Acrobat 3D PDF Content

"Companies have long struggled with finding simple ways to share elements of their designs with other companies while protecting the intellectual property used in the products, and making those documents detailed enough to supply adequate levels of information for testing or pricing out manufacturing costs. Using Acrobat 3D, engineers can forward three dimensional images created in CAD programs that can be read by anyone with a current version of the freely available Acrobat reader, instead of necessitating a license to one of the expensive, specialized design programs." [1]

Acrobat 3D PDF Example

Here's an example of Acrobat 3D in action. This is a mockup of a product proposal for the fictional company Acme Heavy Equipment Corporation featuring their new LittleBuddy forklift.

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What Adobe Has to Say

"Adobe® Acrobat® 3D software enriches collaboration by enabling extended teams to use Adobe PDF documents to more securely and reliably communicate 3D design intent. Insert and publish 3D designs from major CAD applications in Adobe PDF documents that can easily be shared with suppliers, partners, and customers using free Adobe Reader® 7.0 software.

Under increasing pressure to reduce costs and respond quickly to customer demands, project team members need to share 3D designs to improve collaboration across disparate design production and support teams. Adobe makes it easy to work together, enabling project teams to share design intent with extended team members, suppliers, partners, and customers. Using Adobe® Acrobat® 7.0 Professional and free Adobe Reader® 7.0 software, team members can create, share, mark up, review, archive, and reliably exchange 3D content-rich documents.

With Acrobat 7.0 Professional and Adobe Reader 7.0 software, project teams can:

• Reduce errors and the high cost of design changes by inserting 3D designs to highlight problems before a product goes to production.
• Save time by using 3D designs to visually communicate product concepts to customers and suppliers.
• Extended team members can navigate and interact with these embedded 3D designs, and with the addition of java scripts, view exploded parts animations and model cross-sections.
• Improve communication among extended design team members by deploying a single interactive object - rather than multiple 2D CAD drawings - for review. Comments from multiple reviewers can be merged into a single Adobe PDF file, and approved changes can easily be incorporated into product designs. Protect sensitive documents, including CAD drawings and project information, through advanced document control." [2]
  

About PDF

"Invented by Adobe Systems and perfected over 15 years, Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) lets you capture and view robust information - from any application, on any computer system - and share it with anyone around the world. Individuals, businesses, and government agencies everywhere trust and rely on Adobe® PDF to communicate their ideas and vision." [3] 

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