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Merge multiple files into one?

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Message 1 of 18
csmac2004
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Merge multiple files into one?

Hey guys/gals,

I was just wondering if there was any way that multiple DWF files could be merged into one? I have two files, both with information that I need at the same time and would like to maybe merge them together into one file, or copy a sheet from one (with markups) to the other. As I cannot have them both open at the same time, I was hoping I could do this somehow. Any ideas?

I guess I should've created them as a multi-sheet DWF in the first place (they're just published from AutoCAD), but now I've gotten this far with markups so I was hoping to not have to start over... Thanks for any ideas here!

Scott
Scott MacDonald
Inventor 2013 Product Design Suite
Vault Professional 2013
Windows7 x64
Autodesk Inventor Certified Professional
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Message 2 of 18
Anonymous
in reply to: csmac2004


Why can't you open them both at the same time? If
you could, you could drag sheets from one DWF and drop them in the
other.


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Hey
guys/gals, I was just wondering if there was any way that multiple DWF files
could be merged into one? I have two files, both with information that I need
at the same time and would like to maybe merge them together into one file, or
copy a sheet from one (with markups) to the other. As I cannot have them both
open at the same time, I was hoping I could do this somehow. Any ideas? I
guess I should've created them as a multi-sheet DWF in the first place
(they're just published from AutoCAD), but now I've gotten this far with
markups so I was hoping to not have to start over... Thanks for any ideas
here! Scott
Message 3 of 18
csmac2004
in reply to: csmac2004

Well, my face is red... 🙂

Because I couldn't open multiple DWF's in one open instance of Design Review, I figured I couldn't open multiple files... Didn't think about opening two instances of ADR!

And I did not know about the drag-and-drop functionality, that works great! Thanks so much!

Scott
Scott MacDonald
Inventor 2013 Product Design Suite
Vault Professional 2013
Windows7 x64
Autodesk Inventor Certified Professional
Message 4 of 18
Liust
in reply to: csmac2004

Thank you for your question.

There are two ways to merge multiple files into one:

1. Open one DWF file, then drag and drop another DWF file into the Thumbnails palette of the opening file. Save it.

OR

2. In the file folder, select the multiple DWF files, then right-click on a selected DWF file, select Merge command. Save the merged file.

Please let me know if I can be any of further help.

Sting Liu



-Sting
SQA Engineer
PSEB-GE-ACRD PSEB
Autodesk, Inc.

Message 5 of 18
csmac2004
in reply to: csmac2004

That's great to know, thanks!

Scott
Scott MacDonald
Inventor 2013 Product Design Suite
Vault Professional 2013
Windows7 x64
Autodesk Inventor Certified Professional
Message 6 of 18
cblocher
in reply to: csmac2004

Hi Folks,

All these methods are documented in the Design Review Help under "Combine DWF Files".

Best,

Chris

Chris Blocher
Content Strategist, CXD
Fusion 360 Product Documentation
Message 7 of 18
nbaryosef
in reply to: csmac2004

can you do the same thing with DWG

beacuse i dont see the option to merge

Message 8 of 18

 

Copy with basepoint and paste.

Message 9 of 18
garrettc0
in reply to: Liust

Gents, 

 

I submit many packages to teams in the field, I tend to get back 5 - 8 sets of red lines from various people with the same revision of drawings, some pages have been left out in the rain, some are missing pages or out of order. I would like Design review to merge the files but when merging I would not like to have the DWF with duplicates of each page. How I am looking for it to work is if I got 5 DWF's back from 5 different people all on the same drawing package I would like to merge the file and their comments would overlay eachother on one instance of the page. I would hope to be able to add a profile to the merge and name the person it came from and possibly hide the persons comments etc. I dont imagine this is something that is already possible from the conversation here, and trying the methods supplied in the help that was directed. If so, could you advise how to do this, if not is this something that could be thought about futher as a future feature?

 

- Thank You. 

Message 10 of 18
pendean
in reply to: garrettc0

Design Review is a dead product: development stopped in the year 2012.
Message 11 of 18
garrettc0
in reply to: pendean

Thats unfortunate, it is so close to a great colaboration tool with a few minor changes that would be put in the face of non users by the requirement of engineering departments to use for redlines. My job strictly revolves around control systems engineering, I understand this is a small segment of what ACAD does but anyways. 

Message 12 of 18
Radish_G
in reply to: Liust

Hi @Liust,

Wow cool, the first one works well.

But the second one is not. I cannot see the "Merge" command. Please help.

Regards
Radish G
Message 13 of 18
Radish_G
in reply to: pendean

Hi @pendean,

Is the following version is the latest one or the old one?

https://www.autodesk.com/products/design-review/download

Regards
Radish G
Message 14 of 18
a_meteni
in reply to: Radish_G
Message 15 of 18
a_meteni
in reply to: Radish_G


@Radish_G wrote:

But the second one is not. I cannot see the "Merge" command. Please help.


 

i guess this is related to Windows version that you're using and might be the file format as well (DWF or DWFX) 

Message 16 of 18
Radish_G
in reply to: a_meteni

Hi @a_meteni,

This "Merge" command works with which version of the Windows & which file format.

Following is my Windows version & the file format I used.

OS: Windows 7 Professional SP1

File Format: .dwfx

Regards
Radish G
Message 17 of 18
a_meteni
in reply to: Radish_G

Using Windows 7 64-bit, the “Merge” functionality isn’t available while it was there in legacy 32-bit windows!

Not sure if ADR 2018 supports this functionality in Windows 10 .

 

Regarding the file format, Having Bluebeam Revu, I’m able to combine DWF files only _But in a PDF file 😞

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Message 18 of 18
bjkris
in reply to: csmac2004

Simplest way, is to open the drawing you want the drawings merged in.

 

Then drag the drawings from explorer to the DWF window. Now all of the drawings are merged into one.

 

Merging dwfs.png

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