Yes, Autodesk Design Review is now free to download.Now you can convert, markup, group, and more all for to your hearts content all for FREE.
From: Jason Pratt on the Connected Blog posting & http://www.autodesk.com/dwf
Design Review = FREE
Autodesk DWF Viewer = FREE
Autodesk DWF Writer = FREE
Design Review Feature Highlights:
Import DWG and DXF Files
Import AutoCAD® DWG™ and DXF™ files, including the latest 2007 format, directly into Design Review with full fidelity and accuracy.
Markup Enhancements: Rotate Objects and Symbols
Rotate text, rectangles, ellipses, and other symbols, including symbols containing raster images.
Combine 2D and 3D Designs
Share, review, and mark up both 2D drawings and 3D models in a single file. Design Review supports adding, deleting, reordering, and renaming sheets and models within the Navigator window.
Round-Trip Reviews
Increase team productivity with inline markup tools that enable you to round-trip designs quickly and easily back into Autodesk design software—without the need to reenter information ( now including Autodesk Inventor® 11 DWF Extension).
Batch Printing
Print multiple DWF files, customize print settings, and save batch printing configuration for later use with the Batch Print wizard.
Preview, Select Preferences, and Print
Select preferences, preview files before printing, and print files to scale or at another scale with the same high fidelity as in Autodesk design software, including the printing of 3D designs.
View Assembly Instructions
View animated assembly instructions and exploded views of complex designs to greatly simplify the work of downstream users.
View and Mark up Bill of Materials
Improve communication with suppliers and other departments by enabling secure review of designs and product definition data such as BOM information earlier in the process.
View and Print in Black and White or Grayscale
View or print color drawings and models as black and white or grayscale, providing more flexibility in printing and easier viewing of markups on drawings.
Combine 2D and 3D Designs
Share, review, and mark up both 2D drawings and 3D models in a single file. Design Review supports adding, deleting, reordering, and renaming sheets and models within the Navigator window.
Drag Project Data (from Microsoft Office and Others)
Drag project-related documents such as schedules or estimates published to DWF format directly from Microsoft® Office or other applications.
See the Full Building Feature Set (PDF - 2086 Kb)
See the Full Infrastructure Feature Set (PDF - 1871 Kb)
See the Full Manufacturing Feature Set (PDF - 3031 Kb)
Also with DWF you get a format designed for design data, the Freewheel online DWF viewing with no installation of a viewer. See http://labs.autodesk.com and soon DWFx viewing in Windows Vista.
Now what excuse do you have of using a text document format like PDF for design data? ;-)
OK now back to my pathetic working while vacation while sitting in the San Francisco International Airport Terminal awaiting my flight to Costa Rica via El Salvador.
Pura Vida!
Shaan
