Autodesk DWF Reader
| Autodesk Design Web Format | |
| File Extension | DWF, DWFX |
| Supported Versions | Any |
| Platforms | |
| Tessellation | Supported |
| Boundary Representation (B-rep) | Unsupported by format |
| Product Manufacturing Information (PMI) | Unsupported by format |
DWF is a lightweight CAD publishing format intended for design visualization and distribution. When read by HOOPS Exchange, it provides access to tessellated 3D objects and associated visual attributes, but does not expose full CAD model definitions.
A file does not need to have a particular extension to be read correctly by HOOPS Exchange. However, the file extensions of DWF files that you can expect to be loaded by HOOPS Exchange are:
- .DWF
- .DWFX
How to Import From DWF
Reading Autodesk files follows the same pattern as other formats: configure load parameters, then call the standard load function.
To load an Autodesk DWF file, use A3DAsmModelFileLoadFromFile().
The A3DParamsLoadData structure is used to customize the loading behavior:
A3DAsmModelFile* pModelFile = 0;
A3DRWParamsLoadData sReadParam = A3D_MAKE_DATA(A3DRWParamsLoadData);
sReadParam.m_sGeneral.m_bReadSolids = true;
// ... set other A3DRWParamsLoadData fields as necessary
A3DAsmModelFileLoadFromFile("path/to/file.dwf", &sReadParam, &pModelFile);
See Simple Load and Export for more about loading model files.
Tessellation
Triangle data, along with RGBA color and texture information, is parsed and provided by HOOPS Exchange.
Boundary Representation (B-rep)
Boundary Representation is unsupported by DWF.
Product Manufacturing Information (PMI)
Product Manufacturing Information (PMI) is unsupported by DWF.
Assembly
Incremental load is unsupported for DWF.
Views
Views are unsupported by DWF.
