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   "date": "2026-09-01",
   "fact": "homepage",
   "note": "Autodesk presents Navisworks as commercial 3D model-review, coordination, and clash-detection software for federated BIM, with TimeLiner 4D/5D simulation, quantification, and issues integration to Autodesk Construction Cloud.",
   "source": "https://www.autodesk.com/products/navisworks/overview",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-01",
   "fact": "license",
   "note": "Navisworks is sold as named-user subscriptions for Simulate and Manage, with monthly, annual, and three-year terms plus Flex tokens. The FAQ also names the free Freedom viewer, which is outside this record.",
   "source": "https://www.autodesk.com/products/navisworks/overview",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-01",
   "fact": "platforms",
   "note": "Autodesk documents Navisworks Manage, Simulate, Freedom, and File Exporters 2026 for 64-bit Windows 11 and Windows 10 only.",
   "source": "https://www.autodesk.com/support/technical/article/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/System-requirements-for-Autodesk-Navisworks-2026-products.html",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-01",
   "fact": "status",
   "note": "The current product page sells Navisworks subscriptions, names a 30-day trial, and carries a 2026 Autodesk copyright.",
   "source": "https://www.autodesk.com/products/navisworks/overview",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-01",
   "fact": "modalities.api.exists",
   "note": "Autodesk publishes a Navisworks API overview covering the .NET programming interface, an installed SDK, Automation, Controls, COM interop, and NWCreate.",
   "source": "https://aps.autodesk.com/developer/overview/navisworks-api",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-01",
   "fact": "modalities.api.kinds[0]",
   "note": "Autodesk states that plug-ins are the main entry point for the .NET API and extend Navisworks with additional functions.",
   "source": "https://aps.autodesk.com/developer/overview/navisworks-api",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-01",
   "fact": "modalities.api.kinds[1]",
   "note": "Automation drives the product from outside the GUI, automates tasks, and invokes plug-ins; Autodesk also documents open, save, and execute-plugin operations without fully loading the main application.",
   "source": "https://aps.autodesk.com/developer/overview/navisworks-api",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-01",
   "fact": "modalities.api.kinds[2]",
   "note": "Controls embed a Navisworks file viewer in other applications or examine Navisworks documents without loading the full program.",
   "source": "https://aps.autodesk.com/developer/overview/navisworks-api",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-01",
   "fact": "modalities.api.kinds[3]",
   "note": "Autodesk documents a legacy COM API with a .NET COM API Interop interface for functionality that remains only on COM, and says new development should use the .NET API whenever possible.",
   "source": "https://aps.autodesk.com/developer/overview/navisworks-api",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-01",
   "fact": "modalities.api.coverage",
   "note": "The documented .NET surface covers application, model, and document access plus open, save, and plug-in execution. It is a local desktop API, not a product REST service.",
   "source": "https://aps.autodesk.com/developer/overview/navisworks-api",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-01",
   "fact": "modalities.api.coverage",
   "note": "Clash Detective is marked Navisworks Manage only. Simulate is sold for model review, simulation, analysis, and quantification. Feature availability is edition-gated.",
   "source": "https://www.autodesk.com/products/navisworks/overview",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-01",
   "fact": "modalities.api.coverage",
   "note": "The APS Automation API overview names Revit, AutoCAD, 3ds Max, Inventor, and Fusion engines and does not list a Navisworks engine.",
   "source": "https://aps.autodesk.com/developer/overview/automation-api",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-01",
   "fact": "modalities.api.docs",
   "note": "Opened as Autodesk's current public Navisworks API index. The developer guide and reference are PDF and CHM files in the Manage and Simulate install api folder.",
   "source": "https://aps.autodesk.com/developer/overview/navisworks-api",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-01",
   "fact": "modalities.sdk.exists",
   "note": "Autodesk states that the SDK installs by default under the api folder for Navisworks Manage and Simulate, with a .NET developer guide, CHM reference, samples, and NWCreate documentation.",
   "source": "https://aps.autodesk.com/developer/overview/navisworks-api",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-01",
   "fact": "modalities.sdk.official",
   "note": "The SDK, assemblies, developer guide, and samples are first-party Autodesk materials shipped with Manage and Simulate.",
   "source": "https://aps.autodesk.com/developer/overview/navisworks-api",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-01",
   "fact": "modalities.sdk.languages[0]",
   "note": "Marketplace publisher guidelines require Visual Studio 2017 or later and .NET Framework 4.7 or 4.8 for .NET API plugins, which is the C# / managed .NET plugin path.",
   "source": "https://aps.autodesk.com/marketplace/publisher-center/navisworks-publisher-guidelines",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-01",
   "fact": "modalities.sdk.languages[1]",
   "note": "NWCreate provides C and C++ APIs for writing NWC exporters and custom file loaders, including geometry, properties, viewpoints, selection sets, materials, and B-rep operations.",
   "source": "https://aps.autodesk.com/developer/overview/navisworks-api",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-01",
   "fact": "modalities.mcp.first_party",
   "note": "The official Navisworks API overview documents .NET, COM interop, Automation, Controls, and NWCreate. It does not declare a first-party MCP server or the absence of one, so first_party stays unknown.",
   "source": "https://aps.autodesk.com/developer/overview/navisworks-api",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-01",
   "fact": "modalities.mcp.third_party[0]",
   "note": "ScanBIM Labs publishes a third-party hosted MCP server (io.scanbimlabs/navisworks) with repo, Cloudflare Worker remote, and five NWD tools. Last GitHub push was 2026-04-21. It is not Autodesk-owned. The official registry also listed a second io.scanbimlabs/navisworks-mcp remote without a repository URL; that listing is not a separate third_party entry.",
   "source": "https://github.com/ScanBIM-Labs/navisworks-mcp",
   "tier": "scraped"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-01",
   "fact": "modalities.mcp.third_party[0]",
   "note": "The official MCP registry search for navisworks returned two active ScanBIM Labs listings on 2026-09-01. Registry presence is not a first-party Autodesk server.",
   "source": "https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0.1/servers?search=navisworks",
   "tier": "scraped"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-01",
   "fact": "modalities.mcp.third_party[1]",
   "note": "bimwright/nwd-mcp is a third-party MCP gateway for Navisworks Manage desktop sessions (2022-2027), last pushed 2026-08-28. The README states Freedom and Simulate are not supported.",
   "source": "https://github.com/bimwright/nwd-mcp",
   "tier": "scraped"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-01",
   "fact": "modalities.mcp.third_party[2]",
   "note": "Aitology/Navisworks_MCP is a third-party in-process .NET add-in plus Python MCP bridge for Manage or Simulate 2025-2027, last pushed 2026-05-13, with clash, sets, viewpoints, and property tools.",
   "source": "https://github.com/Aitology/Navisworks_MCP",
   "tier": "scraped"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-01",
   "fact": "modalities.mcp.verdict",
   "note": "Vendor API documentation does not establish first-party MCP ownership or absence. Community servers exist, so the MCP verdict remains unknown rather than official, community-only, or none.",
   "source": "https://aps.autodesk.com/developer/overview/navisworks-api",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-01",
   "fact": "modalities.integrations.zapier",
   "note": "Zapier returned 404 for /apps/navisworks/integrations and /apps/autodesk-navisworks/integrations on 2026-09-01.",
   "source": "https://zapier.com/apps/navisworks/integrations",
   "tier": "scraped"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-01",
   "fact": "modalities.integrations.make",
   "note": "Make's app catalogue rendered a coming-soon 404 for /navisworks and /autodesk-navisworks on 2026-09-01.",
   "source": "https://apps.make.com/navisworks",
   "tier": "scraped"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-01",
   "fact": "modalities.integrations.power_automate",
   "note": "Microsoft connector paths /connectors/navisworks/ and /connectors/autodesknavisworks/ returned 404 on 2026-09-01.",
   "source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/connectors/navisworks/",
   "tier": "scraped"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-01",
   "fact": "modalities.integrations.power_automate",
   "note": "The Power Automate connector-reference catalog listed Autodesk Data Exchange and an independent Fusion Manage publisher connector, and had no Navisworks entry on 2026-09-01.",
   "source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/connectors/connector-reference/",
   "tier": "scraped"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-01",
   "fact": "modalities.integrations.n8n",
   "note": "n8n built-in app-node documentation returned 404 for n8n-nodes-base.navisworks and n8n-nodes-base.autodesknavisworks on 2026-09-01.",
   "source": "https://docs.n8n.io/integrations/builtin/app-nodes/n8n-nodes-base.navisworks/",
   "tier": "scraped"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-01",
   "fact": "modalities.cli.exists",
   "note": "Navisworks 2026 help documents FileToolsTaskRunner.exe command-line switches for Batch Utility conversion: required /i input list, /of /od /osd outputs to NWD or NWF, overwrite or increment, version, and log options.",
   "source": "https://help.autodesk.com/cloudhelp/2026/ENU/Navisworks/files/GUID-14B017E2-B4A2-432F-8C2D-1F1856EECB8E.htm",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-01",
   "fact": "modalities.extensibility.scripting[0]",
   "note": "Plug-ins are the documented main extension path for the .NET API.",
   "source": "https://aps.autodesk.com/developer/overview/navisworks-api",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-01",
   "fact": "modalities.extensibility.scripting[1]",
   "note": "Automation is a documented way to start and drive Navisworks and invoke plug-ins from outside the GUI.",
   "source": "https://aps.autodesk.com/developer/overview/navisworks-api",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-01",
   "fact": "modalities.extensibility.scripting[2]",
   "note": "NWCreate is the documented C/C++ path for custom NWC exporters and file loaders.",
   "source": "https://aps.autodesk.com/developer/overview/navisworks-api",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-01",
   "fact": "modalities.extensibility.scripting[3]",
   "note": "Manage and Simulate load Marketplace .NET API and NWcreate plugins from %APPDATA%\\Autodesk\\ApplicationPlugins bundles with PackageContents.xml and per-release version folders.",
   "source": "https://aps.autodesk.com/marketplace/publisher-center/navisworks-publisher-guidelines",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-01",
   "fact": "modalities.data_access.export[0]",
   "note": "Navisworks 2026 help documents Export NWD from the Output tab, including hidden-item, ReCap/texture embed, property-exclusion, and file-version options.",
   "source": "https://help.autodesk.com/cloudhelp/2026/ENU/Navisworks/files/Output_Export_NWD.htm",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-01",
   "fact": "modalities.data_access.export[1]",
   "note": "Navisworks 2026 help documents 3D DWF and DWFx scene export of geometry, materials, per-vertex colors, and properties.",
   "source": "https://help.autodesk.com/cloudhelp/2026/ENU/Navisworks/files/GUID-05AA0D18-8FC8-4B7F-8673-18EF5B3070B3.htm",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-01",
   "fact": "modalities.data_access.export[2]",
   "note": "The same 2026 DWF help page documents DWFx as a supported 3D export format alongside DWF.",
   "source": "https://help.autodesk.com/cloudhelp/2026/ENU/Navisworks/files/GUID-05AA0D18-8FC8-4B7F-8673-18EF5B3070B3.htm",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-01",
   "fact": "modalities.data_access.export[3]",
   "note": "Navisworks 2026 help documents FBX export of triangles, lines, materials, viewpoints, lights, hierarchy, environment, and properties. Point clouds are not supported.",
   "source": "https://help.autodesk.com/cloudhelp/2026/ENU/Navisworks/files/GUID-524B9C78-AE50-435C-97F3-4C8D6A20E409.htm",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-01",
   "fact": "modalities.data_access.export[4]",
   "note": "Navisworks 2026 help documents Google Earth KML export as a compressed .kmz file.",
   "source": "https://help.autodesk.com/cloudhelp/2026/ENU/Navisworks/files/GUID-7919B978-2776-4818-A675-E592EDEE2EDC.htm",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-01",
   "fact": "modalities.data_access.export[5]",
   "note": "The 2026 Quantification workflow lists output of takeoff data to Excel XLSX format as the last documented step.",
   "source": "https://help.autodesk.com/cloudhelp/2026/ENU/Navisworks-Quantification/files/GUID-95ED5D79-89B6-443D-83C7-61DEF40A13A8.htm",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-01",
   "fact": "modalities.data_access.import[0]",
   "note": "Navisworks 2026 supported CAD formats include native .nwd, .nwf, and .nwc.",
   "source": "https://help.autodesk.com/cloudhelp/2026/ENU/Navisworks/files/GUID-1DD9E13D-7FEC-4936-B45E-C59E4A3E96EC.htm",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-01",
   "fact": "modalities.data_access.import[1]",
   "note": "The same 2026 format table lists .nwf among native Navisworks files that open without the authoring CAD application.",
   "source": "https://help.autodesk.com/cloudhelp/2026/ENU/Navisworks/files/GUID-1DD9E13D-7FEC-4936-B45E-C59E4A3E96EC.htm",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-01",
   "fact": "modalities.data_access.import[2]",
   "note": "The same 2026 format table lists .nwc among native Navisworks files.",
   "source": "https://help.autodesk.com/cloudhelp/2026/ENU/Navisworks/files/GUID-1DD9E13D-7FEC-4936-B45E-C59E4A3E96EC.htm",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-01",
   "fact": "modalities.data_access.import[3]",
   "note": "The 2026 format table lists IFC (.ifc) as a readable CAD format. The product overview separately names an updated IFC file reader.",
   "source": "https://help.autodesk.com/cloudhelp/2026/ENU/Navisworks/files/GUID-1DD9E13D-7FEC-4936-B45E-C59E4A3E96EC.htm",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-01",
   "fact": "modalities.data_access.import[4]",
   "note": "The 2026 format table lists DWG/DXF (.dwg, .dxf).",
   "source": "https://help.autodesk.com/cloudhelp/2026/ENU/Navisworks/files/GUID-1DD9E13D-7FEC-4936-B45E-C59E4A3E96EC.htm",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-01",
   "fact": "modalities.data_access.import[5]",
   "note": "The 2026 format table lists DWG/DXF including .dxf.",
   "source": "https://help.autodesk.com/cloudhelp/2026/ENU/Navisworks/files/GUID-1DD9E13D-7FEC-4936-B45E-C59E4A3E96EC.htm",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-01",
   "fact": "modalities.data_access.import[6]",
   "note": "The 2026 format table lists Revit .rvt, .rfa, and .rte.",
   "source": "https://help.autodesk.com/cloudhelp/2026/ENU/Navisworks/files/GUID-1DD9E13D-7FEC-4936-B45E-C59E4A3E96EC.htm",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-01",
   "fact": "modalities.data_access.import[7]",
   "note": "The 2026 format table lists MicroStation Design .dgn, .prp, and .prw.",
   "source": "https://help.autodesk.com/cloudhelp/2026/ENU/Navisworks/files/GUID-1DD9E13D-7FEC-4936-B45E-C59E4A3E96EC.htm",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-01",
   "fact": "modalities.data_access.import[8]",
   "note": "The 2026 format table lists PDF (.pdf) among readable formats.",
   "source": "https://help.autodesk.com/cloudhelp/2026/ENU/Navisworks/files/GUID-1DD9E13D-7FEC-4936-B45E-C59E4A3E96EC.htm",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-01",
   "fact": "modalities.rpa.ui_stack",
   "note": "Navisworks 2026 is documented as a native 64-bit Windows desktop application. No repeatable UI-automation probe was run, so drivability stays unknown.",
   "source": "https://www.autodesk.com/support/technical/article/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/System-requirements-for-Autodesk-Navisworks-2026-products.html",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-01",
   "fact": "modalities.agent_docs.llms_txt",
   "note": "https://www.autodesk.com/llms.txt did not serve agent documentation on 2026-09-01 (HTTP 403 from the live check; a fetch client reported 404). That is the homepage-host llms.txt required by the research contract.",
   "source": "https://www.autodesk.com/llms.txt",
   "tier": "scraped"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-01",
   "fact": "verdict.scores.api",
   "note": "The official plugin, Automation, Controls, COM interop, and NWCreate stack is broad, documented, and practical for agents that can load a licensed Windows session. Edition gating, version-coupled binaries, install-folder PDF/CHM docs, and the absence of a Navisworks Automation engine keep the score in the 7 band rather than 8-10.",
   "source": "https://aps.autodesk.com/developer/overview/navisworks-api",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-01",
   "fact": "verdict.scores.mcp",
   "note": "Several maintained third-party implementations exist (ScanBIM Labs hosted server plus bimwright and Aitology desktop bridges). Registry presence alone is not an official server. The rubric 5-6 band is for several useful maintained third-party implementations; 5 reflects that none is first-party and coverage still depends on a local license or a paid hosted bridge.",
   "source": "https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0.1/servers?search=navisworks",
   "tier": "scraped"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-01",
   "fact": "verdict.scores.cli",
   "note": "FileToolsTaskRunner is an official, documented, non-interactive conversion CLI. It covers append and NWD/NWF output from a UTF-8 file list, not clash detection, quantification, or a general object-model shell, so the path is usable but narrow.",
   "source": "https://help.autodesk.com/cloudhelp/2026/ENU/Navisworks/files/GUID-14B017E2-B4A2-432F-8C2D-1F1856EECB8E.htm",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-01",
   "fact": "verdict.scores.integrations",
   "note": "Bounded 2026-09-01 checks of Zapier, Make, Microsoft Power Automate connector-reference, and n8n built-in app nodes found no Navisworks connector, so the tracked iPaaS path is absent.",
   "source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/connectors/connector-reference/",
   "tier": "scraped"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-01",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[0].url",
   "note": "Opened and verified as Autodesk's current Navisworks product page, including Manage Clash Detective, Simulate review/quantification, and ACC issues copy.",
   "source": "https://www.autodesk.com/products/navisworks/overview",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-01",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[1].url",
   "note": "Opened and verified as Autodesk's current Navisworks API and SDK index.",
   "source": "https://aps.autodesk.com/developer/overview/navisworks-api",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-01",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[2].url",
   "note": "Opened and verified as current Navisworks 2026 Batch Utility command-line documentation for FileToolsTaskRunner.exe.",
   "source": "https://help.autodesk.com/cloudhelp/2026/ENU/Navisworks/files/GUID-14B017E2-B4A2-432F-8C2D-1F1856EECB8E.htm",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-01",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[3].url",
   "note": "Opened the official MCP registry search for navisworks; two ScanBIM Labs listings were active.",
   "source": "https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0.1/servers?search=navisworks",
   "tier": "scraped"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-01",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[4].url",
   "note": "Opened and verified as the current Navisworks 2026 supported CAD file format table.",
   "source": "https://help.autodesk.com/cloudhelp/2026/ENU/Navisworks/files/GUID-1DD9E13D-7FEC-4936-B45E-C59E4A3E96EC.htm",
   "tier": "declared"
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    "url": "https://aps.autodesk.com/developer/overview/navisworks-api"
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   {
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    "url": "https://help.autodesk.com/cloudhelp/2026/ENU/Navisworks/files/GUID-14B017E2-B4A2-432F-8C2D-1F1856EECB8E.htm"
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   {
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  "agent_docs": {
   "llms_txt": false
  },
  "api": {
   "auth": [],
   "coverage": "partial",
   "docs": "https://aps.autodesk.com/developer/overview/navisworks-api",
   "exists": true,
   "kinds": [
    "dotnet-plugin",
    "automation",
    "controls",
    "com"
   ]
  },
  "cli": {
   "exists": true
  },
  "computer_use": {
   "issues": [],
   "viability": "unknown"
  },
  "data_access": {
   "export": [
    "nwd",
    "dwf",
    "dwfx",
    "fbx",
    "kmz",
    "xlsx"
   ],
   "import": [
    "nwd",
    "nwf",
    "nwc",
    "ifc",
    "dwg",
    "dxf",
    "rvt",
    "dgn",
    "pdf"
   ]
  },
  "extensibility": {
   "scripting": [
    "dotnet-plugins",
    "automation",
    "nwcreate",
    "marketplace-bundles"
   ],
   "webhooks": "unknown"
  },
  "integrations": {
   "make": false,
   "n8n": false,
   "power_automate": false,
   "zapier": false
  },
  "mcp": {
   "first_party": "unknown",
   "third_party": [
    {
     "maintained": true,
     "registries": [
      "official-mcp-registry",
      "github"
     ],
     "repo": "https://github.com/ScanBIM-Labs/navisworks-mcp"
    },
    {
     "maintained": true,
     "registries": [
      "github"
     ],
     "repo": "https://github.com/bimwright/nwd-mcp"
    },
    {
     "maintained": true,
     "registries": [
      "github"
     ],
     "repo": "https://github.com/Aitology/Navisworks_MCP"
    }
   ],
   "verdict": "unknown"
  },
  "rpa": {
   "drivability": "unknown",
   "notes": "No repeatable UI probe was run. The .NET plugin, Automation, Controls, and COM surfaces, plus FileToolsTaskRunner batch conversion, provide supported object-model and file-conversion control without visually driving the Windows desktop. Computer-use viability is not inferred from the native Windows UI.\n",
   "ui_stack": [
    "windows-native"
   ],
   "vendor_support": []
  },
  "sdk": {
   "exists": true,
   "languages": [
    "csharp",
    "cpp"
   ],
   "official": true
  }
 },
 "name": "Autodesk Navisworks",
 "platforms": [
  "windows"
 ],
 "related": {
  "alternatives": [
   "revit",
   "autocad",
   "tekla-structures",
   "esri-arcgis-pro"
  ],
  "our_products": []
 },
 "schema_version": 1,
 "score_version": 1,
 "status": "active",
 "vendor": "Autodesk",
 "verdict": {
  "best_path": "api",
  "scores": {
   "api": 7,
   "cli": 4,
   "computer_use": null,
   "integrations": 0,
   "mcp": 5,
   "overall": 7,
   "rpa": null
  },
  "summary": "Autodesk Navisworks is automatable today through the first-party desktop .NET API on a licensed Windows session of Manage or Simulate, not through a documented product REST API or a first-party MCP server. Autodesk documents three .NET usage modes: in-process plug-ins, Automation that drives the product from outside the GUI and invokes plug-ins, and embeddable Controls for viewing or examining documents without loading the full application. A legacy COM API remains reachable through a .NET interop layer; Autodesk tells new work to prefer .NET. The official SDK installs under the product api folder for Manage and Simulate, with a PDF developer guide, CHM reference, and samples. NWCreate adds C and C++ APIs for writing NWC exporters and file loaders. Marketplace apps ship as versioned .bundle packages targeting .NET Framework 4.7 or 4.8; binaries are compatible within one major release. Clash Detective, and clash-test file export, are Manage-only. Autodesk Platform Services Automation lists Revit, AutoCAD, 3ds Max, Inventor, and Fusion engines and does not name a Navisworks cloud engine. The current official command surface we opened is FileToolsTaskRunner.exe for Batch Utility conversion to NWD or NWF, not a general clash or quantification CLI. Community MCP servers wrap the desktop API or host NWD workflows over APS; Autodesk developer pages do not establish first-party MCP ownership, so that verdict stays unknown. Zapier, Make, Microsoft Power Automate, and n8n had no Navisworks connector on 2026-09-01. Computer-use viability is unassessed. This record is Manage and Simulate together. It is not Revit, AutoCAD, Autodesk Construction Cloud, or the free Freedom viewer.\n"
 }
}