Autodesk AutoCAD 2017: Share Design View

AutoCAD 2017 offers a new tool that enables you to easily publish views of drawings to the cloud to facilitate collaboration with stakeholders while protecting your DWG files.

You must be logged into Autodesk to publish design views.  If you are not logged in, you are prompted to do so before the publishing begin.

You can choose to publish and display in your browser right away or receive a notification on the status bar when all view processing is complete.

Your current drawing is uploaded to a secure location in the cloud where 2D and 3D views are extracted along with the property database.

If you choose the option to display in your browser now, AutoCAD uploads the drawing file (and its references) to a location on the cloud for processing and launches your browser. You can see the status in the A360 viewer as the file is being prepared for viewing. The processing time will vary depending on the size and complexity of the drawing, internet speed, and backlogged queues for processing.

When processing is complete, the design views are displayed in the viewer in your browser. Supported browsers include Chrome, Firefox, and other browsers that support WebGL 3D graphics. Closing the browser before processing is complete does not cancel the uploading and processing of the design views.

If you choose the option to publish and be notified when processing is complete, design views are created in the cloud but your browser is not launched. Instead, when processing is complete, AutoCAD displays a bubble notification with a link to display the design view in your browser.

In the viewer, you can navigate the design. View layouts and named views, turn layers on and off, measure, display object properties, and so on.

If you are satisfied with the design view, you can share a link to the design view with other users by emailing, messaging, or posting it somewhere the recipient has access. Users who receive and click on the link will be able to see the design view in their browser for up to 30 days. They don’t need to log into A360 or have an AutoCAD-based product installed. And they don’t have access to the source DWG files so you can feel comfortable sharing views of your design.

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