Viewing a DWF File with the Whip! Driver

Just below, you should see a view of an AutoCAD drawing of a storm drain design with a white background.  Make sure you have the Whip! driver installed on your machine or you will not be able to see it.

Pan: Click and drag the hand cursor to move around the DWF file. This command is similar to AutoCAD's pan command.

Zoom: Click and drag towards you to zoom out, click and drag away from you to zoom in. This command is similar to AutoCAD's zoom command. You can zoom in to great detail with this feature!

Zoom to Rectangle: Click and drag a rectangle to define your new view.

Fit to Window: Similar to zoom extents, this command allows you to view the entire drawing.

Layers: Brings up a dialog box which allows you to toggle on and off the layers of the DWF file. Click on the light bulb, and watch each layer of the drawing appear and disappear.

Named Views: Brings up a dialog box with saved views. To look at a particular view of a DWF, simply click on the view name in the Named Views dialog box. Only the drawing author can save views in AutoCAD. Save views in the .dwg file by using the DDVIEW command in AutoCAD.

Location: Brings up a dialog box which shows the location of the cursor when it is over the DWF file. Move the mouse on top of the drawing and see the coordinates change.

Full View: Allows the drawing to expand to the full size of your browser window. To go back to the previous page, press the back button on your browser toolbar.

Highlight URL's: Selecting this function, or pressing the Shift key, will allow any objects or areas with hyperlinks attached to them to flash momentarily. If you move your mouse over the links, the cursor switches to a hand. If you click on that hyperlink, you will be transported to that new web site.

Print: Prints the current view. The scale is controlled by the current zoom command. The size of the plot may be controlled by selecting the plotter and clicking on the Properties button in the Print dialog box.

Save As: Saves the file to your local computer. In the save file as dialog box, you can specify what type of file you wish to download -- a DWF, an image, or a .dwg file. To receive a .dwg file, the .dwg file must be posted in the same location as the DWF file on the web.

About Whip: Provides statistical information about the current DWF file you are looking at.

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