Adobe Acrobat 3D Version 8 software offers design engineers and technical publishers a complete and more secure way to collaborate with extended teams on 3D designs.
Capture 3D designs from a Major CAD Applications in PDF documents to provide rich, interative 3D designs to users of the free Adobe Reader software. Accelerate review cycles, streamline production, help reduce costly redesigns, and leverage existing CAD assets for technical manuals and marketing materials

Convert virtually any CAD file into a 3D PDF file

Easily convert complex 3D designs from CAD applications such as CATIA V4 and V5, UGS NX, JT, I-DEAS, SolidWorks, Pro/ENGINEER, Autodesk Inventor, and many others into rich, interactive 3D PDF files.

Produce highly compressed, easy-to-share 3D PDF files

Create highly compressed and more secure 3D PDF files that can be up to 150 times smaller than the native CAD files, so they can be easily shared through e-mail.

Create 3D PDF documents from OpenGL applications

Instantly capture your CAD designs in 3D PDF with one-button ease from OpenGL-based applications on Microsoft® Windows® and UNIX® systems.

Share product manufacturing information

Reduce the need to create or share 2D drawings. Easily distribute 3D designs containing product manufacturing information (PMI) to your extended team, enabling them to access this information in the 3D PDF file directly on the geometry and from the assembly tree.

Combine files from multiple applications

Easily create a single Adobe PDF document package containing all critical project files, including product specifications, spreadsheets, Microsoft Office documents, 2D drawings, and 3D designs containing PMI. Then use the de facto PDF standard for reliable electronic information exchange as the foundation of the release process of your project data to your customers and suppliers.

Share 3D designs with anyone

Exchange 3D designs in 3D PDF with users of the free Adobe Reader® software, enabling them to access PMI data as well as mark up, rotate, zoom, measure, and interact with 3D assemblies, or save new 3D views, create 3D cross sections, and view internal structures and assembly relationships without CAD applications or CAD viewers.

Create 3D cross sections

Generate dynamic cross-section views of 3D designs with the free Adobe Reader. Call attention to parts or subassemblies so everyone fully understands the design details.

Perform 3D measurement

Work with easy-to-use measurement tools to measure point-to-point distances, radial dimensions, and angles on 3D models with the free Adobe Reader to ensure better communication during design reviews.

Leverage all the features of Adobe Acrobat® 8 Professional

Take advantage of all the features and benefits of Acrobat Professional to reliably create, combine, and control PDF documents for easy, more secure distribution, collaboration, and data collection.