Adobe Portable Document Format (*.pdf) Files
You can export SolidWorks part, assembly, and drawing documents as Adobe®
Portable Document Format (PDF) files and part and assembly documents as
3D PDF or U3D files.
For the best results, use the latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader when opening .pdf files. You can download an updated
copy of the Adobe Reader from http://www.adobe.com.
To save a document that includes non-English characters as a PDF document,
the Arial Unicode MS font must be installed on your system.
You
can:
Open a
3D PDF file in Adobe Acrobat Reader and manipulate the model image.
Open a
3D PDF file in Adobe Acrobat Professional.
Open a
document in Adobe Acrobat Professional and import a U3D file. Click Tools, Advanced
Editing, 3D Tool. Drag
a rectangle, then specify a file in the Add
3D Content dialog box.
Open a
U3D document in Adobe Acrobat 3D.
To export a SolidWorks document as a
PDF file:
Click File > Save As.
In the dialog box, select Adobe
Portable Document Format (*.pdf) in Save
as type.
Click Options
to select PDF
Export Options, select or clear options, then click OK.
Type the file name in File
name, and click Save.
For drawing documents, PDF
format is limited to a sheet size of 200 inches (508 cm) in width and
height. If a drawing document contains sheets over this limit, a warning
message appears and the sheets that are too large are not included in
the PDF file.
To export a SolidWorks part
or assembly as a 3D PDF file:
Click File > Save
As.
In the
dialog box, select Adobe Portable Document
Format (*.pdf) in Save as type.
Select
Save as 3D PDF, verify the file
name, and click Save.
You can also create 3D PDF presentations for SolidWorks parts and assemblies, click File > Publish to 3D PDF.
To export a SolidWorks part
or assembly to a U3D file:
Click File > Save
As.
In the
dialog box, select Universal 3D (*.u3d)
in Save as type.
Verify
the file name, and click Save.