I do not see a way to change the material of a specific Fabrication parts system. I think the only true way as of right now is to use Dynamo code to find the systems and color them accordingly so that when you export to NWC, the colors get exported also. If its a collaborated model, no one else will see the colors you just set up. In the end it did work, but this is still not the proper way. Trying to find the correct Category and Property was a pain in the butt. This took some time to figure out since you have to setup Selection Sets. I did get the colors working using the Appearance Profiler. When you have to do this (Export to Navis) more than 20 times a day, this definitely lags the process. For the best export settings please embed all textures and flip YZ axis. This seemed like a real hacky way and added quite a few extra steps. I didn't have time to mess with the files after exporting to get them to color inside Navis. When enabled, all objects in the file will be exported regardless of whether or not they are hidden by a filter Otherwise, only unhidden objects will be exportedĤ.I did try the DWF, DWG, DWFX Route. Make sure that Export Hidden 3D Objects is unchecked.

Use filters in Navisworks to hide objects you don't want to exportĢ. In Navisworks, select Export Add-Ins>Synchro Plugin Settingģ. To limit what is included in the SPX export from the Navisworks Plugin:ġ. Since NWDs cannot be updated, even if you save the file, once you generate a new NWD you may get different IDs and this will affect synchronization.

IMPORTANT: When working on projects it's much better to work with the NWF/NWC than NWD as these files can be updated and you can export from that same NWF once the NWC get updated and save the file. Via the Navisworks plugin, can I export only certain components of the model into SYNCHRO to reduce the file size and make it more specific to my 4D project? nwc from Revit you have the option to export rooms - and in Navisworks they come through as solids, which you (obviously) can't walk through. I'm working with a very large NWD file and I only need to work with part of it in Synchro.

Revit to navisworks export settings