Saving a Model as a 3D PDF File
You can save a Vertex model as a 3D PDF file. When you open the
file in Adobe Reader, click the document to activate it. After
that, you can rotate the model by left-clicking and moving the
mouse. The 3D PDF Converter is an add-on feature of the Vertex BD
software.
Save a Vertex model as a 3D PDF file as follows:
- Activate the model window.
- Do either of the following:
- Select File > Save File As from the menu bar.
- Press Ctrl+E.
The Save As dialog box opens.
- Select the Adobe Acrobat Files (*.pdf) file type.
- Select pdf 3d from the Version list.
- Select the saving location. Do one of the following:
- Confirm the default save folder, which is the project
folder.
- Select another folder using the common Windows dialog box
functions.
- Select the saving location from the Directory list and
click the Go button to open the selected folder.
- Enter a name for the file in the File name field.
- Click the Save button. The Other Views Dialog Box
opens.
- Make the following selections:
- Select the views to be saved in the 3D PDF file. Select the
checkbox of the desired view in the dialog box.
- The building components hidden in the model are saved by
default to the 3D PDF file, and you can restore them by using a
function in the Adobe Reader, if necessary. If you don't wish to
save the hidden components, select the check box Save only
visible parts.
- Confirm by clicking OK.
Note
- Use the latest version of Adobe Reader software (Adobe Reader
X).
- You can save custom views in the Other Views dialog box.
- You can limit the visibility of the model and save the limited
view. Note that only the first cropping of the image is saved in
the PDF file.
- Only a light in the viewing direction is transferred to the 3D
PDF file. The light source is above and to the right. Eye, point or
spot lights added to the model are not transferred to the 3D PDF
file.
Limiting Visibility in a
Model
Saving a Custom
View
Exporting a Vertex File to Another
Format
Pdf Outputs