If you have ANY version of Acrobat 7 or 8 already installed on your system, you absolutely DON'T want the castrated version of Distiller that comes with FrameMaker 8!
- Dov > -----Original Message----- > From: framers-bounces+isaacs=adobe.com at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers- > bounces+isaacs=adobe.com at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Art Campbell > Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 3:13 PM > To: Frame Users; Free Framers List > Subject: Is 3D Distiller required to process U3D files in FM 8 ? > > I'm playing with the eval version of FM 8, installed on a system that > already has Acrobat 8.1 Pro installed. The FM 8 installation refused > to install the embedded distiller because a more current version > already existed. > > I've embedded a U3D file in a FM file, and everything looks good. The > 3D menu is active and I can change background colors and suck. > > But when I run it through the Acrobat 8.1 Pro distiller, there isn't > any 3D functionality in the PDF. > > So the question is whether the FM 8 embedded distiller or Acrobat 8 3D > needs to be present in order to generate a 3D PDF from FM 8. Or if > there's something else required that I'm missing. > > Thanks, > Art