August 21, 2013 - PDF3D version 2.8.0 is now available and incorporates new 3D PDF features for engineers. Driven by the technical needs of the scientific and engineering communities, the latest PDF3D® 2.8.0 release from Visual Technology Services enhances and adds new features to the 3D PDF family of products with specific focus on 3D reporting.
"We have been working closely with earth science users and engineers over the past few months to create solutions that enable the easy communication of complex technical data to remote teams. Many new features have already been welcomed by scientists and we're delighted with the feedback so far," said Ian Curington of PDF3D.
PDF3D software is actively used worldwide for technical 3D workflows in life sciences, marine, civil, environmental engineering projects, earth resource exploration, numerical modeling, and general scientific data visualization reporting. The new release V2.8 includes updates to ReportGen, plugins and the software developer toolkit PDF3D-SDK ( www.pdf3d.com). Geospatial engineering features have also been added to include KML, GeoTIFF and GeoVRML for improved reporting. Enterprise and commercial integration partners will find extended parameters for refined rich document control during batch production, as well as many internal improvements requested by users including:
- Improved NURBS Smooth Surface control
- Large 3D Point Cloud simplification
- Improved View, Light, Interaction for 3D scenes
- Multi-language support including Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian and Spanish.
Scientists, engineers and developers interested in learning more about the new release can visit the website at www.pdf3d.com. PDF3D Version 2.8.0 is available immediately for trial or purchase.
PDF3D is an innovative independent 3D technical publishing technology for 3D models viewable in PDF documents. Covering a wide range of applications from geospatial, geology, aerospace, architecture, product packaging, and online sales & marketing, PDF3D makes it practical to distribute interactive 3D documents to everyone with the free Adobe® Reader.
We will be pleased to answer any questions you might have about PDF3D, and advise on how it may improve your work-flow and team communication.