Exporting Infraworks to Navisworks

Navisworks has never had a simple work flow of adding surface imagery without the use of 3ds Max. Infraworks add a easy. 

The short video below is a work flow that I've used to export Infraworks (before R4, in R4 the DDS texture mapping has been resolved) to Navisworks, with the help of a image convert like xnconvert

Key workflow points

• Exporting is done by FBX as there is no direct export from Infraworks to Navisworks.
• The FBX file when appended to Navisworks create a folder with all the associated images
• The associated images need to be converted from .DDS to .JPEG and remapped when appending the .nwc.

Navisworks need to have the follwing setting set for the images to be processed.

• Ensure that the Convert Textures is checked.

  
Another setting is to have the on which general Navisworks will prompt you to turn on. Is Presenter (OpenGL).