alphabetical list of extensions

File extension .NWD

File description

Navisworks software uses NWD format to store the workspace data. This format is used to store the complete information of the scene and therefore can be opened using any other Naviswork product.

The models that are loaded in the scene along with the environment are saved in this file. The file also saves information about the view port and saves the file in current view format. Any comments and redlines that are added to the file are also saved in NWD file. Whenever a CAD file is opened a cache file is created which is used to check the changes made in the file. Data of this file is also saved in NWD file.

Description of the problem

If you have on your computer a .NWD file that you cannot open, you are in exactly the same situation as thousands of other people who have similar problems with this or any other unknown file.

There may be several reasons why you cannot open the file with .NWD extension. Directly on this website you can find a solution of the most common problem with the .NWD file – that you do not have on your computer the appropriate program to open the file.

Solution

From the list below, select the appropriate program, install it and double click on the icon of a file that did not want to open - the problem with the .NWD file extension should be solved. However, if this does not happen, go back to the website to learn about other possible causes of the error, which have been described at the bottom of the website.

Other possible reasons why your .NWD file does not want to open

In addition to the problem described above, i.e. the lack of the appropriate application to support the .NWD file, there may be several reasons that cause problems with opening and operation of the data format:

1. Incorrect version of the installed application

A quite common problem is the lack of application in the appropriate version. Even if you have an application, with the help of which you should open the .NWD file, you may have a problem with it because of its version. Perhaps in previous versions the application has not yet supported the .NWD file, so download the update and check again.

2. Incorrect .NWD file association with the program

If you have already installed the appropriate application, and it is the correct version, the file may not open correctly, because the operating system does not have information that this program supports the file. So you need to "show" which program the computer should use. To do this:

Right-click the .NWD file
Go to the "Open with" - then "Choose default program ..."
Locate the appropriate application
Click "OK"

3. The file is corrupt

It also happens that the file you want to open is corrupt and therefore there is no such possibility. In this situation, you should find its different version, or ask a person from whom you got, to send it again.