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2011-05-11 06:56:49
bobgreen
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Wondering if it would be possible to have 3D models within an online pdf interactive catalog? http://jeffreymachine.com/catalog/Catalog_low.pdf
 
You will be able to click on any 3D model in the catalog and move it around on the page (preserving the background).

BG

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Acrobat Pro Extended 10.0.2, Windows
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2011-05-11 07:48:57
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UVSAR
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Yes you can - that's why Acrobat Pro can embed 3D annotations. bear in mind however that a 3D model is a great deal larger and more processor-intensive than a 2D image, so if you create a single PDF with a hundred 3D models it'll be a very difficult thing to handle.
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2011-05-11 08:08:52
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bobgreen
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UVSAR, thanks for your post. What I was hoping to do was link each model graphic to the 3D. It only pulls the 3D when clicked but doesn't open up a new page. It displays it right at that spot. Obviously embedding 300 live models would crash anything. I guess it would operate similar to an iFrame in an html page, or another example would be how YouTube links work. It only shows one frame of the video. It's tiny in size but when clicked pulls in the video. That is what I would like to accomplish.

BG

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2011-05-11 08:16:49
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UVSAR
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3D models have to be embedded into PDF files - for security and performance reasons they cannot be dynamically-linked.
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