Back towards the end of March I wrote in a post titled “Autodesk AutoCAD 2008 Release Dates” that the release date of Design Review 2008 was April 17, 2007. Apparently our friends at Autodesk decided to be nice and release Design Review 2008 a little early. As some may recall back in February Autodesk made [...]

In my DWF Markup Sets – Part 1 post we explored just how one would go about creating a DWF Markup Set. Creating a DWF of the sheet(s) we would like to markup was of course the first step required in fully utilizing the Design Review technology. Frankly, the technical part of creating and using [...]

Autodesk’s decision to make their Design Review 2007 program a free download opens up the collaborative abilities of DWF’s to many across the board. As mentioned in my previous post, it is now plausible to ask clients to install Design Review, and use low-cost DWF’s instead of pricey overnight UPS packages. While creating markups in [...]

For years Autodesk programs such as AutoCAD have been able to create DWF files. As most know, creating DWF files within the vast majority of Autodesk’s products is very quick and easy. Of course despite how easy Autodesk has made the creation of DWF files, industry still largely demands Adobe’s PDF. Generally speaking Adobe’s PDF [...]