Charles, You're right, Firefox reads the page no problem (my problem must have been operator error). Sorry about the mis-info.
I'm not sure which version of the Reader I had (likely pretty old), but I had to upgrade to get the list of lighting effects, the outlines on the buildings, and the node-list/model-tree on left. *** One thing that wasn't obvious to me was you have to click the 3D model in the center of the PDF to activate the 3d plugin, allowing you rotate the image, change the lighting, etc. Brent Fraser GeoAnalytic Inc. Calgary, Alberta ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 12:34 PM Subject: Re: [Geowanking] FYI: 3D PDF > I don't see what I need IE for (in this context). I see it fine in Firefox > 1.5.0.7, animated with Adobe Flash Player 9.0.28.0 or still, and the > extracted .pdf views OK in Reader 7.0.8. > > Charles Dingman, Geographer/301-763-1120 > 4H040, Geography Division > US Census, 4600 Silver Hill Rd Stop 7400 > Washington, DC 20233-7400 > > > > "Brent Fraser" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > tic.com> To > Sent by: "GeoWanking" > geowanking-bounce <[email protected]> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc > > Subject > 03/16/2007 02:13 [Geowanking] FYI: 3D PDF > PM > > > Please respond to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > burri.to > > > > > > > Fellow GeoWankites, > > I thought this might be of interest to the commmunity... > > While searching for open source close-range photogrammetry > (a topic for another day), I found: > > http://www.photogrammetry.eu/, with a 3d PDF: > http://www.photogrammetry.eu/PDF/DOTKAPHOTOGRAMMETRY.zip > > giving an excellent example of what can be done with the > (relatively) new 3D extensions to Adobe's popular PDF > format. To view the 3D PDF document with all its features > you'll need: > - MS Internet Explorer (I know, I know...) > - the latest Adobe Acrobat Reader > > There's been some uptake of the 3D capabilities of PDF in > the CAD area, but I hadn't seen any info about it on the > various Geo* forums. > > Brent Fraser > GeoAnalytic Inc. > Calgary, Alberta > > _______________________________________________ > Geowanking mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking > > > _______________________________________________ > Geowanking mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking _______________________________________________ Geowanking mailing list [email protected] http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking
