DWF Viewer for Macintosh

Austin Silver Software is proud to announce the availability of McDwiff, a DWF viewer for the Macintosh:

http://www.macdwf.com/

McDwiff requires an active internet connection. It connects to Project Freewheel to render the DWF files 100% accurately. You can open any DWF (2D or 3D) on your Mac, just like any other file type. 3D files open, but 3D rotation will be coming in a future version. McDwiff requires Mac OS X 10.3.8 or later. It runs on both PowerPC and Intel Macs. McDwiff is free for non-commercial use and $39 otherwise.

Although not quite the equivalent of the Autodesk DWF Viewer due to its use of an internet connection and the uploading of design data to an Autodesk server, McDwiff is a huge step forward in enhancing the DWF experience for Macintosh users. There might be some interest in this. One or two people have asked for a Macintosh DWF viewer. :-) This is another example of DWF going beyond the paper.

Comments

[Jason Pratt]

Thanks Scott. Hey everybody - Jason Pratt here. Yes I am the mastermind behind the global conglomerate operating in the U.S. as "Austin Silver Software."

If you're on a Mac (or know someone who is), check out McDwiff and let us know what you think about it. Feedback is welcome and will help us fine-tune our plan for world domination.

I for one welcome our new ant overlords!

Jason

[Stefan Boeykens]

ArchiCAD for OSX and Windows has the ability to publish a project into a reviewer applet, using Java. This includes DWF files. While they are 2D-only (and I assume using an older version of the DWF format), this provides the possibility to publish a fully web-enabled reviewing environment, cross-platform.

ArchiCAD exports its layout sheets into DWF files and they are then uploaded to an ftp-server, including a reviewer applet.

While the solution from Graphisoft doesn't support 3D information in the DWF files, I wonder why Autodesk only focuses on either a Windows-only ActiveX control for Internet Explorer and a server-side applet for the 'others'. There is plenty of room for something in-between...

McDwiff might be a good first step in that direction.