• Design Viewer and Windows Applications - primer on using DWFs and Autodesk Design View, Keith Bradford, Cadalyst, Jun 17, 2008
• Take Off Those PDF Goggles - DWF It - video showing marking up JPEG files, editing and sharing them with design team using Autodesk Design Review, Ask The INCAT CAD Geeks, May 19, 2008
• What's New in Design Review 2009 - ability to find and locate design data quickly, enhanced measure and markup capabilities, new DWFx format, navigation tools, more, Susan Smith, AEC Weekly, May 12, 2008
• Autodesk Design Review 2009 - free and flexible design tool with enhanced UI, new default file format DWFx, mark up and batch printing capabilities, more, Ron LaFon, Cadalyst, Apr 1, 2008
• Design Review - impressive tool for viewing, plotting, marking-up, and comparing DWF files, more, Brian Benton, AUGI (Autodesk sponsored), Mar 2008
• Design Review - Beyond the DWF - Autodesk Design Review has excellent electronic markup functionality and ability to handle images, Donnie Gladfelter, The CAD Geek Blog, Nov 20, 2007
• Free Software for Sharing DWFs - Autodesk Design Review has standard markup tools to import and publish DWFs, helps make revisions and add annotations, more, Machine Design, Oct 11, 2007
• Bigger, Better, and Free - Autodesk Design Review 2008 has new commands, better organized tools, improved navigation and visualization, and more for free, David Cohn, Desktop Engineering, Oct 1, 2007
• Working Together - digital collaboration tools make online communication easy: Adobe Acrobat, Autodesk Design Review, eZmeeting, Adobe Acrobat Connect, H. Edward Goldberg of AIA, Cadalyst, January 1, 2007
• Pass It On - available applications for publishing and sharing 2D CAD drawings: Actify SpinFire Professional 8, Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional, Autodesk Design Review 2007, Bluebeam PDF Revu AutoCAD edition, AcroPlot Pro 2007, MYRIAD 8, SolidWorks 2007 Office Premium, eDrawings, Ron LaFon, Cadalyst, February 1, 2007 (more SpinFire reviews, Adobe Acrobat reviews, Autodesk Design Review reviews, AcroPlot reviews, MYRIAD reviews, SolidWorks reviews, eDrawings reviews)
• Reviewing Autodesk Design Review - viewing and annotating of documents, supports 2D/3D files in DWF format, creates Callout, more, David, Stress Free, February 4, 2007
• Autodesk Design Review - a nice collaboration tool with clean interface, good rendering technology, full mark-up and annotation tools, can contain multiple-type information in in a single DWF, more, MCAD Online, October 10, 2006
• New Name, New Power -- Autodesk Design Review 2007 - an updated design collaboration tool with new 3D tools, Batch Print wizard, free DWF Writer utility, more, David Cohn, Desktop Engineering, July 2006
• Autodesk Design Review - an excellent view and mark-up tool, Design Review has a clean interface, sectioning tool, and imports DWG, Inventor and DXF files accurately, AEC Magazine, August 23, 2006
• Autodesk Design Review 2007 - moderately priced, Design Review 2007 is tightly integrated with other Autodesk productivity tools, accurately imports DWG and DXF files, more, Ron LaFon, Cadalyst, August 1, 2006
• DWF Composer Gets New Name, New Tools - formerly known as DWF Composer, Design Review 2007 interoperates between all Autodesk design products and can review and mark up 2D and 3D DWF files, Sara Ferris, Cadalyst, June 16, 2006
• Cadalyst All Stars - Top Products in 2005 - included are a Dell mobile workstation, HP Designjet, NVIDIA graphics card, 3Dconnexion Space Pilot, Autodesk DWF Composer, SolidWorks and SketchUp, Sara Ferris, Cadalyst Management, December 1, 2005
• Autodesk DWF Composer 2.0 - Now with 3D Markup - 3D view control now appears in a single toolbar flyout, with 'Measure' and '3D Markup' capabilities, David Cohn, Desktop Engineering, September 2005
• Autodesk DWF Composer 2 - Drawing Publishing and Collaboration via the DWF Format - it features an improved user interface and a new snapshot tool, relatively low priced for a new license and upgrades available from the previous release, Ron LaFon, Cadalyst Manufacturing, July 1, 2005
• DWF Toolkit 7: What is it? What does it mean? - new DWF toolkit is comprised of many smaller toolkits written in a platform-independent way, providing an API for reading and writing 2D or 3D DWF files, Scott Sheppard of Autodesk, Between the Lines, June 27, 2005
• Managing Design Review with DWF Composer- Autodesk DWF Composer to review and mark up designs beats pens and highlighters, Jonathan Knowles, AUGI, June 2005 (may require free registration)
• Great Real-World 3D DWF Example - 3D design of timber framing and houses captured by Autodesk DWF, Shaan Hurley, Autodesk, Between the Lines, March 3, 2005
• DWF vs. PDF - links to articles and reviews that may help you determine whether DWF or PDF best fits your needs, Tracy Lincoln, TL Consulting, December 18, 2004
• DWF Composer: eDemo - streaming overview highlights the new 3D viewing capabilities of DWF Composer and offers details on how to use DWF Composer with AutoCAD to mark up drawings and communicate with others, Tod Stephens, Avatech Solutions, December 16, 2004
• DWF Composer - a powerful collaborative tool for design review and revision, Ron LaFon, Cadalyst, August 16, 2004
• Autodesk DWF Composer - looks at this new application from Autodesk for reviewing, marking up and revising DWF files for electronic publishing and distribution of design documents, Lachmi Khemlani, AECbytes, June 9, 2004
• DWF vs. PDF vs. CSF - reviews the top 2D publishing options, Ron LaFon, Cadalyst, May 1, 2004
• New Web File Format Makes CAD Sharing Easier - with AutoCAD 2005's Design Web Format (DWF), users can compress DWG files and send them as DWF files to customers, who, via the free DWF Composer software, can view and mark-up the original design electronically and send changes back to the author, Howard Dahdah, PC World, March 3, 2004

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