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 Stress Analysis volume plots.
Once the file is published, you view and print it using Autodesk Design Review.
Publish Stress Analysis results
- Display the simulation result you want to export, such as Von Mises Stress, Displacement, or one of the mode shapes from a modal analysis by selecting it in the simulation browser.
- Click
ExportExport to DWF. Alternatively, you can click Save as Save copy as and select DWFx as the file type. - In the part environment, the Publish Part dialog box opens to set publishing options. Select the Express option.
- In the assembly environment, 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 any adjustments.
- Click Save to generate DWF file.
Stress Analysis results in DWF format
The stress analysis results display the model in various colors according to the intensity of the applied forces and constraints.
While working in the Stress 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 simulation browser bar, select and display the results that you want to see in Autodesk Design Review.
The current state of the part or 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 stress analysis results to the DWF file, it contains information including the result type, color bar, color mapping on the part, and the undeformed part represented in wireframe.