NW Manage 2014 - Batch Utility export .nwf to .nwd with clash tests

[airpro_chris]

Hey all, I am batch exporting a folder full of .nwf's which are built up of a .nwc file, complete with clash results. I need the .nwf to host the clash results as the .nwc updates and the clash detective re-runs against the new .nwc. My problem is I lose all of my clash tests and results when I use the Batch Utility to save these out to .nwd. If I Save-As the .nwf into .nwd format then all the tests and results go with it.

Am I missing something here?

Cheers,

Chris

[Patrick_Aps_9121]

If I remember well there is a difference in what you see if you open the same NWD file (with clashes) in a NavisWorks Manage or in a navisworks Freedom (on a computer where there is no Manage installed)
The difference would be that you do not see the clash results.
But if you save each clash as a viewpoint after thet you selected the clashing items and gave them an override colour, you can see these viewpoints in Freedom.

[airpro_chris]

Hi again Patrick. The issue is not with Freedom (my typical process would save all clashes as viewpoints for Freedom users) but with exporting a 'clashed up' .nwf to .nwd with the batch utility and losing all clash tests and results when I open the exported .nwd in Manage. Does anyone follow this workflow and do they get a similar result?

Cheers.

[Patrick_Aps_9121]

On the machine that batch processes the nwf to nwd, are there different versions of Navisworks (Simulate / Manage) or versions 2013 /2014 installed ? If so, i beleive there is no easy way of determining which "roamer.exe" is used in the batch file.

[AndyG_ADSK · Accepted solution]

Chris,

This is an issue with Batch Utility in 2014.  It doesn't load plugins, of which Clash Detective is one, and any plugin data gets lost.  It is fixed in 2015.

Cheers

Andy

[airpro_chris]

Thanks Andy. I have tested this and can confirm that it works. A bit of an oversight in the 2014 products I guess.

Thanks again,

Chris.