What is a .NWD file?
NWD is a published Autodesk Navisworks model for design review and clash detection.
- Did you know
- A Navisworks NWD combines many models so teams can spot clashes before building.
- An NWD is self-contained - it bakes in all geometry, object properties and clash tests, making it the format you hand out for review.
- Navisworks originated with a Sheffield-based company under Lightwork Design and was acquired by Autodesk in 2007.
- What Analyser reads
- Identify more 3D, CAD and scene files: Google Draco compressed meshes, Gaussian splats (KSplat), Universal 3D, Dassault 3DXML, DirectX .x models, Qubicle voxels, Wings3D, Autodesk Revit (RVT/RFA and templates, build version from BasicFileInfo), Siemens Solid Edge, Navisworks, legacy CATIA V4, terrestrial-scanner point clouds (FARO/Trimble) and legacy binary Visio (.vsd).
- Depth of analysis
- .NWD is an identification-grade format: Analyser recognises it from its bytes and decodes the header metadata it carries, rather than opening it in a full viewer. Formats that do get a full viewer are marked "Full" on the formats page.
- Open a .NWD file
- Drag a .NWD file onto the Analyser home page (or tap to pick one). It is identified entirely in your browser - nothing is uploaded, there is no account, and it works offline once installed.