After hours of tireless effort working on the Nile project, Autodesk Design Review 2008 is now available for download from the Autodesk web site.
There are optional plug-ins that can be downloaded as well. These include Batch Printing, JT Import, and DGN Import. These are also available from the Autodesk web site:
If you wish to download these installers once and then deploy them across your company, you can run the silent installers in succession with a BAT file or similar process that does:
- start /wait SetupDesignReview.exe /s /v/qn
- start /wait BatchPrint_DesignReview2008.exe /s /v/qn
- start /wait JTImporter_DesignReview2008.exe /s /v/qn
- start /wait DGNImporter_DesignReview2008.exe /s /v/qn
So not only should you come and get them, you should get them all and then spread them across your organization. We have been looking forward to this day. It's been a long time and a long way to go.
Boaters on the Nile river - image courtesy of Nile Beta Project Manager, Volker Joseph. It is fitting that we announce our product and end our project with the image that began customer involvement. Without customers, DWF would not go beyond the paper.
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Are you sure? I filled the form and then got a link to download ADR 2007.
Posted by: Deelip Menezes | March 30, 2007 at 08:13 AM
Taken from the linked website:
"Autodesk Design Review 2008 will be available for free* download in early April. Until then, you can download Autodesk Design Review 2007 for free*."
Plus when I download it, it is still DR2007...Will the website be updated soon, or should we wait until April???
Posted by: Ray Mendoza | March 30, 2007 at 08:39 AM
Scott,
Is the website not yet updated? It still refers to the 2007 version on the download page.
"Autodesk Design Review 2007 Install - English
To install Autodesk® Design Review 2007 software, simply:
1. Download and save the setup file to your computer."
Posted by: R.K. McSwain | March 30, 2007 at 08:41 AM
Scott,
Where can I download it? It tells me this on the download site:
Autodesk Design Review 2008 will be available for free* download in early April. Until then, you can download Autodesk Design Review 2007 for free*.
Nice move!
Posted by: Stefaan Boel | March 30, 2007 at 09:27 AM
Not out quite yet...
Posted by: Glenn Smith | March 30, 2007 at 09:35 AM
Hi Scott,
The Link to download Design Review 2008 still points to the 2007 version.
Thanks.
Posted by: David Shabat | March 30, 2007 at 09:38 AM
The info I got from the marketing department is that it would be going live last night. Perhaps it didn't push? Sometomes it takes time for the new content to make its way to all of the servers. I will update the title for now to avoid additional confusion. I will change it back when they really push. Sorry.
Posted by: Scott Sheppard | March 30, 2007 at 09:41 AM
It looks like it took a little time for the web site content to propagate to the servers. I am seeing new content now.
Posted by: Scott Sheppard | March 30, 2007 at 10:22 AM
Hi Scott,
.... got it :-).... and I have to give you and the team huge congratulations.... this is an awesome update - fast, clear, easy to use and very powerful.... many thanks for all the hard work - hope the DWF team have a great weekend lined up :-). Cheers, Cameron
Posted by: Cameron | March 30, 2007 at 11:48 AM
to much excitement for one day! :)
Posted by: saso | March 30, 2007 at 11:58 AM
Any word on TrueView 2008?
Posted by: Barry Ralphs | March 30, 2007 at 05:59 PM
Autodesk DWG TrueView 2008 is developed and released by the AutoCAD 2008 team. My guess is that it should be available within the month, but I am not privy to their info.
Posted by: Scott Sheppard | March 30, 2007 at 07:16 PM
Are you kidding me?
Failure of server APACHE bridge:
No backend server available for connection: timed out after 10 seconds or idempotent set to OFF.
Build date/time: Jun 16 2006 15:18:07
Change Number: 779586
Posted by: Stefaan Boel | April 02, 2007 at 02:06 AM
I am sorry you are having trouble. The difficulty must be on your end. Millions of people have downloaded Autodesk Design Review. Yu may wish to check with your IT department.
Posted by: Scott Sheppard | April 02, 2007 at 10:42 AM
Hy:
I have a question i can with design review or true view in command line make a publish document DWG to DWF like autodwg.com
Convert a dwg file to a dwf file:
g2f.exe /F c :\dwg\test.dwg /O c:\dwf\test.dwf /B black
or exist an similar example??
We need this solution for automate the process in the file server and view it in the web page..
Thanks...
Posted by: Gabriel Bandala | April 30, 2007 at 01:09 PM
Thank you for the feedback. The sample provided by you seems to capture it best - for all our other readers, sample can be found at http://www.autodwg.com/DWG_DWF_Converter/
Posted by: Volker Joseph | May 02, 2007 at 10:04 AM
I was not able to run the installation in silent mode with the example above: start /wait SetupDesignReview.exe /s /v/qn
I made a batch file. The installation started prompting me all the dialogs for installation. Any Idea?
\Freddy
Posted by: Freddy Klaudiussen | May 10, 2007 at 08:30 AM
installing SetupDesignReview with parameters like 'start /wait SetupDesignReview /s /v /qn' (as described in 'tips and tricks' in document adr_tips2007_finalcomp.pdf on the autodesk site)prompts with dialogs; however like: 'start /wait SetupDesignReview.exe /s /v/qn' works fine.
Posted by: Roland | December 21, 2007 at 06:17 AM