DWF Publish Options dialog box

The Design Web Format (DWF) is a compressed, secure format used to publish CAD data. Using the DWF Publisher, 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.

You can download the free Autodesk Design Review from the Web, and then install it on your system.

Access:
	To open the Publish Options dialog box: Click Export Export to DWF. In the Publish Document dialog box, click Options.

A published file includes the master of each representation: Positional, Design View, and Level of Detail. For iParts and iAssemblies, the corresponding member publishes. When publishing a Level of Detail representation, the active representation publishes.

You can publish 2D and 3D data in the same file.

Assemblies, Parts, Weldments, Presentations, and Sheet Metal

Export Options	Check boxes are selected by default. Clear the check boxes to exclude Component Properties or Mass Properties in the published file.
DWF Security	Select the check box to make the published file accessible only by a password, and then enter a password. Clear the check box to make the file accessible to everyone.
Display published file in viewer	Select the check box to open the published file immediately in the Design Review.

Drawings

Sheet	Specifies whether to publish the active sheet or all sheets.
	All Sheets	Default setting includes all sheets in the table. Clear the check box for All Sheets, and then click the check boxes of individual sheets to include or exclude in the published file.
	3D Models	Select the check box to publish 3D data in the same file. For drawing data, only models displayed in sheet views are included. Models referenced for tables, parts lists, and items not included in views are ignored. Models for excluded sheets are not included. In the table, click the 3D Model column of any sheet you want to include. Click to switch the default No to Yes.
	Show excluded sheets	Displays or hides sheets in the list. Each drawing sheet has a property to print or exclude from being counted. If a sheet has the attribute to exclude it from printing, it is not included in the list to publish as DWF. Select the check boxes to add one or multiple sheets to the list.
Model	Check boxes are selected by default. Clear the check boxes to exclude Component Properties or Mass Properties in the published file.
DWF Security	Select the check box to make the published file accessible only by a password, and then enter a password. Clear the check box to make the file accessible to everyone.
Display published file in viewer	Select the check box to open the published file immediately in the Design Review.