The new Autodesk DWF Viewer 5.0 is now available:
Get if from www.autodesk.com/dwfviewer-download
It includes the following new or improved features:
3D DWF Files - View, navigate and print 3D DWF files published from Autodesk Inventor 9. You can also pan, zoom, orbit, show and hide components, select wireframe and shaded views, navigate to standard views, navigate assembly structure, isolate components, and view component and mass properties. (There are links to sample 3d dwf to try once the download/installation is complete).
Markup Browser - View and navigate markups created with Autodesk DWF Composer, and see markup details including Author, Creation and Modification
dates, Status, History and Notes.
Object Property Categories - View and sort object properties with categories.
Save As... - In embedded mode, right-click to save a DWF file on your local machine.
Performance Optimizations - Viewing and printing optimizations for raster and text-based DWFs.
Merge Control - DWF files that have been published from AutoCAD with Lines Merge turned on display with the colors of crossing lines merged. As in previous releases, Autodesk DWF Viewer supports Merge Control printing. Note: Merge control is not supported by all printers; check your printer’s documentation for details.
API Enhancements - Improved APIs for controlling the visibility of layers using wildcards. For documentation on the Autodesk DWF Viewer API, go to http://www.autodesk.com/dwfviewer-api.