The Design Web Format (DWF) is a compressed, secure format used to publish CAD data. Using the Design Review, you can present an accurate visual representation of Autodesk Inventor assembly and part files, weldments, sheet metal parts, presentations, and drawings. Published representations are used to share information with customers, vendors, marketing, and others who do not have Autodesk Inventor installed.
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Express |
Select to publish the current view of the document. |
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Complete |
Select to publish the full content of the file. Click here for a list of content that publishes with the Complete option. |
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Custom |
Set publish options for iAssembly factory components, design views, and positional representations. |
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Note: Any options set in the Properties and General tabs are applied when publishing using the Express or Complete options.
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Click to generate the DWF file. |
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Click to close the dialog box and discard any modifications. |
When you select the Custom option, the iAssembly and Assembly tabs appear to set user publishing options.
iAssembly tab
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iAssembly Factory Components |
Lists all iAssembly Factory members found in the open file. Check the box before the iAssembly name to publish an iAssembly in the members table. Select the check box to publish 3D data in the same file. |
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3D Model |
In the table, click in the 3D Model column and set the value to Yes for any 3D models you want to specify to include in the DWF file. |
Assembly tab
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Bill of Materials |
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Currently an assembly has three ways to view Bill of Materials data: Model Data, Structured, and Parts-only. The Model Data bill of materials view is not considered to be a bill of materials. It is not an option when exporting the BOM for an assembly. If either the Structured BOM or the Parts-only BOM options are disabled, you cannot publish the disabled BOM view to the DWF file. Only enabled BOMs can be published. You cannot publish an iAssembly Bill of Materials factory. |
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Structured BOM |
Check the box to enable publishing structured BOM. |
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Parts only BOM |
Check the box to enable publishing parts only BOM. |
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Design View |
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A design view representation is created in the assembly environment and preserves an assembly display state. Note: You cannot publish any private design views (design view representation external to the assembly file). Also, no private design views appear in the Assembly tab.
Select the views to publish. If you selected a design view other than Master during publish in the Assembly, you cannot delete the selected view and the Master from the Assembly tab. In the Design Review, all views publish to a folder with the default name “Published Views.” Within this folder, Representations, Position, and Presentation folders are created. |
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Express |
Select to publish no design views. |
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Complete |
Select to publish all design views (if an assembly contains them). |
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Positional Representations |
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Positional representations capture kinematic “snapshots” of assemblies to allow for motion studies and evaluation of an assembly in various mechanistic states. Positional representations are saved in the parent assembly and can be retrieved at any time for further analysis or modification. Note: To publish positional representations, activate Master positional representation.
The Assembly tab displays representations found in an active file. Select the representations you want to include in the DWF file. |
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