PDMS to Navisworks converter

n your daily work you use Navisworks for reviewing, analyzing, visualizing and planning. Navisworks by default is capable of working with PDMS data, but the import doesn’t allow you to specify which attributes to show or divide the model into disciplines and areas. Because of this bulk import it is very diffi cult and time consuming to show the correct data within the Navisworks model. Also not all information is available, for example information from catalogs and specs will not show up if you import a model into Navisworks.

Unitec recognizes this issue and developed an interface were you can confi gure what needs to be exported, but more importantly how it is going to be exported. Our PDMS-exporter, which can be used
with a graphical interface but also as a batch export, allows complete confi guring how the export should take place. Our interface not only exports the 3D model, but also offers you the opportunity to select the
properties that you want to export (standard attributes, but also from the catalogs and specs).

When exporting attributes the PDMS Attribute Viewer starts automatically, displaying all the available attributes in a separate property window. Also when exporting with the PDMS-exporter interface, the entire hierarchy of the PDMS model is exported including the colors used to visualize the model.