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<p class=MsoNormal>AutoDesk [maker of AutoCAD] has a nifty web-enabled
format [DWF] that is far faster than PDF and it does not pixelate obnoxiously
as PDF and pure raster formats.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The software is called Design Review and it’s
free. The viewer end of it is a Flash MS IE plug-in. Related free
programs will allow non-CAD users to view native CAD files [dwg] as well as dwf
and dxf.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>DWF is a form of plotter language. For what
it’s worth they provide a package [for free] that allows most
windows-based programs to export or print to DWF files. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Recently a Microsoft update [I believe] killed the ability
of my desktop browser to resolve the DWF architectural drawings on my
server. Oddly, ESRI’s ArcIMS serves maps handily, but the far
simpler DWF system is blocked by ‘script error.’
I’m using MS IE 7 – and it worked happily for months. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>So, here is my question: Does anyone else use AutoDesk
DWF files on a web site and if so, have you had the problem?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Better yet, have you resolved it?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Since Design Review is free AutoDesk doesn’t offer
support.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Imagine that. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>William
Porter
<a href="mailto:william.porter@famu.edu">william.porter@famu.edu</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> GIS/GPS Application Coordinator<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>FAMU/EIT <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>412 5598<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
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