Plant 3D Grating in Navisworks

[mattias.thorwid]

Hello,

We quite often use the structure features in P3D for layout work, and it's a known issue that grating isn't properly displayed in Navisworks... I am aware of the work around with nwcout and so on.

However, a colleague showed me a model where he got the 2D cross hatch (2D wireframe) to show in Navisworks straight from .dwg which at least gave a better visual representation than nothing. The problem is that he doesn't have the P3D object enabler installed, and therefore elbows etc only show as wireframe.

This got us thinking and there seems to be an issue where the object enabler actually makes the grating look "worse" than without. Is there any way that someone could look into this issue?!

Best regards,
Mattias

[h_eger · Accepted solution]

Dear @mattias.thorwid ,

I don't know any way to change this.
I have briefly tested with Advance Steel 2023 also there gratings are displayed as solid bodies.

[Ray_K]

Try model all grating, use NWCOUT and append nwc file to navisworks.