Once installed and ready to use, the extension will appear under the Extension Manager’s Installed tab. Click its icon to download and install the extension, and then restart Altium Designer to enable the extension’s export functionality. To install the extension, select the Purchased tab in the Extension Manager ( DXP » Extensions and Updates) and locate the PDF3D Exporter Extension.
The PDF 3D export capability is enabled in Altium Designer with the installation of the PDF3D Exporter software extension. In the case of PDF 3D files exported from Altium Designer, the embedded content includes the majority of the data viewable in Altium Designer’s own 3D view – including all tracks, pads, vias, polygons etc, all components and the full set of board layers. The result is a modestly sized, cross-platform 3D file format that does not require specialized 3D viewing software. Progressively enhanced through subsequent versions of the Acrobat Reader, the high-level detail and configuration options produced by Altium Designer’s PDF 3D export is compatible with versions 9 and above. Interactive 3D viewing became possible for PDF files with the introduction of advanced 3D view capabilities in Acrobat Reader, starting with Version 7. Interactively view an exported 3D design in Adobe Reader – zoom, rotate and select what design elements you'd like to see. This interactive 3D format is accessible for everyone with a recent version of the ubiquitous Adobe® Acrobat® Reader. With this new Altium Designer release however, the insight provided by an interactive 3D view of the design has become available to external stakeholders through the introduction of PDF 3D export. This has been possible through the use of the Altium Designer Viewer and to a limited degree, by generating multiple fixed views of the 3D design in PDF format. There are significant advantages in being able to bring this 3D capability to those outside the immediate design team, such as fabrication and assembly houses, and not in the least, customers. Altium Designer users have long enjoyed the ability to interactively view PCB designs in fully rendered 3D, which provides a unique insight into the real structure of the board design, its components and associated mechanical parts.
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