That's pretty sweet. For electrical stuff where X" of access/clearance is required, I've been simply modeling a 'box' on a non-plotting layer in front of it, that can simulate the area not to intrude upon for personal reference. If I could set a 'soft' clash, that would basically eliminate that, assuming I could set a buffer in one direction only, rather than all-around. Don't know that that's possible, but the soft clash feature is ultimately cool.
I'm most interested in the fact that I can keep Navisworks up on one screen with all/most layers thawed, so I can view it for reference, and keep MOST layers FROZEN in Autocad to work with, and just run piping or steel as needed. Most of the time I don't need to measure from other objects, I just need to -see- them to rough in a location. I'm also probably going to be moving into handling the piping design, and thus being able to freeze all the layers EXCEPT the pipe run I'm working on, will VASTLY increase regen time and overall Autocad speed and I'm -sure- will reduce/eliminate most of the general crashes I run into while operating.
Do you guys have any 3d control devices like the 3dConexxion gear? One guy I know strongly advised I get something, even if it's just the 3d controller with a few extra buttons, and not their ultra-highend device. He said I'd likely see the cost made back within my first pay period. However, he works for the Dept of Defense at Boeing and thus has a much larger scale of operation that we, a humble 7 employee company does. Same principle though... if they see near-immediate recoup of cost, so would we, for that item.
What about the different "levels" of Navisworks. It appears there are different packages with differing level of features and abilities... which do you guys use, and what do you like/dislike about it?