WHIP! and DWF file format

WHIP! and DWF file format

The following information was on 1996-Sept-03 and may be obsolete.
As of 1996-Nov-24, WHIP!™ Plug-In Release 1 for Netscape Navigator 3.0 has become available. For Netscape 2.x, you should use the Beta 1 plug-in. Read the Autodesk WHIP! Plug-In page for up-to-date information.

WHIP! provides fast and most accurate way to exchange vector-based images over the Internet. DWF (Drawing Web Format) is a new, highly compressed file format established for viewing AutoCAD® drawings and other 2D vector files and sending them over the Internet. Designed to work together, the new WHIP! Plug-In for Netscape Navigator and the WHIP! Control for ActiveX (Microsoft Internet Explorer) and DWF let us efficiently communicate and collaborate over the Internet.

To use the Beta1 version of WHIP!, you'll need the following:

Operating System: Windows® 95, Windows NT® 3.51, or Windows NT 4.0b (Microsoft Internet Explorer requires Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0b)
Internet Browser: Netscape Navigator 2.01 or 2.02 or Netscape Atlas Gold Preview 2 (a version for Navigator 3.0 will be available in Fall 1996); or Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0b
Display Mode: 256-color

This Beta1 version is intended for demonstration purposes only. Both the WHIP! Plug-In and its companion .DWF file format are currently in development. As such, they are not yet supported or fully tested and may not run properly with all configurations.

Detailed infomation on AutoCAD DWF files and how to get your own WHIP! Plug-In are available thru the WHIP! Plug-In page at the Autodesk web site.

Go to the Autodesk WHIP! Plug-In page.

Detailed Software Information

Download Instructions
- WHIP! Plug-In for Netscape Browsers
  - Installing the WHIP! Plug-In
  - WHIP! Plug-In User Instructions
- WHIP! Control for ActiveX for Microsoft® Internet Explorer 3.0
- How to Publish DWF Drawings On the Internet
- Troubleshooting Guide

WHIP!™ Plug-In

This page compiled by T. Ohbayashi, Jubal Ltd. All the links as of 1996-September-03.