don't display world axes

Right idea, but wrong property - "showAxes" is always false, and controls the HUGE set of axes at 0,0,0. You're looking at the orientation axes, so in the script attached to your 3D scene, just enter this line:


scene.showOrientationAxes = false;

Thanks, it work perfect for one 3D-model in a pdf.
What may problem is now, if i have more then one model in a pdf. More like three separate import models and if i use the script on each model, it only works one the last activated model.

Is the a way the make the script work for more then one model?

Thanks for answering.

It's a bug. You can work around it by running a loop of code in each annotation that trawls through all the other open 3D scenes on the page, setting their axes to false:


Of course in the process it'll hide its own axes - [b]HOWEVER[/b] we know that forming this type of circular reference from an RMA out to the document and back can cause Acrobat 9 to crash in some situations. Again, another bug. Sorry, but the 3D engine is far from perfect.

Thanks for that quick and exact answer.
I will be aware of the crashing. Perhaps you know in with composition the script could cause a crash?

Again, thanks for that helpful answer.

ok, to early to be happy. I don't get the script to work.

I understand script so that it looks for every activated 3D scene and turn off it's OrientationAxes.

I set the pageNum to 0 but what is with the host?
The host is the 3D scene, I guess.

Or isn't there a need to make changes? The script is loaded with every 3D scene.

Thanks for helping.

the script as I posted it should work without any changes at all - just attach it to each annotation through the properties panel (don't try and load it as a page or document-level script). "host" is a native object that refers to the PDF file in which the 3D annotation is running, so "host.pageNum" will automatically work out what page you're on.

I want to hide the world axes, too, but it does not work for me. I have one 3d annotation on the first pdf page and the attached js-file. I tried:

console.println(getAnnots3D(0)[0].context3D.scene.showOrientationAxes);
getAnnots3D(0)[0].context3D.scene.showOrientationAxes = false;
console.println(getAnnots3D(0)[0].context3D.scene.showOrientationAxes);

No effect!! The variable state changes from true to false, but the world axes are still alive in the 3d annotation. :-( Do I have to update the scene somehow?
I wonder about the the fact, that the variable "showOrientationAxes" is not beed described in the JS-3D-API?!?

Hi,

and how to hide the 3d navigation tools on the top of the 3d window?

can anyone help?