Autodesk data can be published in DWF format and viewed using Autodesk Design Review. Viewing and sharing data is an important tool when communicating with vendors, customers, and marketing.
Anyone can use published DWF files, even without installing Autodesk Inventor. DWF files are highly compressed, fast to open and view, and you can share them by email.
Publishing from Autodesk Inventor creates a DWF file that maintains design data such as line weights, scale, and mass properties for 2D and 3D files. Both 2D and 3D data can be included in one file. You can also publish Frame Analysis volume plots.
Once the file is published, you view and print it using Autodesk Design Review.
Publish Frame Analysis results
- Display the simulation result you want to export, or one of the mode shapes from a modal analysis by selecting it in the Frame Analysis browser.
- Click
ExportExport to DWF. Alternatively, you can click Save copy as and select DWFx as the file type. - The Publish Assembly dialog box opens to set publishing options. Select the Express option.Note: Currently, the Complete and Custom options are not supported for outputting simulation results.
- Click Publish to close the dialog box and open the Publish Document to DWF dialog box. Specify the DWF file name and directory.Note: Click Options to display the Publish Document dialog box and make adjustments.
- Click Save to generate DWF file.
Frame Analysis results in DWF format
The frame analysis results display the model in various colors according to the intensity of the applied forces and constraints.
While working in the Frame Analysis environment, you can use the various display commands to create the view you want to export to DWF. For example, you can specify the number of colors for the stress contours, and define a maximum and minimum threshold values using the color bar settings.
In the Frame Analysis browser, select and display the results that you want to see in Autodesk Design Review.
The current state of the assembly model is published in the DWF file. Not all analysis types are published, only the active type shown on the screen at the time of publishing.
When you publish Frame Analysis results to the DWF file, it contains information including the result type, color bar, color mapping on the component, and the undeformed part represented in wireframe.
Boundary Condition
If you set the boundary conditions ON during publish, then they are published to the DWF file. Find the Boundary Condition command in the Display panel.
Frame Analysis Color Bar
The Frame Analysis Color bar is placed in Autodesk Design Review and looks like the color bar in Autodesk Inventor.