Wow! That is way cool. I had no idea the 3d feature would do sections. But why in the world would Adobe drop such a great feature?
>________________________________ > From: John Prentice <j...@castlewd.freeserve.co.uk> >To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> >Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 1:05 PM >Subject: [Emc-users] 3d PDFs was Re: Engaver Tool Changing > >Greetings >> >Andy Pugh wrote: >> If you click the "jpg" and have a recent version of Acrobat youshould >> get a 3D-viewable model. >> >> However, I have no idea how widespread the 3D PDF format is, it was >> just what was available on my machine when it was running Windows and >> modelling in Alibre. >> > >This functionality was in Acrobat 9 and, I think Acrobat 8. The standard >free "Adobe Reader" - though not all plugins - will render the 3d views. > >You can rotate, section -based on an offset from any of the principal >planes - and even rotate the cutting plane. > >Most such PDFs include the model tree in which you can hide parts of the >assembly (e.g. a cover). > >Example at www.castlewoodconsultants.com/Misc/Example3DPDF.JPG > > >With Acrobat 9 Professional you open a document with whitespace to place the >3D model, use Tools>Multimedia>3D Tool and drag a rectangle, you are >prompted for the name of a .u3d file to display in it. > >The .u3d file comes from your 3D CAD package. I use Pro|E where it is a >File>Save As a Copy but Google suggests Alibre and Solidworks both export in >this format too. The CAD feature tree becomes the tree in the .u3d file. > >The bad news is that Adobe have dropped the functionality in the latest >version (Acrobat X) > >John Prentice > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure >contains a definitive record of customers, application performance, >security threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this >data and makes sense of it. IT sense. And common sense. >http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-novd2d >_______________________________________________ >Emc-users mailing list >Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a definitive record of customers, application performance, security threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. IT sense. And common sense. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-novd2d _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
