3D View Parameters

The first section under this tab is the 3D View Parameters setting. Using the options provided in this section you can, Enable Default View, Lighting Scheme and Render Mode. You can also set a background color for 3D views and show the Model Tree Menu.

 

To Set-up 3D View Parameters Options

  1. Click on the PDF 3D View tab.

  1. View Scheme allows preset groups of default views to automatically be added into the PDF 3D view menu. Currently there are define the following schemes:
    1. CAD (Front, Back, Side, Bottom, etc)
    2. Geospatial (Plan, South Elevation, NW Elevation ISO, etc)
    3. Anatomical (Anterior, Coronal, etc)
    4. ODA (DWG/DXF) for AutoCAD type model views
    5. Panoramic (for 360 degreeimage mode)

  2. Set Initial View Number allows selection of which view from the list should be shown when the PDF view is first open. The View menu normally contains some automatic default menus for basic orientation (Front, Back, Side...). When "Use Custom View" is disabled, this view number is from the view list order starting at zero. When "Use Custom View is selected, then these are skipped over, and the numbering starts over again at zero from any new views added by the input format (VRML, DWG...), or those created by automatic PMI, or views created by any other custom view creation method.
  3. In the Lighting Scheme field, select the appropriate lighting scheme from the options provided. The default lighting scheme is set to CAD, but you can select any other scheme based on your requirements. Note: "Artwork" mode picks up the lighting scheme from the input file.

  1. In the Render Mode field, select the appropriate render mode from the options provided. The default render mode is set to Solid, but you can select any other mode depending on your requirement.

  1. Activation, Deactivation Modes set when the 3D view is active during the viewing session. This can be set to immediately when the PDF is open, or when the page becomes visible, or set to "Manual" which displays a "Click to Activate" message to the user.
  2. Lock render mode creates a restriction so that anyone viewing the PDF cannot change the rendering mode from the one selected here.
  3. Outline angle sets the feature angle between adjacent faces for the outline and illustration mode feature lines. Higher angles means fewer, shorter lines, lower angles, especially near 1.0 degree means many lines. This is similar the Crease Angle found in the Interface settings Common menu.
  4. Enable Automatic PMI creates additional views, where views show isolated parts with dimensional size labels for the bounding box of each part.
  5. Select the Set Background Color For 3D Views checkbox to set a certain color as a background for the 3D Design, then select the color by clicking on the Select Color button and picking a color from the color palette that appears.
  6. Select other conversion settings as required. Once you are ready to convert your file, you can click on the Convert button available at the bottom of the screen under each tab to convert the file, or save the session for conversion later.
  7. If you would like to close PDF3D ReportGen without saving the settings that you have defined, just click on the Exit button available at the bottom of the screen under each tab.