IFilterShop DWF IFilter Server Edition Release 3.0 README
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General Information
DWF IFilter is a plug-in that allows Microsoft Search products and services to index DWF files, enabling customers to search and organize their content. DWF extracts metadata and content from design documents stored in Autodesk Design Web Format (DWF). DWF IFilter supports WHIP!, DWF 6.x, DWF 7.x and 3D DWF formats. Installation of AutoCAD, Autodesk Design Review (or any CAD program) is not required.
DWF IFilter supports Indexing Service, SharePoint Portal Server, SQL Server Full-Text Search, Window Search Service and all other products based on Microsoft Search technology.
System Requirements
DWF IFilter supports the following Microsoft server operating systems:
- Windows 2000 Server
- Windows Server 2003 (x86 and x64)
- Windows Server 2008 (x86 and x64)
DWF IFilter supports the following Microsoft desktop operating systems:
- Windows 2000 Professional
- Windows XP (x86 and x64)
- Windows Home Server
- Windows Vista (x86 and x64)
- Windows 7 (x86 and x64)
DWF IFilter supports the following Microsoft Search products
- Indexing Service
- SharePoint Portal Server 2001
- SharePoint Portal Server 2003
- Office SharePoint Server 2007 and WSS 3.0
- SharePoint Server 2010
- SharePoint Foundation 2010
- Exchange Server 2000
- Exchange Server 2003
- Exchange Server 2007
- SQL Server 2000
- SQL Server 2005
- SQL Server 2008
- Search Server 2008
- Search Server 2008 Express
- Windows Desktop Search (Windows Search)
Information Retrieval
DWF IFilter indexes text and the following metadata in DWF files:
| DWF Metadata | Property Name | Property Type | Description |
| Author | author | VT_LPWSTR | author of the drawing |
| Comments | comments | VT_LPWSTR | comments regarding the drawing |
| Company | company | VT_LPWSTR | company for which the drawing was created |
| Copyright | copyright | VT_LPWSTR | copyright information |
| Creation Time | creation_time | VT_FILETIME | creation time of the drawing |
| Description | description | VT_LPWSTR | description of the drawing |
| Embedded Filename | embed_filename | VT_LPWSTR | embedded source data file name |
| Embedded Description | embed_description | VT_LPWSTR | description of the source data |
| Keywords | keywords | VT_LPWSTR | keywords to facilitate text searches upon the drawing |
| Modification Time | modification_time | VT_FILETIME | modification time of the drawing |
| Source Creation Time | source_creation_time | VT_FILETIME | creation time of the source data from which the drawing was created |
| Source Filename | source_filename | VT_LPWSTR | filename of the source data from which the drawing was created |
| Source Modification Time | source_modification_time | VT_FILETIME | modification time of the source data from which the drawing was created |
| Subject | subject | VT_LPWSTR | nature of the drawing such as the discipline or type of drawing |
| Title | title | VT_LPWSTR | title of the drawing |
| URL Item | href | VT_LPWSTR | rendition attribute describing the hyperlink to be applied to subsequent geometry |
In accordance to Microsoft IFilter specification, DWF IFilter defines each DWF metadata as combination of Property Set and Property Name. All DWF metadata belong to {D6F25A0B-EF4E-48A9-920A-DE76D7B6A55B} Property Set GUID.
DWF IFilter also outputs values of DWF metadata as text content of DWF file.
Office Document Properties
DWF IFilter outputs the following standard Indexing Service properties as duplicates of certain DWF properties.
| Property Friendly Name | Property Set GUID | Property Name | Description | DWF Metadata |
| DocAuthor | {F29F85E0-4FF9-1068-AB91-08002B27B3D9} | 4 | The document's author | Author |
| DocComments | {F29F85E0-4FF9-1068-AB91-08002B27B3D9} | 6 | Comments about the document | Comments |
| DocCreatedTm | {F29F85E0-4FF9-1068-AB91-08002B27B3D9} | 12 | Time document was created | Creation Time |
| DocKeywords | {F29F85E0-4FF9-1068-AB91-08002B27B3D9} | 5 | Keywords for the document | Keywords |
| DocLastSavedTm | {F29F85E0-4FF9-1068-AB91-08002B27B3D9} | 13 | Time document was last saved | Modification Time |
| DocSubject | {F29F85E0-4FF9-1068-AB91-08002B27B3D9} | 3 | Subject of the document | Subject |
| DocTitle | {F29F85E0-4FF9-1068-AB91-08002B27B3D9} | 2 | Title of the document | Title |
Installation Instructions
Setup file is a self-extracting archive that must be downloaded and opened on the machine where you wish to use DWF IFilter.
- Stop all appropriate Search services.
- Uninstall any previous version of DWF IFilter.
- Start setup file and follow the on-screen instructions.
- Start all appropriate Search services.
- Re-index catalogs containing DWF files.
Additional Setup Steps
Some Microsoft Search products require additional setup steps as described below:
SharePoint Portal Server 2001:
- Open the web folder for the workspace you are using
- Open the Management folder
- Open the Content Sources folder
- Click on "Additional Settings"
- Click on "File Types..."
- Make sure that ".dwf" file type is included
SharePoint Portal Server 2003:
- Open "Site Settings" web page
- In the "Search Settings and Indexed Content" section click on "Configure search and indexing"
- Click on "Include file types"
- Make sure that ".dwf" file type is included
Office SharePoint Server 2007:
- Open Shared Services Provider Admin Site
- In the "Search" section click on "Search settings"
- Click on "File type inclusions"
- Make sure that ".dwf" file type is included
Windows SharePoint Services 3.0:
- Open registry key "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Web Server
Extensions\12.0\Search\Applications\<WSS Server Name>\Gather\Search\Extensions\ExtensionList"
- Add ".dwf" extension to the list of indexable file types
- Restart Windows SharePoint Services Search
SharePoint Server 2010:
- In SharePoint Central Administration go to "General Application Settings" page
- In the "Search" section click on "Farm-Wide Search Administration"
- Click on " Search Service Application" link
- On the left side menu select "File Types"
- Make sure that ".dwf" file type is included
SharePoint Foundation 2010:
- Open registry key "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Web Server
Extensions\14.0\Search\Applications\<WSS GUID>\Gather\Search\Extensions\ExtensionList"
- Add ".dwf" extension to the list of indexable file types
- Restart SharePoint Foundation Search
How to Uninstall
If you ever have to uninstall DWF IFilter application you can easily do it using any of the following methods:
- Through "Add/Remove Program". Open Control Panel ->Add/Remove Program. Select "IFilterShop DWF IFilter" in currently installed list. Press "Remove" button.
- Through DWF IFilter Uninstall program. Go to the directory there DWF IFilter was installed (C:\Program Files\IFilterShop\DwfFilter by default). Run uninstall.exe program.
Known Issues
DWF files are not searchable in Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows Desktop Search
When integrated with Windows Desktop Search DWF IFilter may use temporary directory to process DWF files. By default it uses system temporary directory. For Window Desktop Search versions 3.x and later DWF IFilter must be set to work with user specified temporary directory. To change temporary directory settings:
- Stop Windows Search service.
- Open registry key "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\IFilterShop\DwfFilter"
- Add new String value named "TempPath" and enter the full path to the new temporary directory. If this value is missing, empty or the path is not pointing to a valid directory, system temporary directory will be used. Please make sure that "Users" or "Authenticated Users" Group has "Full Control" permissions to the custom temporary directory.
- Start Windows Search service.
When using custom temporary directory, we recommend that you set it as "not indexable" in all your indexing products. Otherwise temporary files may be indexed. This will pollute the index and also can prevent temporary files from proper removal by DWF IFilter.
What's new in this version
Version 2.3
- Support for DWF files generated by AutoCAD 2010, Inventor 2010, and other Autodesk design software applications
- Support for DWFx files
- Support for DWF 7.0 format
- Support for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010
- Improved integration with Microsoft SQL Server 2008
- Improved integration with Microsoft Windows Desktop Search
Version 2.2
- Support for Windows x64 platform
Version 2.1
- Support for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and WSS 3.0
- Support for Microsoft SQL Server 2005
Version 2.0
- Added support for DWF 6.x and 3D DWF formats
- Property Mappings list extended to include DocCreatedTm and DocLastSavedTm office document properties
Contact Information
- WWW:
- http://www.ifiltershop.com
- E-mail:
- support@ifiltershop.com