Group Elements
Selection and search sets from property rules, rerun on every model update
Nested selection and search sets generated from property rules, coloured in the model, exported as XML and rerun on the next model.
Manage and Simulate
Explode Model
Explode the model by grouping
Explode Model takes a grouping from Group Elements and translates each group away from the others, one direction per grouping level and up to three axes. A level-by-system tree becomes an exploded view where every floor and every system sits apart, ready for a screenshot or a walkthrough.
Navisworks Manage and Navisworks Simulate, Navisworks 2021 to 2027
Autodesk App Store
What it does
Explode the model by property for targeted review
Spread a grouping's elements apart along up to three axes so a breakdown can be inspected piece by piece, then reset it.
- Separate by level, system, contractor, phase or any other grouping, except one that uses the source file rule
- One axis per grouping level, up to three. The spacing is the size of the largest group along that axis, so groups never overlap
- Applies transform overrides only. The federated model is untouched and the overrides reset from the Group Elements pane
- Cancellable part way. A cancelled run offers to reset the transforms already applied
- The button is enabled only when a grouping that can be exploded exists
Why explode a coordination model
Federated models hide the interfaces between systems. Exploding the model by level and then by system pulls the storeys and the services apart, so each system can be inspected on its own and the breakdown reads clearly in a coordination report or a client presentation. Because the tool only applies transform overrides, resetting the view takes one click.
Watch it run
Explode Model, inside Navisworks.
Split the federated model by property to target a review at a specific system, level, or contractor. All tutorials
At a glance
Where it lives and what it needs.
- Ribbon panel
- Other Tools
- Commands
- Explode Model
- Editions
- Navisworks Manage and Navisworks Simulate
- Navisworks releases
- 2021 to 2027
- Availability
- On the App Store, version 3.0.0
Pressing F1 on any of these ribbon buttons opens the help page for that command on this site, which forwards to the section of the user guide that documents it.
Related modules
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- Group Elements
Isolate and color-code viewpoints from any property
Colour the model by property value and export saved viewpoints that keep the group tree and its colours.
Manage and Simulate
- Section Box Manager
Section the model by room or by level in one click
A pane that lists the Revit rooms under their levels. One click sections the view to that room or level, and checked rows are sectioned together.
Manage and Simulate
Try it on your next coordination run.
30 days, unrestricted. Download it from the Autodesk App Store and run the installer; no administrator rights needed.