Great Navisworks Overview

I have found this particular Navisworks Flash Movie a quick and easy reference, which gives a great overview of what can be accomplished in the program:

VIEW NAVISWORKS MOVIE

Apple 3D for Construction

Synchronized BIM Modeling as per body movement?

According to Houston Neal, a spokesperson for this technology (Houston is Software Advice http://www.softwareadvice.com/construction/)...

"The video is a mock demonstration of Apple's 3D head-tracking technology and a model. According to the rumors, Apple's technology will allow users to change perspektive of an object using their body gestures. Instead of dragging your mouse, you simply turn your head to look behind an image."

An obvious application for this is architecture, and more specifically BIM - so they put together this video to help demonstrate this.

Software Advice also ruminates about the potential of this technology for estimating. When combined with takeoff software - a system that allows contractors to measure areas and lengths to determine quantities of construction materials (e.g., how many 2x4's are needed to build a wall) - contractors could perform calculations without ever picking up a mouse or keyboard.