What is the difference between PDF and DWF? What are the advantages of creating and sharing PDF files over DWF files?
DWF is a collaboration tool provided by Autodesk where the parties wish to share and distribute design data with each other. It has features designed specifically for that purpose where design information is critical to the discussion and workflow. PDF is a great solution for those who wish to distribute their designs and drawings in an electronic format both internally and externally. It is a light-weight format that has already been accepted in the community for the distribution and archiving of small format documents. As such, it makes sense to use this same standard for the large-format drawings generated by that same community to prevent format proliferation. PDF is a well understood format, does not require any additional viewer installations (as most people already have the free Reader), and with Bluebeam, you can send a high-quality PDF drawing that can not only be viewed but sent directly to a large format plotter without concern. Moreover, the static nature of the PDF drawing
