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

[Art Campbell]

You nailed it, Shlomo,
I had been creating the PDF by printing to the logical printer, and it
turns out that you MUST SaveAs PDF.

Thanks!
Art

On 9/23/07, Shlomo Perets <shlomo2 at microtype.com> wrote:
> Art,
>
> You wrote:
>
> >... the question on the table is whether Acrobat 8 Pro can take 3D output
> >from Frame and generate a 3D
> >PDF...
>
> * Distiller 7 and later versions support embedding of U3D files in PDFs.
> The authoring application does not matter for this process, as long as the
> 3D data is defined properly in the PS file being distilled. I'm not aware
> of any differences between the Distiller application included with Acrobat
> Professional and Acrobat 3D (or even Acrobat Standard).
>
> * Make sure that in File > Preferences, the "Don't embed 3D model file in
> PDF" preference is turned off.
>
> * Are you using "Save as PDF"? Support for the embedding of U3D files in
> PDFs in FrameMaker 8.0 only works when using "Save as PDF" (when printing
> to a PS file and distilling, an inactive bitmap of the 3D model is displayed).
>
> * Are there any 3D-related messages in the console?
>
>
> Shlomo Perets
>
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