Navisworks 2012 model export to Collada format: mesh and material

[sergeyzh]

Goo day, Sirs!

Is there any way to extract model material information from Navisworks 2012? I'm using Navisworks 2012 COM API to extract model vertices information: http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/Autodesk-Navisworks-API/Navisworks-2012-model-export-to-Collada-format...

Xiaodong Liang sad that color specified per object: "In addition, the color in Navisworks is per object". Please explain how to get that!

With regards, Sergey.

[xiaodong_liang]

Hi,

If I understand correctly, you just want to get the color of object? 

In COM API:  

You can dump the attribute of the object to get the information of the orignal color of the object.

You can override color, but cannot know the overriden color.

In .NET API:  

OriginalColor: Original color for this geometry (as specified by design file)
PermanentColor:  Permanent color for geometry. Either original color or color explicitly overriden by user.
ActiveColor:  Current (visible) color for this geometry

 OverridePermanentColor:  Overrides the permanent color of all ModelGeometry descendants of items.