Materials missing from Simulate to Freedom

[Anonymous]

I've seem to have lost most of my material images when I send a file to freedom. For example, I had a nice brickwork in NW Simulate, but when I output to freedom it is a solid gray. Has anyone seen this before? What can be done?

[sureshchotrani]

Kindly try publishing the NWD file rather then saying as NWD.

This might include the material in the file.

[porterja]

Hi mdoyle,

I understand you are missing brickwork materials when exporting from Navisworks Simulate to Freedom.

I agree with sureshchotrani recommendation that exporting the drawing as an NWD file which are "published" by Navisworks Simulate may resolve the issue.

When you save to a Navisworks (NWD) file, all loaded models, the scene's environment, the current view, and favorite viewpoints (including redlines and comments) are all saved to a single file. This is known as publishing a Navisworks file and creates a "snapshot" of the project. An NWD file is considered a complete file and can be opened in any Navisworks product and the Navisworks Freedom viewer.

• Click the following link for instructions on How to Publish an NWD File

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