3D PDF from INV?

[gsmith9810]

Is anyone generating an embeddable 3d PDF from their Inventor models?

If so, what product are you using?

[vince480]

Currently using Adobe 3D Reviewer. Although older software and not as popular as Acrobat Pro, its far easier to set up various different camera views.

Also gives a good compact file size.

I then place the Adobe 3D Reviewer document into an Acrobat Template which has title, dates etc.

[gsmith9810]

Thanks Vince - once in the PDF, are your viewer able to rotate and zoom on your model?

[mcgyvr]

we tried it and it was nothing but a pain in the butt.

Biggest problem is that the release cycle of Inventor and the 3d pdf creator don't ever align.. So you can't work with native 2014 files until the 2015 version of the 3d creator is released.. Well by that time we have already updated to Inv 2015 and then must wait till 2016 to be able to work with the native Inventor files..

Sure you can work with step/iges files from Inventor but then its a process to convert to that.. Then there isn't much control over what can/can't be hidden,etc...

After trying everything we could do to be able to work with it we just said screw it.. 

For example.. tetra3d (company who bought the 3d pdf rights or something from Adobe) only supports Inv 2013 and back.. Maybe there is an update but I doubt it..

[vince480]

Yes, as the beauty of a 3D PDF is, that you can just open it in Adobe Reader . . . Which majority of people have.

[guido_66]

This idea has already been accepted by AutoDesk: http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/Inventor-IdeaStation/3D-PDF/idi-p/3738852

[jeffsteiger6735]

Yeah, but when are they going to actually do something about it. We've been begging/pleading/screaming for this for years.

[admaiora]

Until now you can do it with Inventor Publisher,  if you have this software in your commercial package.

It's simple and it does pretty interesting things