3d pdf

[mskin]

can someone nudge me in the right direction for figuring out how to export from max to 3d PDF? im able to get the geometry to go, but im finding it difficult to get the materials to go along, bacjgrounds, and lights. 3ds? or Obj? procedure? set up? - thanks

[JonRashid]

I have done this with a .3ds and textures. I had the textures in same directory as the .3ds and it worked fine, I use acrobat to import the file into a document,

[mskin]

thanks, ill give that a try tomorrow.

[mskin]

ok, after much fussing - i feel like im getting pretty close to this. but the heck does this mean (taken from an adobe help forum):

 

"Limitations: Original orientation, origin, and scale are not preserved. Measurements may be incorrect. When using 3dsmax9 32 bit on a XP64, the print screen key does not work, the workaround is to create a user environement variable "A3D_CAPT_AUTOCAPTURE" and set its value to "1" before starting 3dsmax9 - you will then be able to start a 3d capture by doing "create from 3d capture" from acrobat3d and then you must click on 3dsmax window and refresh it (by doing a window resize for example) to finish the 3d capture.

 

To perform a capture on Windows XP-64:

 

1. Set the A3D_CAPT_AUTOCAPTURE user environment variable to 1.

2. Close and relaunch 3d Max 9.

3. Launch Acrobat 9 Pro Extended.

4. Click File > Create PDF > From 3D Capture.

5. Select the 3ds Max window.

6. Refresh the 3ds Max window.

 

Note: You can use a Window resize as an example to finish the 3D capture."

 

what is this environment variable? is it registry, 3d max or adobe. how and where would i set this?