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Bentley adds 3D PDF generation to MicroStation
V8 2004.
Exton, Pennsylvania, USA
— Bentley recently announced that MicroStation users
are now able to include 3D models and animations in Adobe
PDF documents. MicroStation V8 2004 Edition users can already
create interactive files in Adobe PDF, the universally accepted
viewing format for complex engineering information. With the
press of one button, MicroStation users have been able to
generate PDF files that contain DGN and DWG drawings, project
documentation, and engineering data. With this advance —
and for the first time from any CAD software - users will
be able to include interactive and animated 3D models in PDF
files.
Early adopters are impressed. "Wow! I am blown
out of my socks!" wrote Volker Mueller, an NBBJ senior
associate and design technology manager. "This is amazing!
Ten megabytes of CAD data, texture maps, some of which are
up to seven megabytes; all in a one-megabyte PDF file. Incredible!
Performance is great! I love it!"
As Ray Bentley, Executive Vice President of Software Development
for Bentley, explains, "This functionality brings 3D
design data to a whole new class of user. Designing in three
dimensions has always been valuable to engineers and architects,
but for the most part, the 3D data has been used only for
design and construction or manufacturing. Now that the 3D
data can be contained and presented efficiently within PDF
documents, it can also be used in many other areas, including
training, sales, product documentation, marketing, and technical
support."
Mr. Bentley adds, "By embedding a 3D model within a
PDF document, it is possible to effectively convey the essence
of a design in a manner that would be impossible with 2D images.
When you add the ability to animate the model or take the
viewer on a tour of the model along predefined paths, 3D data
becomes even more valuable. If a picture is worth a thousand
words, a 3D document is worth a thousand pictures."
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