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Viewpoints to Images

Saves an image of every viewpoint you choose (PNG or JPG, 720p to 4K or a custom size, named by template) into a dated folder with an index.html contact sheet. Your view comes back afterwards.

Tab and panelViews > Capture

KindButton

Live whenThe model has saved viewpoints

Status

Launched Ran inside Navisworks at least once with no error logged; nobody checked the result yet.

Recorded on 2026-10-05. The evidence is a line in a pyNavis log.

Related asks to confirm

No quote is on record yet. These threads look related, but a person still has to open and read them.

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/navisworks-forum/render-multiple-viewpoints/m-p/2855578

Events it listens to

None. It runs only when you click it.

Files

Paths are relative to the Playground.extension folder.

Views.tab/Capture.panel/Viewpoints_to_Images.pushbutton/bundle.yaml
Views.tab/Capture.panel/Viewpoints_to_Images.pushbutton/icon.dark.png
Views.tab/Capture.panel/Viewpoints_to_Images.pushbutton/icon.png
Views.tab/Capture.panel/Viewpoints_to_Images.pushbutton/icon.small.dark.png
Views.tab/Capture.panel/Viewpoints_to_Images.pushbutton/icon.small.png
Views.tab/Capture.panel/Viewpoints_to_Images.pushbutton/script.py

Install

Only this tool. In Navisworks, click pyNavis > Playground, search for Viewpoints to Images, tick it and click Install.
The whole extension. Download Playground.extension.zip, unzip it, put the Playground.extension folder in %APPDATA%\pyNavis\extensions\, and click pyNavis > Reload. Viewpoints to Images is on the Views tab, Capture panel.

You need pyNavis 1.3.0 or later.

Tried it? Tell us whether it worked or not. That report is what moves a tool up the status ladder.

Report

Source

The tool's own files, word for word as published in pynavis/Playground. Paths are relative to the Playground.extension folder.

script.py

The script that runs on a click.

Views.tab/Capture.panel/Viewpoints_to_Images.pushbutton/script.py View on GitHub

"""Saves an image of each chosen saved viewpoint, plus an index.html contact sheet, into a dated folder."""
from namo import capture, progress, reports, ui, vp_common
from pynavis import script, toast

TITLE = 'Viewpoints to Images'
REPORT = 'viewpoint_images'


def run():
    document = vp_common.active_doc()
    rows = vp_common.view_rows(document) if vp_common.has_models(document) else []
    if not rows:
        toast.info('No saved viewpoints', 'Save some viewpoints, then run Viewpoints to Images again.')
        return
    defaults = reports.default_config(REPORT)
    defaults['open'] = True
    cfg = script.get_config(defaults)
    picked = vp_common.choose_views('%s: viewpoints' % TITLE, rows, cfg.get('views'), ok='Next')
    if picked is None:
        return
    chosen, spec = picked
    if not chosen:
        toast.info('No viewpoints chosen', 'Tick at least one viewpoint, then run Viewpoints to Images again.')
        return
    fields = capture.image_fields(cfg, vp_common.default_folder(vp_common.doc_path(document)))
    fields += [
        {'kind': 'check', 'key': 'overlay', 'label': 'Include redlines and on-screen marks',
         'default': cfg.get('overlay', False)},
        {'kind': 'check', 'key': 'index_html', 'label': 'Write an index.html contact sheet',
         'default': cfg.get('index_html', True)},
        {'kind': 'check', 'key': 'open', 'label': 'Open it when done', 'default': cfg.get('open', True)},
    ]
    values = ui.form(TITLE, fields, intro='%s chosen. The view comes back where it was afterwards.'
                     % vp_common.plural(len(chosen), 'viewpoint'), ok='Save images', width=500)
    if values is None:
        return
    cfg = capture.image_values(cfg, values)
    cfg.update({'views': spec, 'overlay': values['overlay'], 'index_html': values['index_html'],
                'open': values['open']})
    script.save_config(cfg)
    result = progress.run(TITLE, lambda report: reports.run(REPORT, cfg, doc=document, interactive=True,
                                                            progress=report), 'Capturing')
    if result is progress.CANCELLED or result.get('cancelled'):
        return
    toast.show(result['level'], result['message'], result['detail'])
    if cfg.get('open') and result['level'] in ('success', 'warning'):
        target = result.get('index') or result.get('folder')
        if target:
            try:
                ui.open_path(target)
            except Exception:
                pass


run()

Library modules this tool uses

From the shared namo library, which installs with every tool. Each name opens the module on GitHub.

namo.captureImages in batches: saved viewpoints, clash results and Playground issues, plus the index.html contact sheet that goes with them.
namo.progressGlue between pyNavis' cancellable progress window and Playground's progress callbacks.
namo.reportsThe registry of automation-ready reports, and the helpers every report shares.
namo.uiWPF building blocks for Playground tools, themed from the pyNavis design system.
namo.vp_commonShared helpers for the Views tools (Viewpoints, Capture and Navigate panels).

bundle.yaml

The bundle contract: the keys pyNavis reads for this tool.

Views.tab/Capture.panel/Viewpoints_to_Images.pushbutton/bundle.yaml View on GitHub

title: Viewpoints\nto Images
tooltip: Saves an image of every viewpoint you choose (PNG or JPG, 720p to 4K or a custom size, named by template) into a dated folder with an index.html contact sheet. Your view comes back afterwards.
context: viewpoints

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