In Revit previous versions, the textures settings in the element material will not be exported to Navisworks. When creating walkthrough animations in Naviworks, all elements' surfaces don’t show textures. So the user has to set materials again for each element in Navisworks, which will double the work time.

Now in Revit 2012, you can do this:

In Revit, set visual style to “Realistic” in the view control bar to show the material textures on elements.
Click [ R ] > Export > FBX.
In Navisworks, open this FBX file. You will see the textures on elements. Then you can open Presenter to add light, etc.

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pattygaleMon May 16, 2011 8:56 amThis tip was contributed by lanl.
-- Patty Gale, Revit User Experience Team
jviersWed Jan 25, 2012 7:36 amI was able to get the FBX file to come into Navisworks with the material textures showing. The one problem I have is when I bring the FBX file into Navisworks, it doesn't come in at the correct location. Is there a setting to check that will keep the coordinates intact? There is a setting for exporting to NWC which is called coordinates, and you can choose whether its "Project Internal", or "Shared". FBX files have no options.
lanlWed Feb 1, 2012 9:45 pmCurrently, there is no additional setting when exporting FBX from Revit. I would recommend that you report this issue to the Autodesk Product Support team, i.e. submit a service request to the subscription center (subscription.autodesk.com) or post it on the Autodesk forum (forums.autodesk.com) for testing and discussion. Thanks.

Lei Lan
Autodesk Product Support Specialist

Revit

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