Adding (or keeping) hyperlinks on 3d objects.

Hi Koobcat,

No Acrobat and 3D Reviewer do not import the links you created. There are options to recreate them in Acrobat however. Depending upon your intent, you may be able to accomplish your workflow goals by adding links in Acrobat or by using Acrobat or Livecycle Designer Forms tools.

It is hard to offer more without knowing exactly what you are attemping. I hope this at least gets you started.

Thank you for your answer Dhallida.

What I am attempting is very simple. I have a 3d model in Acrobat 3D and I want to add hyperlinks to different parts of this model, so the user will jump to another page depending on the part he clicks on.

I haven't found any tool in Acrobat 3D to add links to the 3d model. The usual link tool in Acrobat doesn't work on the 3d model.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks

I would like to add my request to koobcat's only I am looking to link to an external web page when a user clicks on a 3D object. I too have looked, but found no info. Thanks!

It's possible with a smearing of Javascript - you can capture the mouse double-click event using the MouseEventHandler object, and independently capture the currently-selected mesh node using the SelectionEvent handler. By storing the selection in a variable, you can then process it on the double-click trigger (or in response to some other button being pressed on the PDF, like a "More info.." button).

Thanks USVAR.

I thought there was an easier, more direct (not documented) solution.

I'll look into your suggestion.

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This would be a very practical feature to add, in my opionion.

Indeed - however the 3D JS API is still a baby, so many of the more obvious features aren't exposed yet (for example there's no event bubble from selecting a preset view on the toolbar). Roll on Acro10...

Hi All,

I too would like to add a request for any information on adding hyperlinks to 3D objects within the model. Same as 'gpeters' I just need to jump to a webpage when a 3D component is selected.

I kind of get the javascript concept but as I'm not able to code that up an easier way would be more useful.

Note to ADOBE: this would be a fantastic feature..

Thanks.

HI All,

I am new to this forum. I work on java/j2ee and new to acrobat pro extended tool.
We have a requirement like to show a tree in the left side and based on node click we will be showing PDF on the right side panel where 3D pdf objects are embedded.

I need to implement the drill down feature using double click on 3d object parts. After particular part is doubleclicked i need to navigate to another screen which shows the clicked part in the right side panel.
I am not able to fire the double click event on 3d object parts . We are able to post some data to the jsp pages from the embeed pdf on button click events but not able to post data using double click operation.

Please suggest how to write 3d pdf script to fire double click event on 3d parts.

Thanks & Regards
govind

So there is no way to assign links to 3D objects? I'd like to be able to click on a 3D object and jump to another sheet, photo, url, etc... I can set links in 2D, but 3D???

Thanks

As we've explained, Acrobat 9 does not support the concept of a mesh object in a 3D annotation having a "link". You can manually replicate the process by writing Javascript; capturing the mouse clicks and taking actions based on what they report as their hit targets, but the UI will not help you. The default click event fires a selection of the mesh object, so the context menu has a target. Breaking that event bubble to make a link open is not a workflow you can implement without addressing the consequences - for example if you navigate to a destination in the PDF, there's no concept of a "go back" button as the 3D scene doesn't retain state.

The example of URL's (and other links) attached to clickable 3D objects can be found
at the PDF3D gallery (http://pdf3d.com/gallery.php), it is called (surprise!)
"3D Hyperlinks" (http://pdf3d.com/download_pdf.php?file=HyperlinkExample.pdf).

Dissect the PDF file to see how what UVSAR described can be achieved.
As far as I remember the trick with URL's was to use both document-level and model-level Javascript.