Send DWF files of 2d drawings for markup to collaborators who do not have Inventor.
You can publish an Inventor drawing file (IDW) as a Design Web Format (DWF) and then send to others who need to participate in the design process. Your collaborators can review the 2d drawing using the free Autodesk viewer, Autodesk Design Review, mark up the file, and then send it back to you. The markups and their statuses are saved in the DWF file. You can implement and respond to the comments and republish your drawings.
When you open the marked-up DWF file of the 2D drawing in Autodesk Inventor, view the markups in the browser area. You can turn them off, make your changes, change the status of the markups, and republish the DWF file to send out for another review.
Markups
A markup set is a group of markups contained within a single DWF file. When you load a markup set into the Markups browser, the tree view displays each marked-up drawing sheet and its associated markups. In the Markups browser, select individual markups. You can view their status and other details, such as the creator of the markup, the date and time that you created it, and any comments associated with the markup.
The default status for new markups is <None>. You can change the status of a markup to Question, For Review, or Closed. Contains information about which changes to make to the drawing. Depending on the selected attribute (None, Question, For Review, Done) the appropriate icon appears before markup.
<None>
Indicates that the markup does not yet have an assigned status. None is the default status for new markups.
Question
When you open and view a markup, you can change the status to Question to indicate that you need additional information about the markup.
For Review
When you implement a markup, you can change the status to For Review. The markup creator can review the changes to the drawing sheet and the status of the markup.
Done
Indicates an individual markup that has an assigned status of Done. When a markup is implemented and reviewed, you can change the status to Done.
Other types of markups created in Autodesk Design Review that can appear in the DWF file are text blocks, redline geometry, dimensions, and stamps. Only comments have a status are shown in the Markups browser.
Workflow
The process starts when you open the design documents and publish a DWF file. Only IDW files are supported to allow modification of markups.
1. Owner publishes original DWF using Autodesk Inventor
- Create or open an existing Autodesk Inventor Drawing document.
- Publish a DWF file from the drawing using the Publish command.
Note: Ensure that the Enable Markups check box is checked.
- Send the DWF file to a collaborator for review.
2. Collaborator creates markups using Autodesk Design Review
- Using
Autodesk Design Review, reviewers add markups electronically, just as you might mark up a paper version of the drawing. A markup is a single comment or a redline geometry correction, which can also be assigned a status. The markups and their statuses are saved in the DWF file. For more information about creating markups in Autodesk Design Review, refer your reviewers to the Help documentation available from within
Autodesk Design Review.
The DWF cannot be modified in Autodesk Design Review other than reordering, adding, or deleting sheets.
- After reviewing the design, the reviewer creates markups in the DWF file to indicate the changes to make or questions that to answer during the review process.
- After creating markups, the reviewer saves the DWF file containing annotations created during the markup process.
- The reviewer sends the DWF file with markups back to the Autodesk Inventor owner.
3. Review process
- After receiving the DWF file from the reviewer, open the DWF file using Autodesk Inventor.
- Review the markups authored by the reviewer and make design changes to resolve the issues.
- When the design changes are made and the editable properties of the markups are updated, republish the DWF file.
- Send the DWF file to the reviewer to review the changes, if necessary.