Key Features

pdf3d.io has been proven in mission critical manufacturing and engineering processes where companies have needed to deliver accurate and timely 3D content to their teams, websites and networks. Here are a few key highlights of the platform:

• Lightweight automation toolkit
• Low-code and no-code to fast-track integration
• Batch conversion and server-side operation
• Three-way access:
• command-line
• .NET Component
• RESTful Server with JSON/XML API
• Suite of programs, DLLs, REST server with examples
• 70+ formats supported, including STEP, DWG, STL, X3D, FBX, IFC
• XML based API with vast range of parameters
• Compatible with PDF3D XML Server
• Self-Hosted for flexible deployment
• Accessible from C++, C# .NET, Visual Basic, Python, Java, PHP, Ruby, IronPython and other languages
• Windows, Linux and macOS platforms
• WebGL glTF to/from 3D PDF
• Customise the PDF Templates included in the library
• Enhance Reports with Measurements, Annotations and External HyperLinks
• Setup scene lighting, dynamic animation, metadata, mesh quality, JavaScripting
• Enable Password security, watermarks and strong 256-bit encryption
• No external network dependency
• Usage tracking and logging

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Sample XML Code

This is all it takes to get started with a 3D PDF conversion. Just pass this to the conversion process through a DLL interface, or Commandline CLI, or send to REST server to convert a 3D model file to 3D PDF. A vast list of other tags can be added.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<pdf3d:InputParameters xmlns:pdf3d="http://www.pdf3d.com/ns/2012/03/pdf3d.io">
    <Assembly>
        <InputFileName value="input.dwg"/>
    </Assembly>
    <OutputFileName value="output.pdf"/>
</pdf3d:InputParameters>

How to install:

On Windows, the software package is supplied as a vendor signed .MSI installer file. An email containing a transient timed validated download link from our secure cloud storage "depot" will be sent.

After downloading, save this MSI on your local file system. Double-click or run this installer. Elevated administrative rights will be requested during the install process, as the installer creates registry settings and new entries into the desktop start menus.

After installing, first run the PDF3D License utility. Use this to request a license. Administrator privileges are not required to request or activate a license. If firewalls or network policies block the license request communication to the pdf3d.com website, please push "show codes" and send these by any available means of communication.

How to remove, uninstall:

To permanently remove the software application, use the Windows Add/Remove menu in the control panel. Elevated administrative rights will be requested during the uninstall process, as the installer removes program files, removes registry settings and removes entries into the desktop start menus.

Any license keys are NOT removed, so if the software is re-installed or upgraded the same keys should be functional.