Acrobat 3D Developer Center
The Acrobat 9 SDK offers 3D developers the ability to tightly integrate the 3D models, contained in 3D annotations, in a PDF with the surrounding 2D document. JavaScript in the PDF as well as the plug-in API can be used to control animation, visibility, color of meshes and a wide variety of other aspects of the 3D model right from the main PDF document. In addition , if a developer already has a U3D or PRC file, the Acrobat SDK can be used to add a 3D model to the PDF using custom tools rather than the Acrobat 3D tool.
For a complete overview of the JavaScript for Acrobat 3D programming capabilities please see, JavaScript for Acrobat 3D.
For ISVs who are interested in publishing their CAD data to 3D PDF or simply opening a 3D PDF from their CAD application, you have the choice, with Acrobat 3D Version 9 , of representing 3D data inside PDF using the U3D or PRC formats.
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U3D supported elements 
Learn about the subset of the Universal 3D File Format that is supported by Acrobat 9. Get information on the subset that Acrobat reads.
Creating 3D annotations
Learn to create 3D annotations and modify existing ones by using Cos objects. Get codes that illustrate how to create a 3D annotation on a PDF page, specify a U3D file as a 3D stream, specify a default view of 3D objects, specify a JavaScript file to be used for animation, and provide content that can be displayed as a poster prior to activating the annotation.
Using Acrobat 3D 8 and FrameMaker 8
Learn to embed 3D models in technical and instructional design documents.
Controlling animations
Understand how to use the provided script to easily control the playing of an animation in a 3D scene.
Smooth camera rotation
Understand how to use the provided script to easily control motion of the viewpoint (camera) around the objects in the scene using JavaScript calls.
3D/forms interaction
Learn to set up Dynamic Adobe Form interaction using a simple, hands-on example in which you need to select parts of a 3D model in a PDF document and add them to a dynamic order form that is attached to the 3D PDF.
Connecting document JavaScript to 3D views
Acrobat 7 Professional contains a new 3D Tool, which allows you to embed U3D objects in a PDF document. After this 3D model is embedded in a PDF, it can be distributed and viewed by anyone with Acrobat or Adobe Reader 7.x.
