Why Use a Browser-Based Navisworks Viewer
- ✓No Navisworks license needed, View NWD and NWC files without Navisworks Manage or Freedom
- ✓Works on any device, Navisworks is Windows-only; ShareCAD works in any browser on any OS
- ✓Secure sharing, Share coordination models via expiring links, ideal for client and contractor access
- ✓Coordination model review, Stakeholders view the aggregated model in their browser without specialist software
- ✓No account for recipients, Project partners open shared models without creating an Autodesk account
What Is a Navisworks File?
Navisworks is Autodesk's construction coordination and project review platform, widely used in AEC projects for clash detection, 4D scheduling, and model aggregation. NWD (Navisworks Document) files package a complete, self-contained coordination model. NWC (Navisworks Cache) files are the format individual discipline models are exported to before being combined into a federated NWD.
Sharing a Navisworks model with stakeholders, clients, or external parties has always required either a Navisworks Manage license or the limited Navisworks Freedom viewer, which itself requires installation. A Navisworks viewer online through ShareCAD eliminates both requirements: the model renders in the browser after cloud processing.
Project managers, clients, and non-technical stakeholders who need to review the coordination model , without being part of the day-to-day construction workflow, can now access it via a browser link, with no software required.
Navisworks Viewer Use Cases
Client project progress reviews
Share the current coordination model with clients for progress reviews. They navigate the model in their browser without Navisworks Freedom or any desktop application.
Contractor access on site
Site teams accessing the coordination model on tablets or phones benefit from a browser-based viewer, no laptop or Navisworks install needed on site.
Stakeholder walkthroughs
Facilities managers, end clients, and project sponsors who need to understand the model can do so via a link without specialist software training.
Project record keeping
Archive NWD snapshots at key project milestones in ShareCAD for long-term access. The model remains viewable in a browser long after the active project period.
Open Your Navisworks File Now
Upload an NWD or NWC file and view the coordination model in your browser. Share it with clients and contractors, no Navisworks required.
Store, view, and share your CAD files in one place — $19.99/month.