What is a .NWF file?
NWF links the source models that make up a Navisworks project.
- Did you know
- An NWF references the original CAD files rather than copying them in.
- Because an NWF only links to the source CAD files, reopening it pulls in any changes those originals have had since.
- It is the recommended working file for clash detection, since the clash results, viewpoints and markup are saved into the NWF itself.
- 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
- .NWF 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 .NWF file
- Drag a .NWF 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.