Export 3D view to PDF-embeddable U3D format?
pgeezer
Global Mapper User
Hello,
Would like to be able to do embed 3D models into PDF documents. To do this, I would need to export the 3D view to U3D.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEuCA22Eq1s
What do you think?
Would like to be able to do embed 3D models into PDF documents. To do this, I would need to export the 3D view to U3D.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEuCA22Eq1s
What do you think?
Comments
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Support for U3D PDF files is definitely something for the longer-term todo list. Our current PDF library does not support U3D.
Thanks,
Mike
Global Mapper Support
support@globalmapper.com -
global_mapper wrote: »Support for U3D PDF files is definitely something for the longer-term todo list. Our current PDF library does not support U3D.
Thanks,
Mike
Global Mapper Support
support@globalmapper.com
Thanks for quick response Mike,
I think I could build PDFs with Adobe Acrobat or LaTeX if Global Mapper exported just the .U3D models. It might make more sense to export the models without the PDF hassle anyway: let the user worry about embedding them, sizing them, etc in PDF.
The libraries for U3D are here at Sourceforge:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/u3d/
Dry reading about specs here (not sure if it matters):
http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-363.htm
Edit: Acrobat says it "can create 3D PDFs but only from U3D ECMA 1 files". I figured out how to place the U3D file. Latex uses something called movie15 to embed the U3D. Again, I think the user should have to deal with the document embedding and layout. -
Thanks for the links. I will add U3D support to our todo list. Once that is done then it should be relatively simple to put that in a PDF file.
Thanks,
Mike
Global Mapper Support
support@globalmapper.com -
W00t! This will make my reports pretty spanky when it comes out! With Acrobat it's as simple as drawing a box on the page and picking the .U3D file to put in it.
A PDF created in Latex:
http://www.tug.org/texshowcase/Laurana.pdf -
That is very cool. I hadn't seen the 3D support in a PDF yet, but it is very impressive.
Thanks,
Mike
Global Mapper Support
support@globalmapper.com -
Just a thread bump and another vote to be able to embed 3D models into Adobe PDF documents. I hope it migrates up near the top portion of the to do list...
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