Trends in Viewing and Distributing Design Data Diane Li, Product Manager Viewers & DWF Autodesk An overview of how DWF and Autodesk Viewers go beyond paper processes to enable more efficient communication and coordination for engineering documents. 1
What is DWF? Design Web Format Built for sharing data-rich drawings, maps and models between engineering design professionals and their project teams Fastest, easiest way to communicate design information Enables secure and efficient collaboration at any stage of the project/product lifecycle DWF vs. PDF Publishing process 1 step multi-sheet No cost Support Snap points Scale per view port Model space Gradients Merge control Named views Hyperlinks File size DWF toolkit free DWF specification is open and published Autodesk Express Viewer has open API AEV is an ActiveX control
PDF vs. DWF Statistics Viewer Download Size PDF 15.3 MB DWF 2.9 MB File size (willhome.dwg) (1 st floor architectural.dwg) (Stadium North elevation.dwg) 1,624K 705K 140Mb 69K 107K 405K Creation time (willhome.dwg) (1 st floor architectural.dwg) (Stadium North elevation.dwg) 85s 50s 35min 4s 4s 8s Resolution range 72-4000 dpi 150-60M dpi Rendering speed (saskatch32.dwg) (zoomed-in) (full screen) 7 sec 6 sec 0.1 sec 0.7 sec Viewer Products express viewer twister Autodesk Express Viewer 4 Free, lightweight, highperformance application for easily viewing and printing DWF files Twister DWF-centric application for viewing, redline, drawing set manipulation, republishing DWF sets.
AutoCAD, Revit, ADT, Map, Inventor DWFwriter for ArchiCADD, Bentley, Visio, Solid Works Twister : View and work with DWF Print to scale Mark up, measure, and annotate Drawing set manipulation Publish DWF Autodesk Express Viewer DWF: Exchange digital data in one container Multiple sheet documents Hyperlinks Can contain metadata. Lightweight, small file sizes Free downloadable viewer Reader Acrobat Distiller API s Paper viewer Paper manipulator Publisher Express Viewer Twister DWF Writer DWF Toolkit Ubiquitous view & print Repro & display apps. View, print, markup, query, comment, aggregate, composite DWG view, print, and conversion to DWF Workflow, dynamic editing, query apps. Ubiquitous publishing Search, view, convert apps. 3 rd Party apps. Viewer Products
Create, Distribute, View & Print Publish Format Consume Print Engineers, architects AutoCAD & Desktops Inventor, Revit, Envision, DWFwriter Volo View, etc. GCs, subs, facilities mgrs, engineers, suppliers, partners Buzzsaw GCs, subs, facilities mgrs, engineers, suppliers, partners Autodesk Express Viewer, Twister Oce Direct printer support DWF Publishing Demos
Autodesk Express Viewer 4 Demo express viewer Enhanced Navigation Browse a multisheet DWF faster and more easily with: Thumbnails Index list Bookmarks* *Published from Revit
Intelligent Design Data Sheet and object properties* Author, creation/modification date/time Door size, height, materials *Object properties are published from the Interoperability and Productivity Extension for Autodesk Architectural Desktop 2004 APIs and Customization Embed Autodesk Express Viewer in web pages, Office applications, custom applications Customize the look and feel of the viewer Advanced APIs for VB, VB Script, C++, JavaScript developers
Twister Vision twister Key Twister differentiators Markup browser lists all markups Navigate comments with captured views. Export reports of your comments. Manipulate your DWF drawing sets create subsets and supersets of your information. Security with DWF digital signing capability.
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What can you do? Check out Autodesk Express Viewer 4 www.autodesk.com/expressviewer Try DWFwriter with 3 rd party applications, and let us know if you are interested in helping test DWFwriter! www.autodesk.com/dwfwriter Let us know if you re interested in Twister Beta! douglas.look@autodesk.com Thanks for your time!