You need to download the latest service patch for Acrobat 3D
toolkit to enable Acrobat to read 2008 files. Once you do this it
works a treat. In any case you can set up SolidWorks as a
registered application with Acrobat. Just make sure Acrobat and
SoldiWorks are running at the same time, open a file in SoldiWorks
then switch to Acrobat and go File>Cobnvert to PDF>3D
capture. You will then get a dialogue box saying do you want to use
SolidWorks as an application for generating PDF from (or something
like that!). Click OK, then restart SolidWorks and reopen the file
and rotate the view in shaded mode then hit "Print Screen" key.
This will switch to Acrobat and open the import dialogue.
As an aside I have pretty much moved over to Acrobat 3D now. I
don't use Office Pro, just Classic, so my E Drawings are kind of
limited, but Acrobat lets me send files to customer they can
measure/section/rotate etc and with security. I tend to use the
Acrobat Toolkit to import the SolidWorks file and do the explosions
and animations for assemblies from there.
I had no problem creating a 3D PDF and opening it in Acrobat Reader. I don't have Acrobat 3D to test your issue.
I wanted to try out Acrobat to create some cross-section views....
You need to download the latest service patch for Acrobat 3D toolkit to enable Acrobat to read 2008 files. Once you do this it works a treat. In any case you can set up SolidWorks as a registered application with Acrobat. Just make sure Acrobat and SoldiWorks are running at the same time, open a file in SoldiWorks then switch to Acrobat and go File>Cobnvert to PDF>3D capture. You will then get a dialogue box saying do you want to use SolidWorks as an application for generating PDF from (or something like that!). Click OK, then restart SolidWorks and reopen the file and rotate the view in shaded mode then hit "Print Screen" key. This will switch to Acrobat and open the import dialogue.