DWF Format (DWF)

DWF is a binary file format used by AutoDesk AutoCAD for storing DWG files on the World Wide

Web. DWF is a 2D, vector-based description of drawings and illustrations.

LEADTOOLS supports DWF versions .4, .5, .55 and .6.

The file constants associated with this file format are:

Constant

Write Support

Description

FILE_DWF

Yes

[145] AutoDesk AutoCAD for storing DWG files on the World Wide Web.

FILE_DWF_TEXT_AS_POLYLINE

Yes

[297] AutoDesk AutoCAD for storing DWG files on the World Wide Web. Use this format to save DWF and have Text objects converted to Polyline objects in the output file.

When DWF files are rasterized, they are 24 BPP.

The following table indicates which objects LEAD can save:

Object:

Save:

Arc

Not Supported

Attdef

Not Supported

Attrib

Not Supported

BoundaryPolydraw

Not Supported

Circle

Supported

Dimension

Not Supported

Ellipse

Supported

Hatch

Not Supported

Insert

Not Supported

Leader

Not Supported

Lines

Supported

Mline

Not Supported

Mtext

Not Supported

Polygons

Not Supported

Polyline

Supported

PureLine

Not Supported

PurePolygon

Not Supported

PurePolyline

Not Supported

Segment

Not Supported

Spline

Not Supported

Text

Supported

Vertex

Not Supported

Wpolyline

Not Supported

3DFace

Not Supported

3DSolid

Not Supported

LEADTOOLS also supports text and embedded raster objects.

 

Required DLL: LFDWF. For a listing of the exact DLLs needed, refer to ePrint Files.

Related Formats: CGM - Computer Graphics Metafile, DRW - Micrografx Designer DRaWing, DXF - Drawing Interchange Format, EMF - Windows Metafile Formats, GBR - Gerber Format, PCL - Printer Command Language Format, PCT - Macintosh Pict Format, PDF - Portable Document Format, PLT - PLT / HPGL Format, SHP - ESRI Shape Format, SVG - Scalable Vector Graphics Format, VEC - LEADTOOLS Vector Dump Format, VPG - WordPerfect Vector Format, WMF - Windows Metafile Formats