12 Nov 20

Hydrographic Survey of Kiskatinaw River Marries Drone 3D Landscape with Bathymetric Survey Data in Geospatial 3D PDF Report

Supplying water to the city of Dawson Creek British Columbia, the pool formed upstream of the Arras Weir is critical for municipal infrastructure management. Due to climate change and variable catchment flows, monitoring the flow and reservoir capacity is needed on a regular basis. The team at Hydrasurvey carried out a bathymetric survey project to […]
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08 Sep 20

Handling Geospatial Coordinates for 3D PDF Files

A Practical Work-flow Guide for adding location information on DWG 3D Terrain models and draping geo-referenced images Extending 3D PDF applications for 3D Geospatial data requires some additional steps and special treatment for geospatial coordinate data. This practical guide shows how to export a DWG terrain surface model from AutoCAD© Civil3D© as a simple non-geospatial […]
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21 Nov 19

Using PDF3D with OFFICE documents

How to Create Interactive 3D PDFs based on Microsoft OFFICE Documents PDF3D products have features enabling Microsoft OFFICE users to easily create interactive 3D PDFs based on WORD, EXCEL or PowerPoint documents in simple work-flow steps. Add 3D View Placeholders into OFFICE documents Flexible Placement Re-use Template Designs Benefit from 3D PDF mark-up and comment […]
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23 Oct 18

LaTeX 3D PDF Placeholder Method

A LaTeX 3D PDF Placeholder Method for ParaView Visualization and PDF3D ReportGen Conversion Publishing For academic and research authors using LaTeX tools, it can be challenging to use 3D PDF. The method in this article involves commercial 3D PDF applications to close the gap and get direct publishing of interactive scientific data visualizations, mesh and […]
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18 Sep 18

Diving in to 3D PDF Developer’s Solution – About PDF3D SDK Pro

Shareable 3D PDF Document Production for Your Application with Next-Generation 3D PDF Integration and Code Development. </> DEVELOPING 3D PDF APPS PDF3D SDK Pro provides a full set of features to support system integrators and software engineers in building systems that need complex and reliable 3D document production capabilities. The SDK software provides for on-premise […]
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11 Sep 18

How to Build PDF3D-SDK C# .NET Examples with Visual Studio

This article illustrates the process of building an example C# .NET console application from the PDF3D-SDK developer toolkit package. This goes through configuration, Compiling, Running and viewing the output 3D PDF. Using this combination of tools, new 3D PDF desktop applications for MS-Windows can be created with the ability to generate interactive 3D PDF document […]
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PDF3D SDK XML ReportGen Code
11 Sep 18

How to Build PDF3D-SDK Examples with CMake and Visual Studio SLN

This article illustrates the process of using CMake utility to setup and generate a Microsoft Visual Studio Solution (.sln) to build the example C++ 3D PDF applications from the PDF3D-SDK developer toolkit package. This goes through configuration, SLN generation, Compiling, Running and viewing the output 3D PDF. Using this combination of tools, new 3D PDF […]
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20 Aug 18

How to Review a 3D Model in PDF

Cross-team technical reviews of 3D model data using 3D PDF work-flows If you work with 3D, it’s likely that you’re working within a larger team and perhaps directly with an external client.  Whether you’re sharing a 3D visualisation with a colleague, client,  or other external stakeholder, the review experience is a critical part of your […]
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15 Jul 18

Panoramic 360 in 3D PDF Features

The latest update of the PDF3D suite of tools, Version 2.16, is the first professional software on the market to create panoramic 360-degree photos in PDF. This new release brings a host of new features for those who work with 360-degree images, scans and panoramic photos including new technology, unique to PDF3D, for preserving the […]
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