Manage and navigate points in Point Layout for Navisworks

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Point Layout provides several tools for managing points within Navisworks.

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These include Manage Points, Navigate to Point, Select Points, and Delete Points.

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With your model open in Navisworks, on the ribbon, select the Add-ins tab.

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Then, click Autodesk Point Layout.

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From the Point Layout dialog, click the Manage Points tool to open the Search Filter dialog, where you can filter a selection of points,

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and then choose an option such as Hide, Show, or Select for those points.

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In this case, use the filtering options under Description to select all control points in the project.

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Click Apply, and the results appear in table format.

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Select an option, such as Set Color or Hide, to apply to that selection of points.

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Another useful tool is Navigate to Point, which zooms to a specified point number in your project.

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In the Point Layout dialog, click Navigate to Point.

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Enter the point number that you would like to zoom to, and then click OK.

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The point is now selected in the drawing area.

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You can also select a group of points using the Select Points tool with the desired filtering options.

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The Delete Points tool allows you to remove specific points from your project.

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Select one or more points, and then, from the Point Layout dialog, click Delete Points.

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In the confirmation message, click OK.