DWF is dead - Running on legacy life support at this point. Playing DWF is likely going to lead to some fire drills when we begin to see issues... Bluebeam Anyone?!!

I Pinged Scott Sheppard about DWFs on the on the Autodesk Forum yesterday. DWF is on legacy life support- Why can't Autodesk commit to ending it and moving on? No telling what bugs will pop up with the windows 10 updates going as they have been. Surprising with their migration to ABC for subscription users they haven't removed it from the lineup to push people to the cloud- maybe in the next 3-6 months they will pull it to gain more traction for the cloud, but I suspect Bluebeam is too much of a competitor so maybe they'll just let it continue to let it atrophy.

Autodesk Design Review continues to be part of our desktop offerings. There are no plans to remove the download. Unless there is some unforeseen operating system change that necessitates updating Design Review, there are no plans to update it. As has been mentioned in this thread, our focus is on the cloud where there can be a single source of truth (reduce the number of separate files), the ability to apply more CPU power than just one desktop, and the ease of collaboration via the internet. The future is an ever-evolving Autodesk Construction Cloud. 

Scott Sheppard

 

Bluebeam Does connect to BIM 360/ABC thorough Bluebeam studio Prime. I haven't tried it and I ask those of you that have what is your experiences are with it. I found in this post by Alex Arriaga/MG AEC Technology Partners Prime does integrate with ABC/360 by using your studio Prime account to Add New and specify the BIM 360 App GUID:  
8766e942-79eb-4129-8f26-9b9aaff34c3f
The lookup, save and done.

 

Then in BIM 360/ABC as an admin- Add to BIM 360 button, and authorize it for access, and follow to access the studio account.

 

More details from Bluebeam direct here https://studio.bluebeam.com/share/xxnay4.

2013 Link

Is Design Review discontinued? - Page 4 - Autodesk Community: "Re: Is Design Review discontinued?
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09-19-2013 05:25 AM in reply to: O.Maille
Thank you for the question. I am not here to delude anyone. If you want an electronic review process, given the current state of Autodesk 360, Autodesk Design Review is still the way to go. But the original question was is Design Review being discontinued, and the answer is yes, it will eventually be replaced by Autodesk 360. Until that time, the 2013 version is available for download from the Autodesk site and works with the 2014 product line since the DWF format did not change.


Scott Sheppard
Program Manager
Autodesk Labs
Autodesk, Inc."



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So the long answer backed up on multiple sites now from a conversation with a co-worker:

	...what is bloating the PDF?  (Hint it is the DWF to PDF translation) From Autodesk's lack of action over the past few years and now they are abandoning further development of DESIGN REVIEW for the desktop in favor of the cloud. DWF to us is dead. DWF itself I suspect will disappear. from: http://labs.blogs.com/its_alive_in_the_lab/2014/02/vpipg-cto-brian-mathews-was-on-our-team-when-he-invented-the-dwf-format-our-first-foray-into-sharing-design-data-via-the.html  ·        ADDITION 2: Although private cloud support is a ways off, we do have (Autodesk Remote) today. You can host our applications on your own servers today and access them via your local area network — no internet connectivity required. Collaboration is alive in the lab. - Scott sheppard And... ·        http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/Design-Review/Is-Design-Review-discontinued/m-p/4419091  Options 09-11-2013 01:08 PM in reply to: jeffreybm Autodesk Design Review 2013 will continue to be available for download from our website, but Autodesk is focusing on delivering enhanced cloud and mobile workflows(emphasis RA/mine) that integrate with desktop collaboration.   Enhancements to the desktop viewing experience will most likely come from that work, and not a desktop-only solution like Design Review. The DWF file format did not change as part of the 2014 releases, so Autodesk Design Review 2013 works perfectly with the 2014 product line. Scott Sheppard Program Manager Autodesk Labs Autodesk, Inc.
	The second site on AD Forums:
	Re: Is Design Review discontinued?Re: Is Design Review discontinued? Options  09-11-2013 01:08 PM in reply to: jeffreybm Autodesk Design Review 2013 will continue to be available for download from our website, but Autodesk is focusing on delivering enhanced cloud and mobile workflows that integrate with desktop collaboration.  Enhancements to the desktop viewing experience will most likely come from that work, and not a desktop-only solution like Design Review. The DWF file format did not change as part of the 2014 releases, so Autodesk Design Review 2013 works perfectly with the 2014 product line. Scott Sheppard Program Manager Autodesk Labs Autodesk, Inc.  We are in 2015 - and about every 3 years the autodesk file format changes- so AutoDESK 2016 I suspect we will see DWG 2016 format file save option...(emphasis RA/mine)
	Then on page 4:
	Re: Is Design Review discontinued?Re: Is Design Review discontinued? Options  09-19-2013 05:25 AM in reply to: O.Maille Thank you for the question. I am not here to delude anyone. If you want an electronic review process, given the current state of Autodesk 360, Autodesk Design Review is still the way to go. But the original question was is Design Review being discontinued, and the answer is yes, it will eventually be replaced by Autodesk 360. Until that time, the 2013 version is available for download from the Autodesk site and works with the 2014 product line since the DWF format did not change.  Scott Sheppard Program Manager Autodesk Labs Autodesk, Inc.
	If you want an electronic review process, given the current state of Autodesk 360, Autodesk Design Review is still the way to go. But the original question was is Design Review being discontinued, and the answer is yes, it will eventually be replaced by Autodesk 360. Until that time, the 2013 version is available for download from the Autodesk site and works with the 2014 product line since the DWF format did not change.
	So ADR desktop is dead... unless you want to do everything in AutoDESK's cloud. This is controverts the objective for server to be able to a stand-alone.
	Autodesk no longer supports it... so the next file version change that comes out expect issues. We've been on 2013 and are still on file format version 2013 in AutoCAD 2015... but about every 3 ACAD versions the file format updates.
	: )