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pmax
27-04-2007, 11:05
Hi folks,

Considering how many great DWFs we've seen over this past season and others, I wanted to mention a new tool Autodesk has created, called Freewheel (http://freewheel.autodesk.com/). It effectively allows you to show a DWF, within a web page, without the DWF client.

Give it a try; if you have a DWF file hosted on a website, add the full path to the end of this link:
http://freewheel.autodesk.com/dwf.aspx?path=<your http address>

For instance:
http://freewheel.autodesk.com/dwf.aspx?path=http://freewheel.autodesk.com/sample/CompositeSuspension.dwf (http://freewheel.autodesk.com/dwf.aspx?path=http://freewheel.autodesk.com/sample/CompositeSuspension.dwf&sec=2)

Great work on your robots this year,
Pete
petek
27-04-2007, 12:55
How incredibly cool! I can't wait to see how this will feature on team websites (and elsewhere). So is the race on to see what team can embed it (http://freewheel.autodesk.com/developers.aspx)first?

I was dubious when I ran the suspension demo (http://freewheel.autodesk.com/dwf_S.aspx?path=http%3a%2f%2ffreewheel.autodesk.co m%2fsample%2fCompositeSuspension.dwf&sec=2), thinking to myself "oh boy is this gonna choke when it hits a full-detail AIA robot dwf!", but whatdayaknow? It handles them just fine! I predict a place in the web hall of fame (engineering geek tools category) for Freewheel.
Greg Needel
27-04-2007, 14:27
Awsome!... I can't decribe how cool I think this is and how well it will work on my portfolio site.

Thanks autodesk!
Robert Thacker-
27-04-2007, 15:48
Yeah, I have to say that it's pretty sweet!
=Martin=Taylor=
27-04-2007, 18:47
Now how could we use this on CD? :D
team222badbrad
28-04-2007, 21:05
Well I uploaded this to my website to test it out.

http://www.printo3d.com/autodeskfreewheel.html

Now, if it could only open .stl files.:D
pmax
30-04-2007, 22:30
Here's a page with everyone's DWFs in a thumbnail. Clicking on one will launch a new window with a bigger viewing area.
Robert Thacker-
01-05-2007, 14:52
Hey, all the wires that were on our gripper are gone! What happened?!
petek
02-05-2007, 12:24
Hey, all the wires that were on our gripper are gone! What happened?!Hmmm... It looks like the tubes to the gripper cylinders appear when zoomed out, but part of them disappears when you zoom in. Must be an undocumented feature in Freewheel. :ahh:
Robert Thacker-
02-05-2007, 14:50
I am not surprised.
pmax
28-11-2007, 14:05
Folks,
Here's an updated set of links for both the Freewheel site, and the Zip file containing all of the 2007 DWF entries.
http://freewheel.labs.autodesk.com/ (http://freewheel.labs.autodesk.com)

-Pete
Gherkinman
06-12-2007, 16:06
Wow, this is incredible! I am definitely getting our web designer to embed.