Turn off Solution Tips Navisworks 2010

[kmorin]

Does anyone know how to (or if it can be done) turn off the ACA/MEP solution tips when importing a DWG file into Navisworks Manage 2010?

I have been looking all over the place and can't seem to find any information on this specific topic.

[RobertB]

The only way I've been able to do that is to use NWCOut within AutoCAD. Simply importing a DWG from within Navisworks incorrectly displays the solution tips.

[kmorin]

Thanks for the tip. I usually use NWCOUT, but wanted to find out about the DWG issue. In Navis 2009, the solution tips displayed correctly for most DWGs, but not in 2010.

[JeffHUK]

It is quite ironic that recently I was debugging a DWG issue in Navisworks and, after a couple of hours, noticed the geometry I was testing was this little yellow triangle with an exclamation mark...

Navisworks essentially draws what it gets given by the object enabler, so I'd imagine the trick would be instructing the ACA OE to not show solution tips.You may be better off querying at the opposite end of the conversion process i.e. at the ACA/MEP forums about ways to control the RealDWG handling of the OE.

Sorry to not have better news at this time,

Jeff

[RobertB]

... Navisworks essentially draws what it gets given by the object enabler, so I'd imagine the trick would be instructing the ACA OE to not show solution tips.You may be better off querying at the opposite end of the conversion process i.e. at the ACA/MEP forums about ways to control the RealDWG handling of the OE.Jeff,

Unhappily, that is not the case. We have the solution tips turned off by default in all our MEP drawings. So if we import the DWG directly in Navisworks, it shouldn't be bringing in the solution tips. Yet it does. I suspect that the object enabler for MEP is to blame.

A similar issue occurs with DWG TrueView which is why I'm pointing the finger at the OE. Even if solution tips are turned off in the DWG, DWG TrueView will show the solution tips. This is occuring even with DWG TrueView 2011. The OE does not seem to be checking the status of the solution tip display option.

[JeffHUK]

Unhappily, that is not the case. We have the solution tips turned off by default in all our MEP drawings. So if we import the DWG directly in Navisworks, it shouldn't be bringing in the solution tips. Yet it does. I suspect that the object enabler for MEP is to blame.

A similar issue occurs with DWG TrueView which is why I'm pointing the finger at the OE. Even if solution tips are turned of in the DWG, DWG TrueView will show the solution tips. This is occuring even with DWG TrueView 2011. The OE does not seem to be checking the status of the solution tip display option.
Hi Robert,

The feedback I've received from the ACA/MEP team is that this is by design. I'd strongly recommend taking this up with them. As you surmised, there is a workaround of turning off solution tips inside ACA & exporting. We'll try and look into it further.

Sorry to not have better news at this time,

Jeff

[RobertB]

The feedback I've received from the ACA/MEP team is that this is by design. I'd strongly recommend taking this up with them. As you surmised, there is a workaround of turning off solution tips inside ACA & exporting. We'll try and look into it further.Thanks for checking with the ACA/MEP team. I'll take it up directly with them. I can understand their reasoning, but like most decisions, there are unintended consequences.

[Misteracad]

I'm assuming this issue has not yet been resolved??? I've got a client experiencing this issue and found this thread, only to be disappointed that there is not much he can do :cry: