Can I embed 3D PDFs in an InDesign document?

"Can I embed 3D PDFs in an InDesign document and the export the document as a PDF with the 3D surviving the process?"

3D PDFs are quite rare, and I've never actually viewed one, even though I work with PDFs all the time.
However, I'm certain that InDesign has no concept of 3D artwork. Most images are not embedded but are linked.
For these reasons, I think it would impossible for you to place it and export it, preserving the 3D.

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*1. In Adobe Illustrator* you can open the pdf file directly and chop out the bits you don't want and resave them individually. There maybe problems with fonts not being embedded as it comes from a PC where such things are mostly verbotten.
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*3. In Preview* cut apart the multiple pages and parts of each page. To split the multiple pages you will have to open the set and then delete the pages you don't want and save the remaining page with a new name.
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