I recently bought TCS5 after having TCS2, so I'm trying to come up to speed with the new features. One of the features I have seen lauded was the ability to use 3D graphics in FM files which output to PDF could provide an interactive 3D graphic in the PDF. Seems like I remember seeing RJ Jaquez demo'ing that a few years back, so I don't think it's quite a new feature; hopefully a more mature feature by now.
Where the proverbial rubber hits the road
Our onsite Mech Engineer uses SolidWorks for all the CAD drawings. He can give me a PDF that does indeed retain all the 3D interactivity when I open it in Acrobat XI. Cool. Sweet.
I have CorelDraw Technical Suite X6, because the PTB decided that was more affordable than CS6/AC. I can import a DWG or DXF into DrawX6, but it is a 2D bunch of vector lines; much is lost.
So, the shortest path to getting a 3D interactive graphic into FM would be to take the 3D PDF that SolidWorks generates and insert it in an anchored frame in FM as a referenced graphic, right? When I do this, nothing shows up in the anchored frame, even though I had just verified the 3D PDF in Acrobat. If I double-click the inserted referenced PDF object from the anchored frame, it does spawn in Acrobat as an interactive PDF. However, if I Save As PDF from FM, the PDF that comes out doesn't have the 3D image at all.
I checked the completely useless Adobe Online Help and can't find diddly about it. (I so wish that were a surprise; alas, some things still haven't improved.)
The bottom line
Can someone here please tell me what I'm doing incorrectly? How do I get a functional 3D PDF inserted in an FM doc that can be output to PDF retaining the 3D interactivity in the inserted graphic?
Thanks,
Rene