These release notes describe and illustrate the features of this latest release of the PDF Publishing Module and the combined PDF Publishing and Designer Objects Modules for Deep Exploration CAD and Standard Editions and Acrobat 3D. They address any issues not discussed in the Help reference and they include information regarding installation.
Please note that this document may be updated as more information becomes available.
Deep Exploration CAD and Standard Editions / Acrobat
3D
The PDF Publishing Module is used to save files to the Adobe Portable
Document (.pdf) format. Any 3D content contained within these files
is converted to the Universal 3D (.u3d) format.
The PDF Publishing Module is delivered with several templates that can
be used to publish PDF documents: - RH CATIA PMI Template: Used to display 3D content, the Bill of Materials
(BOM), model views, and Product Manufacturing Information (PMI). We
recommend using this template for all .pdf files except ones created
from .jt files. - RH JT PMI Template: Used to display 3D content, the BOM, model views,
and PMI. We recommend using this template for .pdf files created from
.jt files. - RH Simple Animation Template: Used to display 3D content and to control
animation. - RH Steps Template: Used to display 3D content, and to control steps
and step animation.
You can create your own, or edit existing templates in Adobe Designer
using the RH objects installed with the Designer Objects module and
located in the Designer library palette.
You can edit RH objects in the same way as you edit normal Adobe Designer
objects.
Fixed
Deep Exploration CAD and Standard Editions
There are no fixes for this first release of the PDF Publishing Module for Deep Exploration CAD and Standard Editions.
Acrobat 3D
PDF Publishing and Designer Objects combined modules: Parts no longer move when they should not when saving keys in the .pdf format.
Known Issues
Deep Exploration CAD and Standard Editions / Acrobat
3D
Line thickness and tolerance angles do not work
for the vectorised poster image. Note that this does not apply to the
Standard Edition.
Callout leader lines do not reach callouts when they are exported to
.pdf.
When a model has a BOM as PMI data, PDF Publisher uses that BOM instead
of the Parts panel. Therefore, PMI BOM names in the Parts panel may
not match the BOM names in the Scene tree.
Markups user names and dates don't display in published PDF documents.
Callouts are not animated with meshes in published PDF documents.
Model view render modes are not displayed in the PDF document. You can
use the Acrobat 3D render modes to display these.
Template backgrounds are not white in animated PDF documents when using
the Animation template.
Model views change when the Acrobat 3D render mode is changed.
The font remains the same size on Teamwork markups in PDF douments.
Designer Objects Module: Two quantity columns are displayed in the BOM
when using the RH Generic PMI template..
Acrobat 3D
Acrobat 3D views that are set to vertices make all PMI data/text unreadable.
There is no option for the vector poster image when publishing to .pdf.
Merging models with PMI data may destroy some model views or corrupt the export results.
Solid render mode does not display in PDF documents when 'Use vector poster image' is selected and 3D is enabled.
The scene may change to black when using the Select tool if you are using a DirectX 9.0 display renderer. To resolve this, choose Edit > Preferences in Acrobat 3D, click the 3D category, and select another renderer in the Preferred Renderer field
System Requirements
Minimum
Deep Exploration CAD or Standard Edition, or
Acrobat 3D.
Windows 2000 SP4 operating system.
Pentium III 266 processor.
128MB of RAM (more for large model and texture
sizes).
Microsoft DirectX version 8.
Graphics card capable of displaying 24-bit
color.
Adobe Reader 7.07-7.xx is required to 'read'
.pdf files.
Pixel and vertex shader support on graphics
card.
Shaders located in the Shaders folder.
3D hardware accelerator video card.
Recommended
Windows XP operating system.
Pentium III 733 processor or higher.
256MB of RAM (more for large model and texture sizes).
Microsoft DirectX version 9 or higher.
Internet Explorer version 6.0 or higher.
Adobe Acrobat 3D version 7.07-7.xx.
3D hardware accelerator video card with 128MB of RAM.
Additional
An Internet connection is required for Cortex
updates.
The Designer Objects Module is required to
create new, and edit existing templates in Adobe Designer.
Adobe Acrobat 3D 7.07-7.xx is required to install
the Designer Objects Module.
The PMI Module is required to view PMI data.
Please see the PMI Module
Release Notes further information.
Installation
Before installing PDF Publishing Module, we advise closing the application for which you are installing the module. That is, Deep Exploration or Acrobat 3D.
Help
The Help reference information is available from the Deep Exploration menu and by pressing F1 on your keyboard within Deep Exploration.
Product Versions
The version number scheme is 1.2.3.4567 where:
1 = Major version indicator. This would be incremented for a major release.
2 = Minor release that indicates new feature release between major releases.
3 = Indicates a patch that includes fixes only.
4567 = Build number as an identification of the build that is released.
