Importing FLS in Navisworks 2014 Manage SP1

[roybeukeveld]

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to import FLS files into Navisworks 2014 Manage SP1.

The error states it does not exist or can't be opened.

I searched the forum and saw it has been asked before, but not for this release, so i hope someone can help me out.

(The FLS files are created with a X130, and postprocessed in Scene 5.3)

Thanks in advance,

Kind regards,

Roy

[Patrick_Aps_9121]

The Faro libs included in Navisworks 2014, and 2015 are 5.1 libs.
Can you Save As version 5.1 in Faro Scene ?

If not, you might try to backup the following DLL's located in C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Navisworks Manage 2014
Replace these with 5.3 versions (found in the Faro installation folder i believe) and re-register them

iQ3D.dll
iQBase.dll
iQLib.dll
iQOpen.dll

all at your own risk, naturally

[roybeukeveld]

Hi Patrick,

I replaced the dll's you mentioned and tried to register but unfortunately that fails.

I tried it this way:

Command prompt with admin rights:

regsvr32 "C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Navisworks Manage 2014\iqopen.dll"

Any suggestions maybe?

Thanks for the reply, i appreciate it:-)

Roy

[Patrick_Aps_9121]

Did you unregister first ?
Does none of the DLL's register ? Maybe it's a matter of registering them in the right order.
Maybe my list of DLL files is not complete and there is a dll missing. Check the properties, detail tab of  all files in C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Navisworks Manage 2014 that have the same time and date (27 nov 2012 6h54) to see if they have copyright of Faro and version 5.1 or 5.3...

I found LSBase.dll and LSlib2.dll also to be from Faro.

I did this job years ago with Simulate 2011 and got it working, but not with more recent versions.

[dgorsman]

Use ReCap to process the point cloud then load the ReCap file into Navisworks.

[roybeukeveld]

@Patrick, i tried the unregistering first, but no results. The new dll won't register. 

I'll see if our IT department has more luck with it.

@dgorsman Thats the way i currently do it. I import the FLS files in RECAP, convert them into RCS and use those in Navisworks. 

Although that works okay, i want to use the FLS directly in Navisworks because it saves the time of the conversion, and i'm curious if the quality is better that way.

Regards,

Roy

[Patrick_Aps_9121]

The only thing left would be asking with Faro Support to see if you can get a copy of the files they would deliver to Autodesk to support 5.3 in a future version of Navisworks.

[M.Trask.420]

3 years later... Flash forward to 2017, 2018 has the same problem, Faro has released multiple SDK's, 5.1 is still the last Faro version Navis has added.. Is there a more defined set of steps now to change out the required DLL's to make 5.5 thru 6.2.xx work?