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News Release from: Visual Technology Services | Subject: PDF3D-SDK development kit
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 24 January 2008
Development kit puts 3D models in PDFs
Data analysis and 3D visualisation applications using VTK can now easily be extended to publish interactive PDF documents.
The PDF3D-SDK development kit from Visual Technology Services now includes visualisation toolkit (VTK) integration for technical report generation to PDF files with the ability to inject interactive 3D models into new or existing PDF files Data analysis and 3D visualisation applications using VTK can now easily be extended to publish interactive PDF documents, fostering improved collaboration, communication and technical information exchange
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 8 Sep 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Version 1.2.1 of Visual Technology Services' PDF3D SDK Toolkit empowers product communication, knowledge transfer and collaborative sharing of 3D technical content.
VTK 5 plus PDF3D SDK 1.4.2 support application development including full documentation and source examples.
VTK pipeline 3D windows can be injected as new view ports into new or existing PDF files, giving users flexible options to generate technical reports.
3D PDF reports may be freely distributed and viewed by anyone with Adobe Reader.
The VTK interface generates PDF files in one step, without intermediate files, by connecting directly to the VTK render window pipeline.
Supporting 3D geometry, lines, surfaces, textures, labels, shaded vertex colours, transparency and alpha-blending, the interface can be added in just a few lines of code using the vtkPDF3DExporter.
The output PDF can also include title, caption and other automatically generated annotations and may be presented with full 3D interaction inside a PowerPoint presentation.
The VTK and PDF3D integration is currently used in a geophysical modeling application and is expected to be applied to fields such as geology, aerospace, engineering, environmental gis and medical imaging.
Other interfaces and data format bridges are also available, such as Open Inventor, STL, VRML, AVS/Express and Coin3D.
The PDF3D SDK allows integration into any application with 3D geometric entities through the C++ development API.
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