Acrobat 3D
Acrobat 3D
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http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat3d/main.html
Very cool!
I will be watching a Webcast of it tomorrow.
Very cool!
I will be watching a Webcast of it tomorrow.
Chris
Systems Analyst, I.S.
SolidWorks/PDMWorks 05
AutoCAD 05
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RE: Acrobat 3D
Rob Rodriguez CSWP
President: Northern
Vermont SolidWorks User Group
www.robrodriguez.com (updated 2/22/06)
SW 2006 SP 3.0
RE: Acrobat 3D
Regards,
Dan Olid
RE: Acrobat 3D
Rob Rodriguez CSWP
President: Northern
Vermont SolidWorks User Group
www.robrodriguez.com (updated 2/22/06)
SW 2006 SP 3.0
RE: Acrobat 3D
Chris
Systems Analyst, I.S.
SolidWorks/PDMWorks 05
AutoCAD 05
ctopher's home site (updated 06-21-05)
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RE: Acrobat 3D
Chris
Systems Analyst, I.S.
SolidWorks/PDMWorks 05
AutoCAD 05
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RE: Acrobat 3D
http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/332661.html
I set SW for OpenGL and used the 3D Capture settings in Acrobat 3D, but the capture was all garbled up.
Well I found this other article later:
http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/332983.html
Just an FYI for some thinking of trying it out and who use SW06.
Flores
SW06 SP4.1
RE: Acrobat 3D
Anybody know?
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
Reason trumps all. And awe trumps reason.
RE: Acrobat 3D
Rob Rodriguez CSWP
President: Northern
Vermont SolidWorks User Group
www.robrodriguez.com (updated 6/05/06)
SW 2006 SP 4.0
RE: Acrobat 3D
Acrobat 3D is geared more toward the multi-format documentation/presentation world, but could also be used for design/review.
Helpful SW websites FAQ559-520
How to get answers to your SW questions FAQ559-1091
RE: Acrobat 3D
Thanks for the replies, it's good to consider.
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
Reason trumps all. And awe trumps reason.
RE: Acrobat 3D
I believe the viewer would still need to download the necessary browser plug-in, but this might work. Just a thought......
RE: Acrobat 3D
Helpful SW websites FAQ559-520
How to get answers to your SW questions FAQ559-1091
RE: Acrobat 3D
You can create an assembly instruction so they can see how it is assembled, then pick a view and spin the model to see things in a 3D world.
I downloaded a Acrobat 3D sample, and it is painfully slow to rotate the model and it is not a polished product yet. Supposedly the free Adobe reader 7 can open an Acrobat 3D so try it yourself:
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat3d/
Go to the "View a sample file with embedded 3D (PDF, 2.4M)
I even saved a copy and opened it locally with the Acrobat 3D (not free viewer) and it is slow.
Flores
SW06 SP4.1
RE: Acrobat 3D
Thanks, too, for the heads-up on what appears to be yet another overpriced Adobe product.
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
Reason trumps all. And awe trumps reason.
RE: Acrobat 3D
Mark Stapleton
Watermark Design, LLC
Charlotte, NC
www.h2omarkdesign.com
RE: Acrobat 3D
The reader has some nice features for presentations like render styles & lighting options, but I will stick with eDrawings for my clients mechanical review needs.
I believe the full 3D package also has measure & explode abilities.
Helpful SW websites FAQ559-520
How to get answers to your SW questions FAQ559-1091
RE: Acrobat 3D
http://www.3ds.com/flashgallery/discover-3d-xml/
RE: Acrobat 3D
This is an incredible product for anyone working in a MultiCAD environment. What other viewer can open: UG, CATIA, SolidWorks, VRML, JT Open ... and do it at such a reasonable price.
eDrawings is great, but you need a separte license for each different CAD product. With Acrobat 3D, you just need 1 license.
Note that it has some impressive markup abilities and to view an Acrobat 3D file all you need is Adobe Reader 7.0.
One more thing check out these cool examples:
3D helicopter animation
ftp:/
3D video camera
http://www.kaon.com/Kaon3DPDF.pdf
Immersive Design Example
http://www.immdesign.com/templates/barretthand.pdf
Cheers,
Joseph
RE: Acrobat 3D
Cool examples, but I wouldn't swallow the price. (Then again, I don't have a "full" version of Photoshop, either, so I don't fit the profile of one who splurges on software.)
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
Reason trumps all. And awe trumps reason.
RE: Acrobat 3D
For example, we are looking ways to communicate design intent, product definition, etc - using the solid model and a viewer instead of investing in drawings which can't "answer questions" like a intergatable (sp?) model in a viewer.
So, for our use, we've narrowed it down to two products, neither of which are partnered tightly with our current MCAD. Adobe 3D is great and exciting, but it just isn't good for communication between engineers and manufacturing.
That's my two cents...
RE: Acrobat 3D
Very good points, am thinking that perhaps Acrobat 3D may be best for the following:
- Technical Publications, thus saving the need for another CAD license
- Marketing, one can create simple renderings without a rendering add-on or software
- 3D PDF animations
Just tossing a couple of ideas. We were not impressed with the measure tool that Adobe has, but then again we are not experts by any means.
Cheers,
Joseph
RE: Acrobat 3D
I do agree with you, though, about the technical pubs. How great it would be to have a "live" model in a service pub. I think with OLE most of the viewers can be inserted as an object into Word, etc.
This, along with other software moving us closer to Y14.41 compliance, is a very exciting part of our world.
RE: Acrobat 3D
Chris
Systems Analyst, I.S.
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