Item: Navisworks
Rating: 9
Author: Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Navisworks

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Navisworks is being used across the whole organization. It helps our numerous teams for clash detection purposes in BIM services. We can easily navigate through the 3D model and look out for any problem in the building model. Also, we can run clash detection in almost any category of elements and resolve the issues that might affect while actually constructing a building. It has whole lot of options to play with 3D models and finalize a building design and its MEPF services.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Clash detection
Timeline creation
Comments through markups

Cons

Rendering
Graphics hardware required to run it
Refreshing through the mother file

Most Important Features

Clash detection
Timeliner
Markups creation

Return on Investment

BIM project execution became easy
Project efficiency increased

Alternatives Considered

Bentley Navigator

Navisworks is a master tool if we want to do any 3D model coordination with any trade of a building. It allows us to view our model content with all elements to visualize and understand for certain where our design stands in terms of accuracy and how all things can be assembled on site. Navisworks also comes with a lot of additional tools to make BIM process easy.

Key Insights

Do you think Navisworks delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Navisworks's feature set?

Yes

Did Navisworks live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Navisworks go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Navisworks again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Revit, AutoCAD, Adobe Acrobat Reader DC

Likelihood to Recommend

Scenarios where Navisworks works the best:

If your team wants a low learning curve for a new software, as it has very simple user interface
It handles a variety of file types
Rendering is built in

Best BIM Coordination Tool