With DWF functionality, publishers of design data can limit the specific design data and plot styles to only what they want recipients to see and can publish multisheet drawing sets from multiple AutoCAD drawings in a single DWF file.
DWF files are not a replacement for native CAD formats such as AutoCAD drawings (DWG).
Another significant strength is that comments and markup can be reintroduced to, and edited in, some Autodesk products, such as Revit and AutoCAD.
The format also includes intelligent metadata that captures the design intent of the data being represented.
Also, all Markups and Annotations created in Design Review can be imported to the original file when using Autodesk applications, such as AutoCAD, Inventor or Revit Architectural.
This feature makes DWF the ideal format for design reviewing and collaboration processes.
The result is that the entire project team can standardize on a common file format to exchange and review designs and sheet sets, at no additional cost.
It was also a web service which offered developers a web-based interface for viewing, querying, and manipulating DWF files.
SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) is an open, XML based file format.