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jonesy

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3D PDFs
« on: February 24, 2014, 05:05:38 PM »
Anyone here got any experience doing these in AutoCAD?

What extra software do we need? 

I've been told Microstation can do them, but I really dont want to be opening up these models in Microstation...

Many thanks in advance.

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Re: 3D PDFs
« Reply #1 on: February 24, 2014, 05:24:16 PM »
Holy cow! AutoCAD has enough trouble with 2D PDFs... well it used to, it's a lot better now.

With a quick search, it looks like you need a plug-in like BlueBeam or Tetra.
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Re: 3D PDFs
« Reply #2 on: February 25, 2014, 02:09:41 AM »
Thanks for your reply Rob.  Have you had any experience of these plug ins?

We've never had any 2d pdf issues in AutoCAD
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Re: 3D PDFs
« Reply #3 on: February 25, 2014, 07:23:20 AM »
Thanks for your reply Rob.  Have you had any experience of these plug ins?

I saw a 3D PDF, twice.

We've never had any 2d pdf issues in AutoCAD

You must be a young'un.
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Re: 3D PDFs
« Reply #4 on: February 25, 2014, 07:35:24 AM »
Thanks for your reply Rob.  Have you had any experience of these plug ins?

I saw a 3D PDF, twice.
Oh OK.  I've not seen one so far, but the job I am working on are murmering about them...
We've never had any 2d pdf issues in AutoCAD

You must be a young'un.
Oooh thank you, I havent been called young in years LOL.

But nope.. been using ACAD for more than 20 years now. Maybe I've been lucky with PDFs
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Re: 3D PDFs
« Reply #5 on: February 25, 2014, 01:22:29 PM »
We've had some requests from a client which had been using non-Autodesk software for a while.  Everybody else has been working with Navisworks NWD files (including that particular client).  While it has a certain cool-factor along with everybody already having a PDF viewer on their computer, when I last tried 3D PDF the test file crashed frequently enough to make me move on quickly.
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Re: 3D PDFs
« Reply #6 on: February 25, 2014, 04:46:50 PM »
Thanks dgorsman,  this project is using Bentley navigator for co-ordination drawings for the most part, and apparently Microstation does produce 3d pdfs for the engineers to check the work... I just hate plotting on Microstation, so was trying to find a work around, as my native files are in Acad.

I may have to have a word with the Microstation boys and find out how to do it on there.
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Re: 3D PDFs
« Reply #7 on: February 26, 2014, 10:23:49 AM »
*shudder* Navigator...  dare I ask, does this involve <barf>AutoPLANT</barf>?
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Re: 3D PDFs
« Reply #8 on: February 26, 2014, 10:29:33 AM »
Not as far as I am aware, but its all linked with Projectwise, Microstation, Revit, Civil 3d and vanilla ACAD... but I guess there could be some other software in there too!
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