I just downloaded a trial version of Adobe Acrobat 3D, to see
if this is a good alternative to eDrawings for non-SolidWorks users
to view my latest creation.
I get a "Conversion error" message when I try to create a pdf file from a SW2008 part. It seems to work OK if I create a 3D pdf from one of my SW2007 files.
Could someone verify for me if this is indeed an incompatibility issue with Adobe, or, more per the usual.....I'm just doing something wrong.
Thanks
I get a "Conversion error" message when I try to create a pdf file from a SW2008 part. It seems to work OK if I create a 3D pdf from one of my SW2007 files.
Could someone verify for me if this is indeed an incompatibility issue with Adobe, or, more per the usual.....I'm just doing something wrong.
Thanks
I was able to work around by saving as a .u3d first and THEN converting to pdf -
I guess I can always create my section views in SW, then save each one out as a separate 3D pdf file, too.
Sigh.....
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.
That's the trick!
Still can't get it to "Capture 3D" using the Print Screen, but that's minor. From the Trial version I had to update to 8.1.1 before I could apply the patch (update vs. patch???), and I see there's a 8.1.2, so I might try that, too.
Thanks!