Tutorial 5: Share industry standard 3D PDF documents

QuadriSpace Pages3D provides the easiest way to create PDF documents with embedded 3D models that allow the recipient to rotate pan and zoom them with only Adobe Reader (8.0 or higher is required). In contrast to Acrobat Professional Extended (that supports 3D), QuadriSpace is an integrated authoring application, allows complete documents to be authored from scratch, does not require JavaScript programming to add interactive buttons, and natively supports parts lists and step-by-step instructions.

1. To create a 3D PDF from this example document, select the Publish Ribbon.
2. Click on PDF to bring up the PDF Settings Dialog.
3. Pages3D can publish standard PDF document with high-resolution images of the 3D views, or fully interactive documents with embedded 3D objects. Make sure that the checkbox next to “Publish Interactive 3D” is on. Also, verify that “Include Illustration Markups” is on as well.
4. Pages3D will also automatically create a set of Bookmarks for the document. In this case, we want to add bookmarks to the PDF that the user can click to activate any of the 3D illustrations that we have added to the document. Make sure to check “3D illustrations” in the Bookmarks group. Also, check “Display Bookmarks automatically when document is opened”.
5. Now click Create PDF to create the PDF.
6. Once the PDF is created, it should open automatically for your preview. You can click the 3D view to activate it and then rotate, pan or zoom the mode. Also, try bringing up the bookmarks panel and clicking the bookmarks to select different illustrations for the 3D view to display.

Share industry standard 3D PDF documents with everyone that has Adobe Reader installed.