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Offline maxpayneTopic starter

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Best viewer for 3D PDF by Altium
« on: May 27, 2019, 05:40:58 am »
Apart from the Acrobat Reader DC, is there any viewer for viewing 3D PDF , generated by Altium ?

I am getting very slow performance by Acrobat. Sometimes the screen fridges while rotating the 3D board.
 

Offline maxpayneTopic starter

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Re: Best viewer for 3D PDF by Altium
« Reply #1 on: May 27, 2019, 06:07:24 am »
I tried Foxit reader with the plugin as well. It does nothing and only show a white screen...
 

Offline ChunkyPastaSauce

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Re: Best viewer for 3D PDF by Altium
« Reply #2 on: May 27, 2019, 06:17:35 am »
It should be on by default, but check hardware render is enabled, edit->pref->3D&Multimedia->Preferred Render
Also turn off double-sided rendering if its on
 

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Re: Best viewer for 3D PDF by Altium
« Reply #3 on: May 27, 2019, 06:47:48 am »
I just changed my settings of Acrobat reader using from Nvidia processor to integrated graphics and it solved the problem !

now I can smoothly do all the workings ! :)
 

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Re: Best viewer for 3D PDF by Altium
« Reply #4 on: June 19, 2019, 06:32:54 pm »
All, sorry if I'm a bit late in joining this thread, but I did want to go ahead and let you all know that you can now also use the online viewer that we've just released. All you have to do is drag and drop your individual or project files into the viewer and you can visualize your designs, no login or download required. This includes viewing in 3D and it will also link your library to Octopart for getting a sense of part lead time, cost, and availability across multiple vendors. It's pretty slick. Please give it a go https://www.altium.com/viewer
Lawrence Romine, Altium Inc.
 


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