Creating a DWF File
Creating a DWF (Drawing Web Format) file is as simple as 1-2-3. It's deciding on how to post the drawing is the greater task. Let's start by generating a DWF file.

1. Open up the drawing you wish to create into the DWF format. To do this you want to go to the File pull down and select Open.



2. Once the drawing is Open you are going to select the File pull down again. This time you want to select Export...



3. After you select Export, the Export Data dialog box will be displayed. You can export many different types of files from this dialog box but we are concerned with the DWF file type. So select the Save as type dropdown box in the lower left corner. Select the Drawing Web Format (*.DWF) option.



You might want to click the Options button to verify the settings for the Export of the DWF file. Below is the default settings that you should normally use. Click OK to save the changes and exit the dialog box.



4. Once you have set up the Export Options and given your DWF file a name click the Save button. It will then create the DWF file.

5. At this time you now can view the DWF file with an internet browser or you could embed the DWF into a web page with text.

Web browser text:
<objectclassid="clsid:B2BE75F3-9197-11CF-ABF4-08000996E931"
codebase="ftp://ftp.autodesk.com/pub/whip/whip.cab#version=3,1,36,35"
align="baseline" border="0" width="650" height="450"><param
name="Filename" value="ffh1a.dwf"><embed src="ffh1a.dwf" align="baseline" border="0" width="400" height="300" pluginspage="http://www.autodesk.com/products/whip"></object>

The code will generate an image box 650 X 450.
The DWF file that gets called / loaded is ffh1a and is located at http://www.hyperpics.com/images/ffh1a.dwf.

6. Now let's take a look at how this looks on the internet now.

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