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Expor ting 3D DWF Files 557
• Two-sided materials are not suppor ted.
However, you can get around this by turning on
ForceTwoSidedontheRenderScenedialog.
Note: Turning on Force Two -Sided affe c ts
theentirescene. Thiscanslowdownthe
performance of the D WF V iewer because it has
to process the two-sided display of everything
in scene.
• Mater ials from 3rd party suppliers and mental
ray materials are not exported.
Objects that have unsupported materials
display in their diffuse color in the viewer.
Architectural Desktop materials are displayed
in their ambient color.
• Not al l material parameters are exported, even
for supported mate r ials. Therefore, materials
that are exported to the DWF Viewer may not
lookastheydoinarenderedimage.
Lights
•Youcannotexportscenelighting.
Camera s and Ani mati on
•Namedcameraviewsarenotexported.Ifthe
scene is set in a Camera v iewport at the t ime
of the export, it will display in the viewer as
shown, however, the camera view will not be
listed.
• Animations are not suppor ted, however, the
frameatthetimeoftheexportispublished.
Procedure
To export a 3D DWF file:
1.
Set up the scene in the active viewport as you
want it displayed in the Autodesk DWF Viewer.
If you want to publish particular objects or
laye rs, make a selection set of those objects.
Hide those objects or layers you do not want
published.
Note: You can also isolate objects in the viewer
youwanttohideormaketransparent.
Tip: Ifyouhaveacamerainthesceneandwant
that view exported, make sure the Camera
view por t is active when you publish the DWF
file.
2. Cho o se File menu > Export.
3. Cho ose Publish to DWF (*.DWF) from the
Save as type list in the file selector dialog.
4. Specify a file name to export.
5. Click Save.
6. In the DWF Publish Options dialog, selected
the desired options. Click OK.
7. If Save to Log file is enabled, enter a new name
or specify a different folder if you do not want
the existing log file to be overwritten.
Interfa ce
Grouping Options group
Group by Obj ect—When turned on, objects are
listed in the Model tree pane in the Autodesk DWF
Viewer by their object name or group name.