I didn't actually get an error, just static images. Alison ________________________________ From: Steve Johnson [mailto:chinask...@gmail.com] Sent: February 16, 2011 11:20 AM To: Alison Craig Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: FM9 and 3D images in PDFs
What error did you get during the distill? On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 1:11 PM, Alison Craig <Alison.Craig at ultrasonix.com<mailto:Alison.Craig at ultrasonix.com>> wrote: FM 9 Version: 9.0p255 Unstructured OS: Windows 7, 64 bit (brand new machine) FM Experience: 22 months Mechanical, Manufacturing, Service and Tech Comm personnel are talking to a supplier about a new piece of software called 3DVia Composer. It will take CAD drawings from SolidWorks and allow each of us to create 3D images per our individual needs. In my case I need to create 3D mechanical drawings that show how to fix certain aspects of our products. (Apparently we don't have to be able to use the CAD program to do this.) According to the Frame 9 manual, I can use U3D files in Frame and use "Save as PDF" to create files with a 3D image. The 3DVia guys sent me some simple samples and I couldn't get them to work as 3D images. Compounding this is the fact that when I create the Service Manuals, I can't use "Save as PDF" because I need to accommodate files with different paper sizes in the book file (the "Print Book" then Distill option failed the 3D test as well). I've downloaded a trial for Frame 10, but before I install it, I thought I'd try this List for help. Frame 9 suits my purposes very well and I'm not a great believer in updating just for the sake of it. Besides, as a single seat server version of 3DVia Composer is at least $8,000, the fewer other updates we need, the better chance we have of getting management onside. Does anyone out there use 3D images in their PDFs? If so, how do you do it? Any tips you could pass along would be appreciated. Alison Alison Craig, Technical Writer Ultrasonix Medical Corporation 130 - 4311 Viking Way Richmond, BC V6V 2K9 Tel: (604) 279-8550, ext 127 E-mail: alison.craig at ultrasonix.com<mailto:alison.craig at ultrasonix.com> _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to framers as dr_gonzo at pobox.com<mailto:dr_gonzo at pobox.com>. Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com<mailto:framers at lists.frameusers.com>. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com<mailto:framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com> or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/dr_gonzo%40pobox.com Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com<mailto:listadmin at frameusers.com>. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. -- ============ Steve Johnson, dr_gonzo at pobox.com<mailto:dr_gonzo at pobox.com> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20110216/2f2e77d9/attachment.html>
