Hello, lately we have requests to have 3D pdfs instead of edrawings (software installation policy in workshops = adobe yes edrawing no)
So I would have liked if it was possible to integrate a small watermark or a landscape (or a logo is more professional)
I did notice a 3D pdf theme option in the solidworks options but .... How do you do it????
Thank you in advance
Hello
We opted for the eDrawings in executable so no installation and they can open and take measurements. To do them, just save the assembly, read the part in edrawings, then open it with edrawings, and with it you do save as in you choose .exe and it integrates the software directly into the file.
Hello @ac cobra 427, executables are to be avoided for safety in the groups I work with.
I know the principle quite well, especially eDrawinfg in HTML but unfortunately it doesn't work on all web explorers without a series of settings.
The 3D pdf is also a customer request so no choice available
I didn't look for the solution for a cartridge, for the logos on the other hand, we created "logo pieces" of different sizes (a simple extrusion rectangle with the logo removed from the material and then colored the faces).
These parts in function libraries allow us to simply drag and constrain them like any other part....
Unlike decals that do not remain in the edrawing or in the Step-type exports, the "volumetric" logo remains what is important for exchanges with customers and suppliers.
We had found this site to transform an image into dxf: http://www.vectorization.org/?userfile_url=&requiredfile_userfile=1&outFormat=dxf which can sometimes help (but there is a bit of processing behind it)
http://www.adobe.com/manufacturing/3dpdfsamples/pdfs/turbine_engine_re.pdf
After some research, a simple change of background in solidworks could allow you to integrate a logo simply.
I'm continuing the tests
Hello
Before opting for Acrobat and Tetra4D solutions (ProStep, since then).
I had bypassed it by using the "Stamps" in Acrobat reader.
It's manual but it had helped.
See video.
EDIT:Warning: In Reader, the creation of a custom stamp only accepts PDF format.
Be careful not to obscure the area of the 3D object (the buffers are in the foreground)
@franck.ceroux, yes it's a manual solution, but I'm looking for automation, especially when you generate complete files with PDM if you have to open the 1000 plans it's tricky and I feel like I'm going to be called artur
Hello
For information or example, this pdf integrates 2D text and 3D windows.
But I don't know how it works.
@a.lunaud this result is possible thanks to a software suite from Abode,
For information,
So the 3D pdfs with Themes are on the 2017 version
To generate SOLIDWORKS MBD 3D PDFs
http://help.solidworks.com/2017/French/WhatsNew/r_Conversion_Settings_Enhancements.htm
and from PDM
https://www.engineersrule.com/whats-new-solidworks-2017-pdm/
and finally
https://www.cati.com/blog/2017/06/solidworks-mbd-template-editor-adding-custom-properties/