Is 3D Distiller required to process U3D files in FM 8 ?

[Art Campbell]

Dov,
OK, I'm certainly with you on that, but the question on the table is
whether Acrobat 8 Pro can take 3D output from Frame and generate a 3D
PDF....

Art

On 9/20/07, Dov Isaacs <isaacs at adobe.com> wrote:
> If you have ANY version of Acrobat 7 or 8 already installed on
> your system, you absolutely DON'T want the castrated version of
> Distiller that comes with FrameMaker 8!
>
>         - Dov
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: framers-bounces+isaacs=adobe.com at lists.frameusers.com
> [mailto:framers-
> > bounces+isaacs=adobe.com at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Art
> Campbell
> > Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 3:13 PM
> > To: Frame Users; Free Framers List
> > Subject: Is 3D Distiller required to process U3D files in FM 8 ?
> >
> > I'm playing with the eval version of FM 8, installed on a system that
> > already has Acrobat 8.1 Pro installed. The FM 8 installation refused
> > to install the embedded distiller because a more current version
> > already existed.
> >
> > I've embedded a U3D file in a FM file, and everything looks good. The
> > 3D menu is active and I can change background colors and suck.
> >
> > But when I run it through the Acrobat 8.1 Pro distiller, there isn't
> > any 3D functionality in the PDF.
> >
> > So the question is whether the FM 8 embedded distiller or Acrobat 8 3D
> > needs to be present in order to generate a 3D PDF from FM 8. Or if
> > there's something else required that I'm missing.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Art
>


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