Agreed! Importing articulating 3d for print is beyond overkill. However, you do have the ability to produce the appropriate bitmap of the appropriate rotation and view without going back to the modeling program & exporting from there.
-Matt Sullivan GRAFIX Training, Inc. An Adobe Authorized Training Center www.grafixtraining.com 888 882-2819 -----Original Message----- From: Art Campbell [mailto:art.campb...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 7:55 AM To: Matt Sullivan; Frame Users Subject: Re: PDFs as graphics and graphics out of SolidWorks Yes, it does work that way. And the PDF's ability to rotate the image and do neat CAD things is lots of fun. However, the size of the PDF becomes gigantic. Several of them in a file can overwhelm an average PC's memory. And it's way overkill for simply printing to hard copy... But it is neat technology. Cheers, Art On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 3:27 PM, Matt Sullivan <matt at grafixtraining.com> wrote: > In "Googling" to verify the SolidWorks format which will import into Acrobat > 8 3D or the Acro 8 3D Toolkit, I found the following link. I thought it > might explain better than I can: > http://www.solidsmack.com/013-the-lowdown-on-acrobat-3d/2007-05-23/ > > Bottom line: If you bring a SolidWorks file into Acro 3D Toolkit as U3D, you > can surface map, articulate, disassemble, then capture whatever format you > want (including the articulating 3D object) into FM 8. > > HTH... > > > > -Matt Sullivan > > > > GRAFIX Training, Inc. > > An Adobe Authorized Training Center > > www.grafixtraining.com > > 888 882-2819 > > -----Original Message----- > From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com > [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Art Campbell > Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 10:09 AM > To: Carole Johnson > Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com > Subject: Re: PDFs as graphics and graphics out of SolidWorks > > > > Referenced graphic file would be pretty standard. > > OLE isn't reliable, and copying the graphic in makes the files too large. > > Art > > On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 1:02 PM, Carole Johnson > <Carole_Johnson at raytheon.com> wrote: > > > > How do you import them into FrameMaker? Do you link or what! > > > > > -- > Art Campbell art.campbell at gmail.com > "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent > and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson > No disclaimers apply. > DoD 358 > > _______________________________________________ > -- Art Campbell art.campbell at gmail.com "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358