Issue:
Navisworks: Objects do not appear in Navisworks from a iDGN.
Certain Objects in Navisworks that come from Bentley iDGN. Do not show in Navisworks.
Causes:
New Object Types
Solution:
In Navisworks version 2020 and up.
Use Beta Reader
Options. (See Figure 1)
Figure1
File Readers. (See Figure 2)
Figure 2
Highlight DGN. (See Figure 3)
Figure 3
Select Use Beta File Reader at the bottom. (See Figure 3)
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