Concurrent Exporter Plugins 2012 and 2013

[tkendrick]

I have just installed BDSU 2013 including Revit, Navisworks, AutoCAD 2013, and the Navisworks Exporter plugin. I'm still working in a project using Navis 2012, is it possible to use different versions of the Exporter concurrently? I still need to be able to use the 2012 exporter.

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Found one answer already. AutoCAD allows me to choose which version of the exporter to use in the current session. This appeared by using the NWCOUT command.

 

[john.lipp · Accepted solution]

Dear tkendrick


Yes you can install both the 2012 and 2013 version of the exporters from the following locations and use either in the supported applications:

In AutoCAD, you’ll be prompted which version of the exporter to use for that session of AutoCAD when you run the NWCOUT command.

In Revit, there will be two choices (Navisworks 2012 and Navisworks 2013) listed under Add-ins > External tools to select from.

I recommend installing the latest service pack versions of the exporters from the following locations:

2013: Autodesk Navisworks Exporters 2013 Multilingual Win.exe
http://usa.autodesk.com/getdoc/id= DL20458011

2012:  autodesk_navisworks_exporters_2012_multilingual_win.exe
http://usa.autodesk.com/getdoc/id=DL17757207

Note that if you run the 2013 version of the exporter, it produces 2013 version NWC files that aren’t backward compatible to load in Navisworks 2012.

However, if you run the 2012 version of the exporter, it produces 2012 version NWC files that can be loaded in either Navisworks 2012 or Navisworks 2013.

Best regards,



John Lipp
Support Specialist
Product Support
Autodesk, Inc.