3D model editor supports universal standards

Notes3D is an important 3D model editing product in the Document3D family of products.

Notes3D is an important 3D model editing product in the Document3D family of products.

Document3D lets CAD users and downstream users easily leverage existing 3D models and 2D drawings to create assembly instructions, technical publications, interactive training and other product lifecycle documents.

The 3D Industry Forum (3DIF) has published an Ecma standard (ECMA 363) for the repurposing and visualisation of 3D CAD data called Universal 3D (U3D).

This standard was included in the latest Adobe PDF specification (1.6).

By adding support for U3D, Document3D provides versatile new 3D publishing options that can be shared with over 500 million Adobe Reader users worldwide.

"Notes3D is a powerful tool for creating U3D files from 3D CAD data", said Richard Benoit, Chair of the 3DIF and Business Development Manager at Intel Corp's Software and Solutions Group.

"We are excited to see the increased use of U3D throughout the industry".

"The QuadriSpace products are focused on quickly authoring product lifecycle documents that include interactive 3D, associative bill-of-materials, interactive step-by-step procedures and other specific needs of PLM downstream users of this data".

"This update to Notes3D indicates our dedication to supporting standards, such as U3D and PDF", stated Brian Roberts, President, QuadriSpace.

"Our customers are especially excited about our Document3D Suite which lets companies make the transition to 3D-enabled PDFs immediately".

"For PLM activities, 3D PDF documents are easy to create and have tremendous benefits to downstream users".

In addition to simply creating U3D files, the Document3D product line also offers complete desktop publishing tools that provide direct creation of 3D-enabled PDF files.

When Notes3D is combined with Pages3D, page design software, it becomes easy to create complete PDF documents with embedded 3D content.

This eliminates the tedious steps currently necessary to embed U3D files in PDF documents.

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