Align and lock the extrusion sides to the (4) four reference planes that are around the fixture. Open the Family Types box and flex all dimensions to make sure the clearance zone flexes with them. The last step is to add a transparent material so that when it is exported to Navisworks it appears transparent to differentiate between the object and zone. “no-fly” Before we add a material to the zone we need to create a material called zone”. “no-fly” “no-fly To do this go the the manage tab and select Materials. This will open the material dialog box. Find the material that is we will duplicate this material and re-name it “GLASS-Prismatic” “no-fly zone”. Next we will adjust the appearance so that the glass is colored in Navisworks. To do this select the tab in the Materials box. Then select the color. For this we will choose red but “Appearance” you can select any color you want. To add the material selects the zone. In the properties box to the right of the “no-fly” row. “Material” The material dialog box will open and you can select the zone” material we just created. “no-fly The final step is to load this into a project to test it. Open the file named testing file”. “Light Navigate to the tab. The select load family. Browse to the location of your saved light file “Insert” and load the light. Select under the home tab. Select the light we just loaded into the project and place “component” the light in the ceiling plan view. Since this is a faced base family you need to make sure the horizontal face is selected for placement and not the vertical face. When placed it should look like the image below in the 3D view.
Align and lock the extrusion sides to the (4) four reference planes that are around the fixture. Open the Family Types box and flex all dimensions to make sure the clearance zone flexes with them. The last step is to add a transparent material so that when it is exported to Navisworks it appears transparent to differentiate between the object and “no-fly” zone. Before we add a material to the “no-fly” zone we need to create a material called “no-fly zone”. To do this go the the manage tab and select Materials. This will open the material dialog box. Find the material that is “GLASS-Prismatic” we will duplicate this material and re-name it “no-fly zone”. Next we will adjust the appearance so that the glass is colored in Navisworks. To do this select the “Appearance” tab in the Materials box. Then select the color. For this we will choose red but you can select any color you want. To add the material selects the “no-fly” zone. In the properties box to the right of the “Material” row. The material dialog box will open and you can select the “no-fly zone” material we just created. The final step is to load this into a project to test it. Open the file named “Light testing file”. Navigate to the “Insert” tab. The select load family. Browse to the location of your saved light file and load the light. Select “component” under the home tab. Select the light we just loaded into the project and place the light in the ceiling plan view. Since this is a faced base family you need to make sure the horizontal face is selected for placement and not the vertical face. When placed it should look like the image below in the 3D view.
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