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NOTE Because the DWF Viewer and the rendering engine are different, you may
encounter some deviation in how the texture maps appear in the DWF Viewer.
Increase the Smoothness of 3D DWF or 3D DWFx Models
The smoothness of 3D DWF or 3D DWFx models is improved by changing
the value of the 3DDWFPREC system variable. The setting for 3DDWFPREC
ranges from 1 to 6. Higher settings greatly improve the appearance of objects
in the DWF Viewer.
NOTE 3DDWFPREC is a global setting that affects all objects in the 3D model.
Therefore, higher values can result in very large file sizes.
Improve Performance with Large Models
Every object in your model gets processed when a DWF or DWFx file is
published. When working with large models, you can greatly improve
publishing performance by using blocks. For instance, your office model
contains a basic cubicle arrangement of eight partition walls, a desk, and a
chair. Those ten objects do not take much time to process by themselves.
However, if that basic cubicle arrangement is used 100 times, it means that
1000 objects must be processed and the publishing time increases accordingly.
If the basic cubicle arrangement is inserted into the model as a single block,
those ten objects are processed once for each insertion.
You can improve publishing performance even more by grouping
miscellaneous objects into temporary blocks. Once the publishing is complete,
you can explode those blocks and continue working on those objects.
As a design gets closer to completion, you can create blocks comprised of
portions of the model that are less likely to need further editing. If the first
floor of the office model is not going to change much, create a block containing
all of its components. During publishing, that block is processed as one object
instead of each individual object on that floor.
3D DWF or 3D DWFx Unsupported Content
When publishing a 3D DWF or 3D DWFx file, some drawing content may not
appear in the DWF Viewer. The content listed in the following table is not
supported when you output a 3D DWF or 3D DWFx file.
DetailsUnsupported Content
Animations and Walkthroughs
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