Hi Alison,
Right Hemisphere had a plug-in for FM that allowed for the importation
of 3D objects that could then be manipulated in PDF. The client was
called Deep View and you could take CAD files and drop them into the
FM file.
This explains the process:
http://righthemisphere.com/support/kb/index.php?action=article&id=1332&relid=5
I don't know if the plug-in is still being supported in FM and you
might also need additional support in Acrobat. Probably you would need
at least version 9 of Acrobat too.
Here is info about PDF publishing with Deep Exploration:
http://www.righthemisphere.com/support/help/pmi/pdfp_release_notes.html
HIH
Alan
On 17/02/2011, at 8:30 AM, Alison Craig wrote:
I didn't actually get an error, just static images.
Alison
From: Steve Johnson [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: February 16, 2011 11:20 AM
To: Alison Craig
Cc: [email protected]
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 <[email protected]
> 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: [email protected]
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