DWF Takes Revit & AutoCAD Users "Beyond the Paper"

Lock and load your feeders and readers into this blog; Beyond the Paper by Scott Sheppard. You can tell he has a sense of humor when you check out one of last week's posts.

Scott Sheppard has worked for Autodesk for 14 years depending on if you count acquisitions and dot coms. Scott recently accepted the position of Engineering Project Manager for Autodesk's DWF-based Quantity Take Off application that is under development.

• As most of the major plotter manufacturers' plot drivers are able to plot DWF files, the use of DWF is soaring for reprographic service providers. DWF files are grossly smaller than PLT files.
• AutoCAD 2007 can use a DWF file as an XREF rather than a DWG file.
• In Revit, ADT and Civil 3D we can create 3D DWF files. This provides us with a lightweight format for 3D client presentations and design analysis. Which elimintates the need to drag Revit, ADT or Civil 3D to a client presentation. I've been a fan of DWF for years...it just keeps getting better.

No one is saying PDF is dead...after all, there's a PDF driver in AutoCAD 2007 platform products. Now we can choose the best tool to use for the task. You'll enjoy Scott's sense of humor that he's sprinkled throughout his blog. Here's the RSS link to feed your reader. After last week's BootCamp in Dallas, there's been "no place like home" this week.

Autodesk BootCamp-Dallas: AutoCAD/ABS 2007-Day 1 & 2

Bootcamp Dallas - Its all about Revit on Days 3 & 4

BootCamp Dallas' Big Finale is ADT 2007!