Autodesk Navisworks Freedom

Autodesk Navisworks Freedom at a glance

Autodesk Navisworks Freedom is a free viewer for combined building and plant models. It opens files in the NWD format as well as point clouds and DWF output, making them accessible without a Navisworks subscription. Reviewers can navigate through the model, browse the component hierarchy, read object properties and inspect embedded review information such as viewpoints, animations, redlines and comments. This lets coordinated models be shared across a team without every participant needing the paid full product.

Because the viewer is distributed widely across planning, site management and coordination, each new annual edition affects many workstations at once. For administrators that means preparing an updated installer and confirming compatibility with the models in circulation. A calm, dependable notice about new editions makes it easier to keep the estate current and to plan distribution, rather than checking the vendor download page by hand.