Exporting from Acrobat 3D PDF to CAD formats

Hello,
Good day, hope all is great.
According to the Adobe Knowledgebase Acrobat 3D 8 can export a PDF into different CAD formats like parasolid.
http://www.adobe.com/go/kb402271
I am using the trial version of Acrobat 3D and have not been found out how to do this, even after reading the help files. Please forward your thoughts and suggestions. I can open several CAD formats, but don't know how to export.
Thanks in advance,

The Knowledge Base appears to not be as clear as it should be in regard to the Export feature.
To gain access to the Export feature the model needs to be converted into PDF using one of the PRC formats. Dpending on the type of CAD file you are starting out with, conversion may be limited to only to one of the .U3D formats, so you would not see the "Export Data..." feature.
BTW - the "Export Data..." feature is in the right-click context menu that is displayed when interacting with a PRC formatted 3D annotation.
Which CAD format are you starting out with? I just converted a SolidWorks model using the PRC format and the "Export Data..." feature was available.
To convert using one of the PRC formats, drag the original CAD file onto Acrobat. In the Acrobat 3D Cnversion dialog's "Import" tab, select one of the PRC formats in the "Format:" pop-up menu and hit OK. In the resulting PDF, activate the 3D annot, then right-click on it. You should see the "Export Data..." feature in the context menu.

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