QuadriSpace Offers 3D Authoring for Adobe PDF files

August 23, 2005; Allen, TX; Document3D™ is among the first 3D desktop publishing packages that lets you create interactive Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files that include 3D objects, without the need for JavaScript programming or intermediate translations.

With this release, QuadriSpace™ makes a leap in 3D publishing that shares 3D information with everyone. The Document3D™ line of products, from QuadriSpace, lets CAD users and downstream users easily leverage existing 3D models and 2D drawings to create assembly instructions, technical publications, interactive training and other product lifecycle documents.

”The combination of Document3D and Adobe PDF will provide QuadriSpace customers a solid solution for sharing and collaborating on 3D content with internal teams or outside the firewall with partners or customers,” said Bahman Dara, senior product marketing manager for Acrobat, Intelligent Documents Business Unit, Adobe. “Through its support for Adobe PDF, QuadriSpace is ensuring its customers will be able to view and interact with 3D content exactly as intended using Acrobat 7.0 or simply the free Adobe Reader 7.0.”

Adobe has distributed over half-a-billion copies of Adobe® Reader® software since the product’s 1993 introduction.

“Adobe Reader’s worldwide distribution and Document3D’s publishing tools combine to make it easy for anyone to create and share documents that include interactive 3D content,” offered Brian Roberts, President, QuadriSpace. “Documents with embedded 3D are easier to create, quicker to update and provide better communication than today’s static documents. In addition, Document3D makes full use of existing CAD designs and metadata to create powerful documents from your product information in less time than ever before.”

With the 3D PDF Module™, Document3D offers the powerful new ability to publish to Adobe PDF and maintain the interactive 3D elements. Adobe Reader 7.0 natively supports 3D, so no additional software is needed to view and interact with the 3D objects in the document. Now, everyone will be able to:

• Import 3D CAD files directly into documents; with Document3D there is no need to create intermediate U3D files

• Create complex exploded views and interactivity without writing a single line of JavaScript

• Work with an integrated toolset that includes page design tools and 3D editing tools in a single solution

• Capture and create design metadata, step-by-step instructions, bill-of-materials and other product information in final 3D-enabled Adobe PDF documents

The 3D PDF Module™ is available now. Document3D lets users author powerful interactive 3D web pages, EXEs, CDs and much more today. Documents can now be distributed with the freely available Reader3D™ and Adobe Reader 7.0.

Users can download a trial version, view video tutorials and interact with example documents at www.document3d.com. For more information on the Acrobat® 7.0 family, please visit http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/main.html. To download Adobe Reader 7.0, please visit http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html.

About QuadriSpace Corporation

QuadriSpace Corporation, a leader in 3D publishing software, is focused streamlining product documentation by helping designers, engineers, technical writers and marketing professionals create polished documents and presentations directly from 3D CAD designs.  QuadriSpace is dedicated to making product design information readily available to all business functions in the enterprise. For more information, visit www.document3d.com.

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