Autodesk® DWF™ Viewer 7.2 README

Updated: 7 November 2006

Minimum Operating Requirements

• Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional or Home Edition, or Windows 2000 SP4
• Microsoft® Internet Explorer 6 or later
• 800 MHz Intel® Pentium® III processor (faster processor recommended)
• 96 MB RAM (128 MB RAM or more recommended)
• 50 MB free disk space for installation
• 800 x 600 VGA (1024 x 768 or higher recommended)
• Mouse, trackball, or compatible pointing device

What's New?

• Turntable camera provides a 3D viewing option to allow users to rotate building models easily.
• Inventor 11 DWF Extension compatibility:
  • View bills of material (BOM) and tabular data.
  • View animations and assembly instructions.
  • View FEA results.
  • Support for measure- and print-disabled DWF files.
  • View and print in black and white or grayscale.

Known Issues

• If a computer has the Update for Internet Explorer for Windows XP Service Pack 2 (KB912945) installed, Internet Explorer's script debugging must be disabled. Solution: In Internet Explorer, choose Tools > Internet Options. On the Advanced tab, under Browsing, verify that both Disable Script Debugging (Internet Explorer) and Disable Script Debugging (Other) options are checked. Click OK.
• Microsoft® Internet Explorer 7 is not supported.
• Microsoft® Windows XP Professional x64 edition is not supported.
• In Windows 2000, DWF files can not be searched using the Windows search command.
• Printing of fill patterns fails on some printers.
• Installing AutoCAD 2005 with Autodesk Express Viewer on a computer that already has DWF Viewer 7.0 installed breaks DWF Viewer 7.0. Solution: Reinstall DWF Viewer 7.0.
• When inserting an Autodesk DWF Viewer Control object in PowerPoint, choosing the “Create from file” option instead of the “Create new” option provides different menu choices when you right-click the object on the slide.
• Textures may not display properly when hardware acceleration is enabled. Solution: Disable hardware acceleration by choosing Tools > Options, selecting the Model tab, and unchecking the Enable hardware acceleration option.
• On older computers, updating DWF Viewer 6.5 to DWF Viewer 7 (Help > Check for Updates...) may not work properly. After restarting the computer and starting DWF Viewer 7, you may receive the "MSVCP71.dll cannot be located" error. Solution: Manually uninstall DWF Viewer 6.5. Then download and install DWF Viewer 7.
• In a DWF file that contains print-disabled sheets, printing a range using the Print from: option may produce an error message and disable the Print command. Solution: Restart the program, re-open the DWF file, and print all sheets in the DWF file.

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