Adobe 3D OEM Platform
Adobe Acrobat 3D

The Adobe 3D OEM platform gives software application developers direct API access to powerful Adobe libraries which run in the background to enhance or extended your 3D application. Through the Adobe OEM Platform program, applications can access data from 25+ popular 3D CAD formats, publish data-rich 3D PDF files and deliver advanced publish/ review/collaboration solutions.

  • CAD Data Access: Applications can access valuable data from more than 25 popular 3D file formats such as:
    • CATIA
    • Pro/E
    • UG NX
    • SolidWorks
    • IGES
    • STEP
  • Using the Adobe 3D OEM Platform, applications can access native CAD geometry as either a precise surface (B-Rep) definition or a tessellated visual representations, and access the part and assembly information to reconstruct object hierarchies as well as associated metadata such as PMI information.

  • 3D PDF Publishing. The PDF format now incorporates the ability to contain highly complex 3D enginee

    Lightweight 3D PDFmodel  published from a CAD system using the Adobe 3D OEM Platform libraries.
    Lightweight 3D PDFmodel published from a CAD system using the Adobe 3D OEM Platform libraries.

    ring documents in the ISO standard PDF format including B-Rep geometry, visualization PMI and attribute/heirarachy information. This enhanced format is fully supported by the Acrobat Reader, which is capable of displaying all 3D and associated information. The Acrobat Reader is available on almost every desktop as standard as a free download from Adobe.

    Through the Acrobat 3D OEM Platform, your application can offer direct generation of highly compressed 3D PDF files.  

    These 3D PDF files may then be viewed by Acrobat Reader on virtually any PC; from the engineering shop floor to the executive boardroom.  This 3D PDF generation also links your application with the powerful Acrobat set of applications, giving your users a solution for secure, ubiquitous and seamless collaboration.

    3D CAD Model with GD&T imported using Adobe 3D OEM Platform libraries
    3D CAD Model with GD&T imported using Adobe 3D OEM
    Platform libraries.
  • Deliver a Full Review/Collaboration Solution: The Adobe 3D OEM Platform also provides developers with the right to bundle the Acrobat Pro Extended product set on an OEM basis. This means that developers can deliver high-value, secure solutions to users for applications such as data sharing, collaborative mark-up, design-review, bid generation, PLM documentation, manufacturing instruction and delivery of purchasing information.

For developers seeking to simply export native 2D PDF from their applications, we also offer the Adobe® PDF Library SDK.