Cobie Extraction/Analysis

[MarkFarrell10]

We are looking at both Navisworks & Solibri for analysing models and examining cobie data.

Is there simple way of selecting all the of the same type of objects in navisworks (i.e all windows on 1st floor) solibri can do this is a few clicks, however navisworks appears to require a degree in boolan progarmming.

Solibri can also run cobie extractions, however I cannot seem to find any information on how this could be done using navisworks.

Can anyone point me in the correct direction.

Thnak you

Mark

[dgorsman]

Haven't used Solibri, so I can't comment on its use of search criteria.  Navisworks searching could use some improvement but follows mostly standard search parameters which can be used to create very complex sets.  Once you get a hang of the quirks its not that different from other search procedures.  Note that you can save both selection sets (list of specific objects) and search sets (search criteria), so you only need to set up a search once.

No idea about "Cobie" data.  If thats discipline specific, Navisworks may not be the appropriate program for what you are trying to do.  Or you may require a custom plug-in, the Navisworks API allows for some fairly sophisticated development.

[alan.quinn]

As dgorsman responded Navisworks has search feature that works very well and will allow you to save search options. I cannot speak to Solibri or Cobie as both are third part applications. Please review the information in the following link for "Search" in Navisworks Help: 

http://help.autodesk.com/view/NAV/2014/ENU/?guid=GUID-119FDE3B-909F-4A98-B9B0-BCAD909020CE

Thanks for posting. 

[dgorsman]

To be direct - the search *does* work well once you have the parameters entered and the model data is appropriately structured.  The GUI for entering those parameters needs some TLC.

[MarkFarrell10]

Thank you for the responses. 

My main queztion was in relation to cobie or similar within the software, which I now have the answer that navisworks cannot work with at the moment. 

The search was a side question,  however worth time we would be able to setup the queries to work, it just seems very complicated.  Solibri works with a selection basket so you can isolate the 1st floor or elements on that floor and then with 1 more click show the  3rd floor. It appears yo be far simpler to the novice user.