Turn supplied Navisworks Freedom review views into clear BIM presentation images.
Desktop viewer for published NWD and 3D DWF project review models, giving project recipients a way to inspect a coordinated scene, its hierarchy, properties, and supplied review information.
Desktop viewer for published NWD and 3D DWF project review models, giving project recipients a way to inspect a coordinated scene, its hierarchy, properties, and supplied review information.
Navisworks Freedom is useful when a project team needs recipients to explore a published NWD or 3D DWF without giving them an authoring workflow. A coordinator can supply saved viewpoints, sectioning, visibility choices, redlines, comments, and animations that direct attention to a facade, lobby, plant room, construction sequence, or dense services zone. Those views are often excellent technical evidence but can be difficult for an owner, client, or bid audience to read at a glance. Use RENDERCAD after selecting a clean, approved Scene View to turn that perspective into a more approachable presentation image, such as a design review slide, stakeholder update, proposal visual, or project story image. Preserve the Navisworks view's camera, key geometry, and coordination context in the brief. The enhanced image should explain a selected model view, not imply a new approved design, resolved clash, measurement, or construction status. Keep the published NWD or 3D DWF and its embedded review information as the source of coordination truth.
Open the published NWD or 3D DWF in Navisworks Freedom and begin with the saved viewpoint prepared by the project team. Check the hierarchy, object properties, redlines, comments, and any relevant animation frame so the image reflects the intended review context. Use navigation and sectioning only to clarify the selected area, and remove temporary selections or interface clutter before capturing a clean Scene View. Upload that capture to RENDERCAD with a focused direction: retain the approved massing and camera while improving daylight, material separation, depth, landscape, or the readability of the architectural and building-services context. Request a presentation treatment suited to the audience rather than a change to modeled geometry. Compare the output with the original Navisworks view, then have the project team validate technical details before distribution. Freedom can play supplied viewpoints and animations, but it is not the place to create the underlying viewpoints or record the animation; return to the authoring and coordination workflow when the source review data needs revision.
Modeled by CADSharp in Onshape. Rendered with RENDERCAD.
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RENDERCAD uses a maintained selection of image-generation models for different rendering tasks. Results can vary by model and input, so compare generated output with the source design before relying on geometry, materials, or dimensions.
| Feature | RENDERCAD | Navisworks Freedom Viewer |
|---|---|---|
| Engine | Generative AI | Interactive desktop model viewer with navigation, sectioning, render-style controls, and playback of saved viewpoints and animations |
| Output | Images + Video | On-screen NWD and 3D DWF review views with model hierarchy, object properties, embedded viewpoints, animations, redlines, and comments; presentation images can be created from a captured scene view |
| Resolution | HD / 4K | Based on the display or capture method used for the current viewport |
| Image Speed | Image renders complete in 60 seconds. | Interactive viewing performance depends on project file size, model hierarchy, graphics settings, and local workstation hardware |
| Video Speed | Videos complete in 2-5 minutes. | Playback of supplied viewpoint animations depends on the published review data, model complexity, display settings, and local workstation hardware |
| Scene Set Up | No separate local scene | Published NWD or 3D DWF with the needed viewpoints, animations, review data, visibility, and appearance settings prepared before distribution |
| Input | Screen Snip | Published NWD and 3D DWF review files |
| Hardware | Cloud GPU | Desktop Autodesk viewer workflow for stakeholder review of published project models |
| Install | None | Desktop viewer installation obtained from Autodesk |
| Cost | from $9/mo | Autodesk controls viewer availability and usage terms |
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Skip a separate local scene build. Pick a condition, material, and background while RENDERCAD handles the image-generation step. Image renders complete in 60 seconds.
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Use the browser workflow directly, capture a selected view with the desktop app, or start from the browser extension.
Get StartedCommon solutions for Navisworks Freedom users
Reuse a clear history image and change the color instruction or reference. Treat the results as visual options rather than color-managed proof.
Describe the finish, gloss, grain direction, and lighting, or provide an authorized material reference. Generated reflections are visual approximations rather than physically verified material behavior.
It uses generative image models with screenshot or image inputs. Models and features can change over time, so current product documentation is the source of truth.
Video jobs consume credits based on current duration and model settings. Check the pricing page for current costs rather than comparing with an assumed outsourcing price.
Use only images you are authorized to submit. A style reference can guide lighting, composition, or general aesthetic, but it does not guarantee that the source design remains unchanged.
Mask visible components separately when they need different material or color direction. Keep the source model or drawing beside the output because generated boundaries and part relationships can drift.
You can layer a material reference, a lighting reference, and a background reference together. Each guides a different aspect of the final render.
Capture the model, describe the wood species and grain direction, and add an authorized material reference when needed. Generated grain varies and should be reviewed for scale and orientation.
Add phrases like "Light from left," "Backlit," or "Top down lighting" to your custom prompt in RENDERCAD.
Yes. Choose the Dolly In or Dolly Out camera preset in the Video panel, then review the clip for product and geometry fidelity.
Submit a clear viewport screenshot to the web workflow instead of running a local scene render. The generation request runs in the cloud while your source application remains separate.
Open the current desktop app or browser extension, select the viewport region, and send the captured image into the screenshot-based workflow. Availability and device requirements are documented on the current download pages.