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Interoperability and Collaboration
DWF Technology
Publish DWF™ files directly from Autodesk
manufacturing design applications, and securely
collaborate on D and D designs with customers,
suppliers, planners, and others outside your en-
gineering workgroup. Using the free* Autodesk
®
Design Review software, team members can
digitally review, measure, mark up, and comment
on D and D designs while protecting intellectual
property. Tight integration with Autodesk manu-
facturing products allows for accurate communi-
cation of design information, including assembly
instructions, bills of materials, and FEA results,
without requiring CAD expertise. Autodesk Design
Review automatically tracks comments and their
status, and the DWF-based markups can be round-
tripped, helping accelerate the revision process
and minimize information loss.
Autodesk DWG Product Recognition
Easily identify which Autodesk product created
a DWG file, and open the file with the optimal
program for maintaining file intelligence. When
the user moves the cursor over the DWG™ icon,
a small window appears with information about
which product was used to create the DWG file.
STEP/IGES Translators
Simplify accurate collaboration with suppliers
and customers by enabling sharing and reuse of
design data with other CAD/CAM systems. Read
and write design and drawing data using industry-
standard formats.
Autodesk Inventor Associativity
Easily detail and document native Autodesk
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Inventor™ part and assembly models. Browse
through Inventor files, and begin creating new,
linked AutoCAD Mechanical drawings that are
based on the most current D designs. Incorpo-
rate design revisions quickly and easily through
the associative link, which alerts users to changes
and regenerates the D drawing. Visualize design
intent by shading and rotating solid models, and
review other attributes associated with the Inventor
design. Information stored in Inventor models is
automatically available to the BOM database in
AutoCAD Mechanical, so users can quickly add bal-
loons, parts lists, and annotations.
The intelligent file formats in AutoCAD Mechanical and
tight integration with Autodesk
®
manufacturing products
facilitate collaboration by enabling workgroups to share
accurate design information reliably and securely.