3D referenced graphic in an anchored frame
I recently bought TCS5 after having TCS2, so I'm trying to come up to speed with the new features. One of the features I have seen lauded was the ability to use 3D graphics in FM files which output to PDF could provide an interactive 3D graphic in the PDF. Seems like I remember seeing RJ Jaquez demo'ing that a few years back, so I don't think it's quite a new feature; hopefully a more mature feature by now.
Where the proverbial rubber hits the road
Our onsite Mech Engineer uses SolidWorks for all the CAD drawings. He can give me a PDF that does indeed retain all the 3D interactivity when I open it in Acrobat XI. Cool. Sweet.
I have CorelDraw Technical Suite X6, because the PTB decided that was more affordable than CS6/AC. I can import a DWG or DXF into DrawX6, but it is a 2D bunch of vector lines; much is lost.
So, the shortest path to getting a 3D interactive graphic into FM would be to take the 3D PDF that SolidWorks generates and insert it in an anchored frame in FM as a referenced graphic, right? When I do this, nothing shows up in the anchored frame, even though I had just verified the 3D PDF in Acrobat. If I double-click the inserted referenced PDF object from the anchored frame, it does spawn in Acrobat as an interactive PDF. However, if I Save As PDF from FM, the PDF that comes out doesn't have the 3D image at all.
I checked the completely useless Adobe Online Help and can't find diddly about it. (I so wish that were a surprise; alas, some things still haven't improved.)
The bottom line
Can someone here please tell me what I'm doing incorrectly? How do I get a functional 3D PDF inserted in an FM doc that can be output to PDF retaining the 3D interactivity in the inserted graphic?
Thanks,
Rene
Hi Rene,
Everything is described in the FrameMaker online help. For FrameMaker 12
search for "3D", and you will get a bunch of pages where this is explained, e.g.:
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/framemaker/using/WSd817046a44e105e21e63e3d11ab7f768cd-7fa3.htm l#WSCAB027D0-3396-4031-A731-5FA4F15B1306
For FrameMaker 11 the search for 3D does not find the relevant pages:
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FrameMaker/11.0/Using/WSd817046a44e105e21e63e3d11ab7f768cd-7fa 3.html#WSCAB027D0-3396-4031-A731-5FA4F15B1306
If your developer has SolidWorks, then he/she should be able to export the U3D format.
As far as I know CorelDraw Technical Suite X6 allows only to import 3D graphics and
manipulate them in Corel Designer. It cannot export U3D.
Best regards
Winfried
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myDialog.Pnl1.dropdownParaStyle.enabled = false;
myDialog.Pnl1.dropdownParaStyle.selection = 0;
if(myCharStyleList.length)
myDialog.Pnl1.сstyle = myDialog.Pnl1.add('checkbox', undefined, "Text with character style");
myDialog.Pnl1.сstyle.value = false;
myDialog.Pnl1.dropdownCharStyle = myDialog.Pnl1.add("dropdownlist", undefined, myCharStyleList );
myDialog.Pnl1.dropdownCharStyle.title = "Select the character style ";
myDialog.Pnl1.dropdownCharStyle.minimumSize = [250,20];
myDialog.Pnl1.dropdownCharStyle.enabled = false;
myDialog.Pnl1.dropdownCharStyle.selection = 0;
myDialog.Pnl1.pstyle.onClick = function()
if(this.value) {
myDialog.Pnl1.dropdownParaStyle.enabled = true;
myDialog.Pnl1.dropdownCharStyle.enabled = false;
myDialog.Pnl1.сstyle.value = false;
else
myDialog.Pnl1.dropdownParaStyle.enabled = false;
myDialog.Pnl1.dropdownCharStyle.enabled = true ;
myDialog.Pnl1.сstyle.value = true;
}// fnc
myDialog.Pnl1.сstyle.onClick = function()
if(this.value)
myDialog.Pnl1.dropdownCharStyle.enabled = true;
myDialog.Pnl1.dropdownParaStyle.enabled = false;
myDialog.Pnl1.pstyle.value = false;
else
myDialog.Pnl1.dropdownCharStyle.enabled = false;
myDialog.Pnl1.dropdownParaStyle.enabled = true ;
myDialog.Pnl1.pstyle.value = true;
}// fnc
}// if(myCharStyleList.length)
else
myDialog.Pnl1.pstyle.onClick = function()
if(this.value)
myDialog.Pnl1.dropdownParaStyle.enabled = true;
else
myDialog.Pnl1.dropdownParaStyle.enabled = false;
// Вторая панель
myDialog.Pnl2 = myDialog.add("panel", undefined, "Parameters of the text frame");
myDialog.Pnl2.orientation = "column";
myDialog.Pnl2.alignChildren = "left";
myDialog.Pnl2.dropdownObjStyle = myDialog.Pnl2.add("dropdownlist", undefined, myObjStyleList );
myDialog.Pnl2.dropdownObjStyle.title = "Select an object style ";
myDialog.Pnl2.dropdownObjStyle.minimumSize = [250,20];
myDialog.Pnl2.dropdownObjStyle.enabled = true;
myDialog.Pnl2.dropdownObjStyle.selection = 0;
myDialog.Pnl2.Group1 = myDialog.Pnl2.add( "group" );
myDialog.Pnl2.Group1.stxt1 = myDialog.Pnl2.Group1.add("statictext", undefined, "The width of the text frame");
myDialog.Pnl2.Group1.etxt = myDialog.Pnl2.Group1.add("edittext", undefined, "40");
myDialog.Pnl2.Group1.etxt.characters = 10;
myDialog.Pnl2.Group1.dropdownMeasurementUnits = myDialog.Pnl2.Group1.add("dropdownlist", undefined, myMeasureUnits );
myDialog.Pnl2.Group1.dropdownMeasurementUnits.maximumSize = [80,20];
myDialog.Pnl2.Group1.dropdownMeasurementUnits.selection = 0;
//myDialog.Pnl2.Group1.stxt2 = myDialog.Pnl2.Group1.add("statictext", undefined, "mm ");
/*myDialog.Pnl2.Group2 = myDialog.Pnl2.add( "group" );
myDialog.Pnl2.Group2.stxt1 = myDialog.Pnl2.Group2.add("statictext", undefined, "Высота привязанного фрейма ");
myDialog.Pnl2.Group2.etxt = myDialog.Pnl2.Group2.add("edittext", undefined, "30");
myDialog.Pnl2.Group2.etxt.characters = 10;
//myDialog.Pnl2.Group2.stxt2 = myDialog.Pnl2.Group2.add("statictext", undefined, "mm ");*/
myDialog.Pnl2.stxt1 = myDialog.Pnl2.add("statictext", undefined, "Attention! When you enter fractional values as");
myDialog.Pnl2.stxt2 = myDialog.Pnl2.add("statictext", undefined, "the decimal part, should be used");
myDialog.Pnl2.stxt3 = myDialog.Pnl2.add("statictext", undefined, "point, not comma.");
myDialog.Pnl2.stxt1.graphics.foregroundColor = myDialog.Pnl2.stxt1.graphics.newPen (myDialog.Pnl2.stxt1.graphics.PenType.SOLID_COLOR, [1, 0, 0, 1], 1);
myDialog.Pnl2.stxt2.graphics.foregroundColor = myDialog.Pnl2.stxt2.graphics.newPen (myDialog.Pnl2.stxt2.graphics.PenType.SOLID_COLOR, [1, 0, 0, 1], 1);
myDialog.Pnl2.stxt3.graphics.foregroundColor = myDialog.Pnl2.stxt3.graphics.newPen (myDialog.Pnl2.stxt3.graphics.PenType.SOLID_COLOR, [1, 0, 0, 1], 1);
// --------- кнопки --------------
var myGroup = myDialog.add( "group" );
myGroup.orientation = 'row';
myGroup.alignChildren = ['fill', 'fill'];
myGroup.okButton = myGroup.add( "button", undefined, "OK" );
myGroup.okButton.onClick = function()
if(myCharStyleList.length) // есть символьные стили в документе
if(!myDialog.Pnl1.pstyle.value && !myDialog.Pnl1.сstyle.value)
alert("You must select a paragraph style or character style");
return ;
if(myDialog.Pnl1.pstyle.value) { pStyleIndex= myDialog.Pnl1.dropdownParaStyle.selection.index; cStyleIndex = null;}
else {cStyleIndex = myDialog.Pnl1.dropdownCharStyle.selection.index; pStyleIndex=null; }
else // нет символьных стилей
if(!myDialog.Pnl1.pstyle.value)
alert("You must select a paragraph style");
return;
pStyleIndex = myDialog.Pnl1.dropdownParaStyle.selection.index;
cStyleIndex = null;
} // else // нет символьных стилей
oStyleIndex = myDialog.Pnl2.dropdownObjStyle.selection.index;
if(myDialog.Pnl2.Group1.etxt.text =="")
alert("Enter the width of the text frame");
return;
else
myW = myDialog.Pnl2.Group1.etxt.text;
myH = myW;
/*if(myDialog.Pnl2.Group2.etxt.text == "")
alert("Введите высоту привязанного фрейма");
return;
else
myH = myDialog.Pnl2.Group2.etxt.text;
selectUnits = myDialog.Pnl2.Group1.dropdownMeasurementUnits.selection.index;
myDialog= this.window.close( 1 );
myGroup.cancelButton = myGroup.add( "button", undefined, "Cancel" );
myGroup.cancelButton.onClick = function() { myDialog = this.window.close( 0 ); }
myDialog.Pnl3 = myDialog.add("panel", undefined, "");
myDialog.Pnl2.alignChildren = "left";
myDialog.Pnl3.stxt = myDialog.Pnl3.add("statictext", undefined, "(с) Thomas Silkjær (с) Борис Кащеев, www.adobeindesign.ru ");
return myDialog;
} // fnc
function getParagraphStyleByName(myStyleName)
var DocParaStyles = app.activeDocument.paragraphStyles;
var DocParaGroups = app.activeDocument.paragraphStyleGroups;
myStyleName = ""+myStyleName;
var pos = myStyleName.indexOf(":")
if(pos == -1)
// стиль не в группе
var myStyle = DocParaStyles.item(myStyleName);
return myStyle;
} //if
else
var myGroupAndStyleNames = myStyleName.split(":")
var myGroupName = myGroupAndStyleNames[0];
var myStyleName = myGroupAndStyleNames[1];
var myGroup =DocParaGroups.item(myGroupName);
return myGroup.paragraphStyles.item(myStyleName);
} // fnc
function getCharacterStyleByName(myStyleName)
var DocChStyles = app.activeDocument.characterStyles;
var DocCharGroups = app.activeDocument.characterStyleGroups;
// Есть ли в имени полученного символьного стиля двоеточие? (двоеточие разделяет название группы стилей и название стиля)
myStyleName = String (myStyleName);
var pos = myStyleName.indexOf(":");
if(pos == -1)
// стиль не в группе
return DocChStyles.item(myStyleName)
} //if...
else
{// Стиль в какой-то группе
var myGroupAndStyleNames = myStyleName.split(":")
var myGroupName = myGroupAndStyleNames[0];
var myStyleName = myGroupAndStyleNames[1];
var myGroup = DocCharGroups.item(myGroupName);
return myGroup.characterStyles.itemByName(myStyleName);
} // else
} // fnc()+
function getObjectStyleByName(myStyleName)
var DocObjStyles = app.activeDocument.objectStyles;
var DocCObjGroups = app.activeDocument.objectStyleGroups;
myStyleName = String (myStyleName);
var pos = myStyleName.indexOf(":");
if(pos == -1)
// стиль не в группе
return DocObjStyles.item(myStyleName);
} //if...
var myGroupAndStyleNames = myStyleName.split(":");
var myGroupName = myGroupAndStyleNames[0];
var myStyleName = myGroupAndStyleNames[1];
var myGroup = DocObjGroups.item(myGroupName);
return myGroup.objectStyles.itemByName(myStyleName);
} //fnc
function resetGREPfindChange()
app.changeGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
app.findGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
app.findChangeGrepOptions.includeFootnotes = false;
app.findChangeGrepOptions.includeHiddenLayers = false;
app.findChangeGrepOptions.includeLockedLayersForFind = false;
app.findChangeGrepOptions.includeLockedStoriesForFind = false;
app.findChangeGrepOptions.includeMasterPages = false;
function createAnchoredFrame(myText, myObjStyle)
var myGeometricBounds = [];
var myInsertionPoint = myText.insertionPoints[0];
myInsertionPoint.select;
var AnchoredTextFrame = myInsertionPoint.textFrames.add();
myGeometricBounds = AnchoredTextFrame.geometricBounds;
//alert(parseFloat(myH) + " " + parseFloat(myW))
myGeometricBounds[2] = myGeometricBounds[0] + parseFloat(myH);
myGeometricBounds[3] = myGeometricBounds[1] + parseFloat(myW);
AnchoredTextFrame.geometricBounds = myGeometricBounds;
AnchoredTextFrame.anchoredObjectSettings.anchoredPosition = AnchorPosition.anchored;
myText.move(LocationOptions.before, AnchoredTextFrame.texts[0]);
AnchoredTextFrame.appliedObjectStyle = myObjStyle;
AnchoredTextFrame.fit(FitOptions.CONTENT_TO_FRAME);
var FO = FitOptions.FRAME_TO_CONTENT,
tfs = ([]).concat.apply([], app.activeDocument.stories.everyItem().textContainers),
t, i = tfs.length;
while( i-- ) (t=tfs[i]).overflows && ( t.locked || t.fit(FO) );
} //fnc
main();Hi Cari,
I did create a new user account (admin level) and InDesign works like a charm.
When I went back to the other account, plug-ins gone, I deleted the prefs and caches, restarted and still everything is crashing as before.
At least I am working on one account and I will contiue to troubleshoot on the other account. And at some point either the new account will crash or the old account will work and I will go from there.
Thanks for the info about Mac remembering info. Always trying to be helpful these Macs.
And thanks for getting at least into a workable space!!! I am supremely grateful! -
Anchored Frame with auto shrink wrap
Hi
I have an issue that I need help with.
I'm importing a range of graphics into my document and in my read/write rules I have all of the required properties to the images. When the images are imported they are correctly displaying (size etc) but the default margin of the anchored frame is still there. Is there any way that you can automatically apply the shrink wrap to the anchored frame (or set the anchored frame to have a default margin of 0?).
Some of the images that we have are only 5mm x 5mm and there may be several of these on a single page. Therefore selecting each individual image and pressing Esc m p to shrink wrap will become a very time consuming process.
Any suggestions that may be provided would be greatly appreciated.
Regards
Reeta.You want Bruce Foster's ImpGraph plug in.
http://home.comcast.net/~bruce.foster/ImpGraph.htm
It works well.
Art
Art Campbell
[email protected]
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Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson
No disclaimers apply.
DoD 358 -
Anchored frame that is run-around AND protrudes into margin?
Hi,
FM 8.04, Win XP.
Is it in any way possible to create a small anchored frame (let's say 10 x 10 mm) that is run-around AND protrudes 1 or 2 mm into the left margin?
I need it for drop caps and have managed everything except the protrusion into the margin.
I can get protrusion into the margin by setting the anchored frame to "Outside column" or "Outside text frame" and then setting a negative value for "Distance from text column" - but then it isn't run around by the body text (despite inserting a text frame into the anchored frame and changing run-around properties).
Any ideas?
TIA,
MatsMats,
Unfortunately, you're hitting the limits of anchored frame behaviour.
It's an either/or proposition. You can have run-arounds, but you can't
control the position except for placement at the start or end of a
paragraph.
An alternative, but clumsy and labour-intensive, is to set the start
positions (indents - first & left) of all of the document paratags to
be the desired offset (1-2mm) of the anchored frame. Then by setting
the frame to start at the beginning of the anchoring paratag (not set
with the indents), you will get the equivalent effect.
If this is just going to be a single location and won't be subject to
much editing (i.e. document reflow), then you could also consider
using a graphic frame set with runaround, which you can position
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