Assemblage Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 Sean Flaherty in Detail mag: "PDF is actually underutilized as a format. It is extremely popular as a sheet of electronic paper. But to use it to send geometry is something a lot of people never think about". Just wondering if anyone out there exchanges geometry via pdf, and any hints/advice they may have. Thanks in advance - P Quote Link to comment
bcd Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 from wikipedia: Nemetschek Allplan allows export of PDF containing U3D However I cannot find a way to export or print a 3d pdf from Vectorworks. I'd like to know if it's possible. Quote Link to comment
islandmon Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 Perhaps Sean was referring to vectorial geometry as compared with raster image. Of course, theres AcrobatPro Extended : Deliver the richest, most engaging PDF communications anytime, anywhere Adobe? Acrobat? 9 Pro Extended software was built to meet the demanding requirements of business and technical professionals, today and in the future. Create interactive PDFs using simple-yet-sophisticated tools. Organize and share the widest range of content ? including documents, spreadsheets, e-mail, images, video, 3D, and maps ? in a single, compressed PDF Portfolio. http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobatproextended/ Quote Link to comment
Jeffrey W Ouellette Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 Currently, we don't support it directly. But, A9PE does support import of IFC files (which you can export from Vw), which are then saved/published as 3D PDFs. This way the model structure and all the objects and data associated via IFC are preserved (in other words, you don't just get a big single chunk of dumb geometry). The Vestbanen Competition in Norway used this very technique in publishing the finalists' models to the web: http://www.statsbygg.no/Utviklingsprosjekter/Nasjonalmuseet/Tre-vinnere/ BTW, the winner, Kleihues + Schuwerk, designed their project, forum artis, using Vectorworks Architect 2009 and 2010 - :-) Quote Link to comment
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