# Autodesk DWF Reader

Autodesk Design Web Format
File Extension | DWF, DWFX
Supported Versions | Any
Platforms |
Tessellation | Supported
Boundary Representation (B-rep) | Unsupported by format
Product and Manufacturing Information (PMI) | Unsupported by format

DWF is a lightweight CAD publishing format intended for design visualization and distribution. When read by HOOPS Exchange, it provides access to tessellated 3D objects and associated visual attributes, but does not expose full CAD model definitions.

A file does not need to have a particular extension to be read correctly by HOOPS Exchange. However, the file extensions of DWF files that you can expect to be loaded by HOOPS Exchange are:

- .DWF
- .DWFX

## How to Import From DWF

Reading `Autodesk` files follows the same pattern as other formats: configure load parameters, then call the standard load function.

To load an Autodesk DWF file, use `A3DAsmModelFileLoadFromFile()`. The `A3DParamsLoadData` structure is used to customize the loading behavior:

    A3DAsmModelFile* pModelFile = 0;

    A3DRWParamsLoadData sReadParam = A3D_MAKE_DATA(A3DRWParamsLoadData);
    sReadParam.m_sGeneral.m_bReadSolids = true;

    // ... set other A3DRWParamsLoadData fields as necessary

    A3DAsmModelFileLoadFromFile("path/to/file.dwf", &sReadParam, &pModelFile);

See Simple Load and Export for more about loading model files.

## Tessellation

Triangle data, along with RGBA color and texture information, is parsed and provided by HOOPS Exchange.

## Boundary Representation (B-rep)

Boundary Representation is unsupported by DWF.

## Product and Manufacturing Information (PMI)

Product and Manufacturing Information (PMI) is unsupported by DWF.

## Assembly

Incremental load is unsupported for DWF.

## Views

Views are unsupported by DWF.

## Miscellaneous

### DWF-specific Import Options

There are no import options specific to the DWF format.

### Limitations

- Reading DWF is supported only on Windows and Linux platforms.
- Only 3D objects are supported during import.

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