.DWX File Format

Avolve has investigated the .DWX file format and have found this format type to be produced exclusively by a 3^rd party company called CADLock, Inc. (www.cadlock.com). To create a .DWX file, AutoCAD users are required to purchase CADLock’s CADVault Digital Rights Management (only available for the Microsoft Windows operating system) add-on to AutoCAD. The .DWX format that is created “…utilize a proprietary system of adding internal security capabilities…” to the file or group of files. This process is much like putting a password on a .PDF file. If the receiver of these .DWX files do not have a CADVault Runtime license, they are not allowed/unable to open the .DWX file. Because the .DWX is a proprietary file format and the CADVault Runtime application is required to open it, Avolve’s ProjectDox Electronic Plan Review system cannot support this .DWX file format. Avolve also reviewed this with our Brava viewing engine vendor, and they have no future plans to support the .DWX file format.