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      <h3>Using Design Review for Commenting Drawings and Documents</h3>
      <h7>Last updated on : 23-12-2017</h7>
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    <p class="spacer-top">Design Review is the free software by Autodesk. Which, is created to review documents, add comments, and add stamps. Design review takes a lot of document formats. Some of the most used are .dwg , .pdf, .jpg. You can import your AuotCAD drawings,
      PDF documents, and images in Design Review to comment.</p>

    <p> Before we start, Make sure Design Review & A PDF creator is installed on your system. PDF Architect or doPDF are two creators used here at MSA. Check in the start menu if any of them are installed on your system.</p>

    <h5>How to export from AutoCAD</h5>
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      <li>Make sure you have your layout properly set up for plotting. To know more about this, please check <a class="info" href="plotting.html">this</a> tutorial. If you have more than one sheets in this file and you wish to send all the sheets for review,
        you are expected to send a combined DWFX file. You can check <a href="publishing.html">this</a> tutorial to know how to generate a document with multiple sheets.</li>
      <li>Enter keyboard shortcut Ctrl+P from sheet (paper space) in AutoCAD.</li>
      <li>Change the Plotter name to DWFx as shown in the image below</li>
      <li>Choose location where you want to save the file</li>
      <li>Double click on that file. It'll open in Design Review</li>
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    <h5>Import PDF or Image to Design Review</h5>
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      <li>Open Design Review</li>
      <li>Click the Design Review icon</li>
      <li>Click open</li>
      <li>Select the file you want to import</li>
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    <h5>Look for <strong>Markup & Measure</strong> tab. This you'll find next to the <strong>Home</strong> tab</h5>


    <h5>Add callouts as shown in the image above</h5>
    <img class="spacer-bottom" src="../data/images/tutorials/designReview/01.png" alt="callouts">


    <h5>Add text to callouts as shown in the second image</h5>
    <img class="spacer-bottom" src="../data/images/tutorials/designReview/02.png" alt="Adding text to callouts">


    <h5>You can change the type of leader to a markup</h5>
    <img class="spacer-bottom" src="../data/images/tutorials/designReview/03.png" alt="Changing leaders to a markup">

    <h5>Draw shapes, lines, clouds, and add text</h5>
    <img class="spacer-bottom" src="../data/images/tutorials/designReview/04.png" alt="Changing leaders to a markup">

    <h5>Measure something in the drawing. In some cases, this dimension will not be as accurate as AutoCAD. Use this for a quick check only</h5>
    <img class="spacer-bottom" src="../data/images/tutorials/designReview/05.png" alt="Changing leaders to a markup">

    <h5>Format the text, lines, and other drawing objects in the Formatting palette</h5>
    <img class="spacer-bottom" src="../data/images/tutorials/designReview/06.png" alt="Changing leaders to a markup">

    <h5>Add a stamp to your document after have reviewed the document</h5>
    <img class="spacer-bottom" src="../data/images/tutorials/designReview/07.png" alt="Changing leaders to a markup">

    <h5>You'll find palettes pop up when you select an object. If you want to change the palettes that open, you can change that in the options. Click on the Design Review icon and click on options</h5>
    <img class="spacer-bottom" src="../data/images/tutorials/designReview/08.png" alt="Changing leaders to a markup">


    <h5>Typically, you only want masrkup properties, so uncheck the rest</h5>
    <img class="spacer-bottom" src="../data/images/tutorials/designReview/09.png" alt="Changing leaders to a markup">

    <h5>Click OK and you have your preferences saved. The next section shows how to export the commented sheet as a PDF</h5>
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