Autodesk Cloud already allows this, other than clashing is still done on demand. That said, there’s a rather large pitfall (IMHO) to this which is that it’s often used as a license by A&Es to populate a half baked design that ends up costing the contractors lots of coordination changes that don’t get paid for. And even worse there are a number of firms using it to add/change building designs without a traditional ASI/PR/whatever acronym for opportunity for a change order you like. The amount of “scope creep” or “free work” that people are getting away with pulling from their contractors has risen exponentially with BIM/3D model coordination. Anyone getting into that world for the first time should be cautious. Unfortunately as the main “design build” trade the sprinkler guy is the one that tends to get the worst end of this deal in many cases.
Mike Morey CFPS 3229 • NICET S.E.T. 123677 Project Manager • Fire Protection Group Shambaugh & Son, LP an EMCOR Company 7614 Opportunity Drive • Fort Wayne, IN • 46825 direct 260.487.7824 / cell 260.417.0625 / fax 260.487.7991 email mmo...@shambaugh.com<mailto:mmo...@shambaugh.com> [cid:image001.png@01DA79DB.6C969EA0] From: Fpdcdesign <fpdcdes...@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2024 8:49 AM To: Discussion list on issues relating to automatic fire sprinklers <sprinklerforum@lists.firesprinkler.org> Subject: [Sprinklerforum] Re: NWD file I think this is another part of the evolution. I can see a time where all you get is access to a Revit-NWD hybrid file through something like Procore. Everything is on the drawing and you have to do your design simultaneously with everyone ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerStart This Message Is From an External Sender This message originated outside your organization. ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerEnd I think this is another part of the evolution. I can see a time where all you get is access to a Revit-NWD hybrid file through something like Procore. Everything is on the drawing and you have to do your design simultaneously with everyone else with real time clash detection. Nothing is downloaded. The only thing you have is copies of what you print out. On Mar 19, 2024 at 8:19 AM, <Micah Davis<mailto:micah...@gmail.com>> wrote: Technically, there is a way to convert an NWD to a DWG. I've pasted the link to the instructions below. I say "technically" because, in my experience, it is a very laborious and unreliable process. I've had the conversion working for hours only to produce a completely unusable file or fail altogether. Of the 5 or 6 times I've tried it, I've probably only been successful 2 or 3 times. I would agree with Craig and David. My course of action would be to try my hardest to find someone who will give me the CAD file(s) or attach the NWD as a coordination model and do my best with it. The trick with the coordination model route is that getting it to print the way you want it may be a little tricky. https://www.autodesk.com/support/technical/article/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/Convert-Naviswork-file-NWD-to-an-AutoCAD-DWG-file.html<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.autodesk.com/support/technical/article/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/Convert-Naviswork-file-NWD-to-an-AutoCAD-DWG-file.html__;!!FaxH778!cCNbap1RF7FqfICec3MyY2-LPO8rYVyTZQKK2VTV0d9UBQKLUwFH72FUYQgS0XhxYWpIOFx_zDyDrqwIyQk$> Micah Davis (931) 242-1299 On Mon, Mar 18, 2024 at 10:44 PM David M. Canham <dcan...@firesys.com<mailto:dcan...@firesys.com>> wrote: You can bring the Navisworks file into AutoCAD as a coordination reference. You can filter what shows up by trades materials etc. and use view elevations to control what level shows up. The NWD may have originally been created from a combination of any number of different programs from solidworks to AutoCAD but it was not actually created in Navisworks. The structure may be one program and the architecture another but you should be able to get more useful individual files from someone. Sent from my iPhone David Canham Fire Systems Solutions On Mar 18, 2024, at 6:24 PM, Bob Knight <b...@firebyknight.com<mailto:b...@firebyknight.com>> wrote: I was sent a project with a Navisworks file (nwd). I am being told that this is all there is, that there are no other files. No CAD, nothing. Has anyone else run into this? 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