In case you are still sending those huge .dwg files for others to view, here are a few reasons why you should instead be sending those neat little compact .dwf files instead:
1 - DWF is an as-plotted view of a DWG. There’s no need for Object Enablers, x-refs, special fonts, etc. As such, many reprography [...]
Shaan in his Autocad Between the Lines Blog alerts us to the latest release of Vespa from Autodesk. Beta 5 version has been released and is ready for you to review and provide feedback.
We previously wrote about Vespa in this post. In essence, it takes a plain 2D drawing and automatically “fancies” it [...]
Scott in his Beyond the Paper blog, alerts us to the fact that Autodesk offers a full version download of the DWF Writer 3.1 product. This is particularly handy when needing to install this software on a computer that is not connected to the Internet.
It is a rather large executable file (33Mb), but Autodesk [...]
Ok…so you have installed the new DWF Viewer 7.0 on your computer in record time, blindly clicking “Next”, “Yes”, “I agree” and so forth. But…you didn’t read the “Readme.txt” file. Shame, shame. You missed out on some pretty important alerts that, had you read the document, would have informed you of some [...]
It is codenamed “Vespa” (yeah…like the scooter :)). It allows you to take a CAD drawing and create a rendering that looks hand-drawn. The rendering is even updated automatically to reflect changes you make to the .DWG file (woo hoo!).
The Autodesk program is released in Beta form and is very simple to [...]
