From the course: Navisworks Essential Training 2023

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- [Instructor] Here's the thing. A lot of times you want specific objects to be a specific color, always. It could be duct work, it could be conduit, it could be structure. The problem is when we export or open a Revit model or even AutoCAD, it's going to be whatever color Revit or AutoCAD feels like making it. We can change that in Navisworks, but the cool thing about that is we can set a profile so when we bring in another item, if it matches that profile, it'll automatically update to that color. Let's jump into Navisworks, on the quick access toolbar, Let's click open. For files of type, let's look for a Revit file. I'm going to browse to my exercise files, into my Revit folder and I'd like to grab structural and then click "Open." It takes a little bit longer because we're opening a native Revit model. With this open, kind of pan around, look at it, and 3D. The first thing I'd like to do is jump to the viewport tab…

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