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If you open PDF files using the embedded vector data (ie. lines), you can then use ADR (Autodesk Design Review) to snap to PDF lines in order to measure them. This may be useful to you if you are usin…
www.autodesk.de has an extended post on how to view Revit files for free at this link:Autodesk – Autodesk Revit Viewer Free The page reviews the following methods (none of which are very exciting): Fo…
These steps helped me to leverage some data from a DWF file and convert it into vector data I could use in a DWG file: Open DWF in Design Review Print to PDF using CutePDF (this worked for me) Open re…
Yes – it can be done! The program you need is called Adobe Acrobat 3D Version 8. It is very hard to find a download link, as this program has been superseded (by what would seem to be less powerful ve…
The steps below show how to do it using the i-model plugin (you may also want to look at converting a 3D DWF straight to a 3D PDF): Close Revit Download and install i-model plug-in for Revit (you will…
Autodesk is getting very, very serious about DWFs. They will not replace PDFs overnight, but it is looking like DWF will become the exchange format of choice in the future. Particularly in the BIM / b…