Adobe Acrobat 8 SDK...

My company has currently developed a system for capturing 3D model review comments using a simple 2D screen shot functionality. We would like to integrate 3D PDF viewing capabilities into our application; I therefore have a few questions:
1) Is the use of Adobe Acrobat 8 SDK in our application allowed and also is this royalty free? Is there any cost incurred in using it?
2) Once we have added the SDK to our project are we able to remove all toolbars, and all tabs from being visible. Therefore only showing the 3D viewing window?
3) Are we able to call up the Model Tree control in our application?
4) Are we able to add a comment to a 3D element programmable / using code?
5) Are we able to navigate to a comment using code?
6) Are we able to retrieve the name of the item selected either in the 3D viewer or in the Model Tree control?
I look forward to your response.
Thank you in advance.
Simon Liddicott
Ticodi Ltd.
www.ticodi.com

>1) Is the use of Adobe Acrobat 8 SDK in our application allowed and also is this royalty free? Is there any cost incurred in using it?
The Acrobat SDK is a set of tools for automating Acrobat. The SDK is
free, but of course Acrobat (or perhaps Acrobat 3D) has to be
purchased and deployed for each end user.
Sorry, I don't know the capabilities of the SDK in terms of 3D
processing.
Aandi Inston

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