<s>
Design	B-Application
Web	I-Application
Format	I-Application
(	O
DWF	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
file	O
format	O
developed	O
by	O
Autodesk	O
for	O
the	O
efficient	O
distribution	O
and	O
communication	O
of	O
rich	O
design	O
data	O
to	O
anyone	O
who	O
needs	O
to	O
view	O
,	O
review	O
,	O
or	O
print	O
design	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
DWF	O
files	O
are	O
highly	O
compressed	B-General_Concept
,	O
they	O
are	O
smaller	O
and	O
faster	O
to	O
transmit	O
than	O
design	O
files	O
,	O
without	O
the	O
overhead	O
associated	O
with	O
complex	O
CAD	B-Application
drawings	O
(	O
or	O
the	O
management	O
of	O
external	O
links	O
and	O
dependencies	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
DWF	O
functionality	O
,	O
publishers	O
of	O
design	O
data	O
can	O
limit	O
the	O
specific	O
design	O
data	O
and	O
plot	O
styles	O
to	O
only	O
what	O
they	O
want	O
recipients	O
to	O
see	O
and	O
can	O
publish	O
multisheet	O
drawing	O
sets	O
from	O
multiple	O
AutoCAD	B-Algorithm
drawings	O
in	O
a	O
single	O
DWF	O
file	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DWF	O
files	O
are	O
not	O
a	O
replacement	O
for	O
native	O
CAD	B-Application
formats	O
such	O
as	O
AutoCAD	B-Algorithm
drawings	O
(	O
DWG	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
sole	O
purpose	O
of	O
DWF	O
is	O
to	O
allow	O
designers	O
,	O
engineers	O
,	O
project	O
managers	O
,	O
and	O
their	O
colleagues	O
to	O
communicate	O
design	O
information	O
and	O
design	O
content	O
to	O
anyone	O
needing	O
to	O
view	O
,	O
review	O
,	O
or	O
print	O
design	O
information	O
–	O
without	O
these	O
team	O
members	O
needing	O
to	O
know	O
AutoCAD	B-Algorithm
or	O
other	O
design	B-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
significant	O
strength	O
is	O
that	O
comments	O
and	O
markup	O
can	O
be	O
reintroduced	O
to	O
,	O
and	O
edited	O
in	O
,	O
some	O
Autodesk	O
products	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Revit	B-Application
and	O
AutoCAD	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
AutoCAD	B-Algorithm
file	O
format	O
(	O
.dwfx	O
)	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
ISO/IEC	B-Operating_System
29500-2:2008	I-Operating_System
Open	O
Packaging	O
Conventions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Autodesk	O
publishes	O
the	O
DWF	O
specification	O
and	O
makes	O
available	O
C++	B-Language
libraries	O
(	O
not	O
available	O
anymore	O
)	O
for	O
any	O
developer	O
who	O
wants	O
to	O
build	O
applications	O
around	O
the	O
DWF	O
format	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
DWF	O
Toolkit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Furthermore	O
,	O
DWF	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
other	O
industry	O
standards	O
such	O
as	O
ZLIB	B-Language
,	O
XML	B-Protocol
,	O
and	O
common	O
image	O
formats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DWF	O
files	O
(	O
since	O
version	O
6.0	O
)	O
are	O
a	O
ZIP-compressed	O
container	O
for	O
the	O
drawing	O
files	O
;	O
despite	O
the	O
first	O
few	O
bytes	O
of	O
the	O
file	O
containing	O
a	O
DWF	O
header	O
,	O
renaming	O
a	O
.dwf	B-Application
file	O
to	O
.zip	B-General_Concept
will	O
allow	O
the	O
component	O
files	O
inside	O
to	O
be	O
viewed	O
with	O
archive	O
compression	B-General_Concept
software	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amongst	O
various	O
XML	B-Protocol
and	O
binary	O
files	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
PNG	O
format	O
thumbnail	O
preview	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DWF	O
can	O
be	O
interfaced	O
with	O
.NET	B-Application
Libraries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
,	O
all	O
Markups	O
and	O
Annotations	O
created	O
in	O
Design	O
Review	O
can	O
be	O
imported	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
file	O
when	O
using	O
Autodesk	O
applications	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
AutoCAD	B-Algorithm
,	O
Inventor	O
or	O
Revit	B-Application
Architectural	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Autodesk	O
DWF	O
Writer	O
software	O
publishes	O
the	O
DWF	O
format	O
from	O
CAD	B-Application
applications	O
that	O
do	O
not	O
offer	O
built-in	O
DWF	O
publishing	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Bentley	O
MicroStation	O
or	O
Dassault	O
's	O
Solidworks	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Autodesk	O
DWF	O
Writer	O
is	O
a	O
Windows	O
printer	B-Application
driver	I-Application
that	O
converts	O
files	O
to	O
DWF	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Autodesk	O
's	O
DWF	O
viewers	O
(	O
except	O
for	O
Freewheel	O
)	O
are	O
all	O
based	O
on	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
DWF	O
Toolkit	O
is	O
available	O
on	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Netscape	B-Protocol
Navigator	I-Protocol
plug-in	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
format	O
grew	O
in	O
use	O
beyond	O
just	O
AutoCAD	B-Algorithm
,	O
it	O
was	O
renamed	O
to	O
Design	B-Application
Web	I-Application
Format	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
PDF	B-Application
is	O
an	O
internationally	O
recognized	O
open	O
file	O
format	O
developed	O
by	O
Adobe	O
Systems	O
to	O
allow	O
electronic	O
exchange	O
of	O
any	O
printable	O
document	O
,	O
independent	O
of	O
the	O
source	O
application	O
software	O
,	O
hardware	O
and	O
operating	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PDF/E	O
is	O
a	O
subset	O
of	O
v1.6	O
of	O
the	O
PDF	B-Application
specification	O
specifically	O
designed	O
for	O
engineering	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SVG	B-Application
(	O
Scalable	B-Application
Vector	I-Application
Graphics	I-Application
)	O
is	O
an	O
open	O
,	O
XML	B-Protocol
based	O
file	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
instance	O
,	O
Inkscape	B-Application
uses	O
SVG	B-Application
as	O
its	O
native	O
format	O
,	O
and	O
both	O
the	O
Firefox	B-Application
and	O
Opera	B-Application
browsers	I-Application
natively	O
display	O
SVG	B-Application
.	O
</s>
