the new Navisworks support and have projects in real world coordinates you will find that you cannot use them. This is because most products including Unity and Unity Reflect are single point precision.
    However there is always a way.
    So you can either move the models in the authoring software, I know at least in AutoCAD and Civil 3D I can create a new model, xref in and move the data would work.
    However you are not always in control of the original content.
    I have made a short video for everyone to be able to move your model directly in Navisworks for you to follow and get the export working.

    https://drive.google.com/open?id=1w...er=jack.strongitharm@unity3d.com&usp=drive_fs

    Here is the cube I used also if you need one.
    https://drive.google.com/open?id=1w...er=jack.strongitharm@unity3d.com&usp=drive_fs

    I have put in a request for support of model shifts so this could be done automatically. Would be interested to hear comments on how you would like this to work as it would need to not just cover Navisworks but all the other plugins to federate the project as a whole and optimise its position and output.

    Thanks

    Jack Strongitharm
    Unity, AEC EMEA
     
    jackstrongitharm, Jul 9, 2020
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  2. DCSWizard

    DCSWizard

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    This looks like exactly what is happening to me I am exporting out of Navisworks and everything is far away in Reflect.

    I will try the cube trick and see if that helps.

    What I expected was that when I exported, the camera view would be the same as what it was in Navisworks at the time of the export. Otherwise what I was looking at in Navisworks would be what I was looking at in Reflect when I opened the viewer.
     
    DCSWizard, Sep 7, 2020
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