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Autodesk's Free DWF Viewer Matures at Version 6.5 PDF Print E-mail
Written by Glenn Letham (GISuser editor)   
Wednesday, 23 November 2005
dwfNow available with faster sharing of design data... have you upgraded your viewer yet?? View DWF data with the free DWF Viewer, publish DWF with the DWF writer, round-trip markups, annotations, and other changes with Autodesk DWF Composer.


A number of new features have been included in this latest release. Updates include:

  • 3D Model Cross Section
  • 3D Move and Rotate
  • View Combined 2D/3D DWFs 
  • email your DWF
  • Microsoft® Office Drag-and-Drop support... sweet!
  • Windows Explorer Integration.. preview, print, or email directly from your file explorer
  • Customer Error Reporting:  Easily generate a report that summarizes errors and submits the information directly to Autodesk.

Download the latest release here - http://www.autodesk.com/dwfviewer-download

Not to be forgotten, the popular (and free) DWF writer has also been updated. A number of new features are included in this popular download... these include:

Easily publish 3D DWF™ files from leading manufacturing software, including:

  • Autodesk Inventor® (* DWF publishing is built in to Autodesk Inventor software and requires no download to publish)
  • SolidWorks® 2005
  • Pro/ENGINEER® 2.0
  • CATIA®
  • UGS® Solid Edge®
  • UGS® NX™
  • Easy Publishing from Microsoft Applications

Easily publish design-related documents directly to 2D DWF by selecting the Publish DWF button from the Microsoft application toolbar. Supported Microsoft applications include:

  • PowerPoint®
  • Word®
  • Excel®
  • Visio®
  • Outlook®

See http://www.autodesk.com/dwf-publishing for more

Still not up-to-speed on DWF? Here's some information direct from Autodesk that helps explain why you need to be using DWF if you have a need to share digital design data.

DWF files offer the following advantages for sharing design information:

  • Compact yet data-rich, DWF files include drawing scale, views, and hyperlinks
  • Highly compressed DWF files make it easy to transmit huge design models by email or the web. DWF files can be 1/20th the size of AutoCAD® DWG files and 1/25th the size of Autodesk Inventor® files
  • The format supports 3D, enabling a fully interactive presentation of the design model
  • The format supports multisheet drawings sets, so designers can build a compete set of complex design documents into a single DWF file
  • The open DWF format can be published and viewed by many different design applications
  • You don’t have to be a CAD user to review DWF files. The free* Autodesk® DWF™ Viewer, as well as Autodesk® DWF™
  • Composer, enable you to view and work with DWF files
  • Creating DWF files is free*; the capability is built into Autodesk® design applications or available with the free Autodesk® DWF™ Writer

More info:
See this white paper - DWF: The Best File Format for Published Design Information

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DWF map books published from Autodesk Map® 3D 2006 include index sheets and hyperlinks to quickly navigate the map.

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