Choose exactly what Prism exports
Use whole-model, selection, saved/search-set, visibility, source-model and section controls without losing required context.
- Applies to
- Current Prism release · Navisworks Manage 2025–2027
- Availability
- Basic scopes on Free; advanced scopes require Pro or higher
- For
- BIM coordinators and model authors
- Last reviewed
Scope options
| Scope | Use when | Availability |
|---|---|---|
| Entire model | The complete loaded federation is the deliverable. | Free and higher |
| Current selection | You need an explicit, visually verified subset. | Free and higher |
| Live visibility | Hidden items should stay out of the export. | Free and higher |
| Saved or search set | A repeatable Navisworks set defines the subset. | Pro and higher |
| Current section box | The exported geometry must be clipped to the live section. | Pro and higher |
| Source exclusions | One or more appended models must be omitted from any active scope. | Pro and higher |
| Separate per model | Each included source needs its own aligned output. | Pro and higher |
Use the selection tree
- Expand only the branches needed; large trees load children as you open them.
- All selects the top-level source-model branches and clears exclusions. Clear removes the active selection.
- Selecting a parent includes its descendants. An excluded branch remains excluded even when its parent is selected.
- For Current selection and saved/search sets, a zero effective count blocks the export.
- Recheck the count after changing the Navisworks model, set membership or source exclusions.
Combine scope filters
Source-model exclusions, hidden-item policy, geometry-only and clash-proxy filtering layer over the chosen scope. The final count in Review is the result of those combined decisions, not only the tree selection.
- Keep Include hidden items off for a visibility-driven coordination issue, but turn it on when hidden authoring elements remain contractually required.
- Use Only items with geometry for mesh-oriented targets. Do not use it when property-only objects, spaces or systems matter.
- Exclude clash-only proxies only after confirming the project naming convention cannot match legitimate objects by accident.
- With separate-per-model output, all files share one federation reference so they remain aligned when imported together.
Section planes and caps
Current section reads the active Navisworks section planes and applies exact native clipping. Choose Cap when cut faces should be closed, or Do not cap when open cuts better communicate the source geometry.
Verify the final scope
Review the count
Compare the effective object or branch count with the expected project subset.
Review exclusions
Confirm every omitted source, hidden policy and geometry filter is intentional.
Run checks-only or a sample
For a new rule or section, validate the scope before replacing a deliverable.
Record the choice
Keep the report and resolved profile with the output so another coordinator can reproduce it.