Adobe adds a third dimension to Acrobat

San Jose (CA) - Adobe today announced a new flagship for its Acrobat software family: Acrobat 3D enables CAD users to create PDF files from 3D models and embed a functional 3D viewing application into a PDF document. The illustrations can be viewed, magnified and viewed in a standard version of Acrobat Reader.

The visualization of 3D models has been viewed one of the major opportunities in electronic marketing and electronic document distribution for several years. But the field was largely characterized by trial and error projects and - if Flash is left out of consideration - has missed the mass market so far. A new opportunity that immediately impacts the mass market could be Adobe' Acrobat 3D approach.

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