DWF?

[negfrequency]

Can anyone explain to me what this DWF thing is that we must submit? I have never encountered this file type before, from research it looks like its something similar to a pdf. help?

[rohit]

Basically, its a autocad file, but you can't make any changes on it. So.. its kinda a autocad pdf.

[negfrequency]

thanks.

i read the help file and realized all you have to do is just save the format in inventor. It's just like the java applet on the Autodesk manufacturing community website.

[JD Mather]

DWF stands for Design Web Format. The format is a vector format that allows viewing at any size on the internet without the loss of resolution like a bitmap image. In addition you can rotate, shade, turn parts in an assembly on/off, section. All of this with the DWF Viewer that is installed with all Autodesk Products.
Here is an example that includes embedded bitmap image on first page, then a combination of 3D and 2D pages. I think the 3D assembly is on page 3 or 4 and unfortunately when I saved it I was zoomed in but you can easily zoom out and rotate the model. The file is quite large (30 meg if I remember correctly). Takes a couple minutes to download. http://home.pct.edu/~jmather/stapler%20assembly%20-%20jd%20mather.dwf
Our server seems to be really slow today so if it doesn't download try again later.

With Design Review now free a lot more functionality can be had like measure and markup and easier combining of different pages.
http://dwf.blogs.com/beyond_the_paper/2007/02/whats_new_in_au.html

http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/mform?id=8980580&siteID=123112