Convert PDF to U3D via C#

Render PDF as U3D without any 3D modeling and rendering software.

How to Convert PDF to U3D Using C#

In order to convert PDF to U3D, we’ll use

Aspose.3D for .NET

API which is a feature-rich, powerful and easy to use document manipulation and conversion API for C# platform. Open

NuGet

package manager, search for Aspose.3D and install. You may also use the following command from the Package Manager Console.

Package Manager Console Command
PM> Install-Package Aspose.3D

Steps to Convert PDF to U3D via C#

.NET programmers can easily load & convert PDF files to U3D in just a few lines of code.

Load PDF file via the constructor of Scene class
Create an instance of U3dSaveOptions
Set U3D specific properties for advanced conversion
Call the Scene.Save method
Pass the output path with U3D file extension & object of U3dSaveOptions
Check resultant U3D file at specified path

System Requirements

Before running the .NET conversion code, make sure that you have the following prerequisites.

Microsoft Windows or a compatible OS with .NET Framework, .NET Core, Mono.
Development environment like Microsoft Visual Studio.
Aspose.3D for .NET DLL referenced in your project.

A 3D File Processing Library to manipulate 3D files without any modeling and rendering software. The 3D API supports Discreet3DS, WavefrontOBJ, FBX (ASCII, Binary), STL (ASCII, Binary), Universal3D, Collada, glTF, GLB, PLY, DirectX, Google Draco file formats and more. Developers can create, read, convert, modify and control the substance of 3D document formats easily.

PDF What is PDF File Format?

Portable Document Format (PDF) is a type of document created by Adobe back in 1990s. The purpose of this file format was to introduce a standard for representation of documents and other reference material in a format that is independent of application software, hardware as well as Operating System. PDF files can be opened in Adobe Acrobat Reader/Writer as well in most modern browsers like Chrome, Safari, Firefox via extensions/plug-ins. Most of the commercially available software suites also offer conversion of their documents to PDF file format without the requirement of any additional software component. Thus, PDF file format has full capability to contain information like text, images, hyperlinks, form-fields, rich media, digital signatures, attachments, metadata, Geospatial features and 3D objects in it that can become as part of source document.

u3d What is u3d File Format?

U3D (Universal 3D) is a compressed file format and data structure for 3D computer graphics. It contains 3D model information such as triangle meshes, lighting, shading, motion data, lines and points with color and structure. The format was accepted as ECMA-363 standard in August 2005. 3D PDF documents support U3D objects embedding and can be viewed in Adobe Reader (version 7 and onwards). U3D format was developed keeping in view the aim to establish a universal standard for three-dimensional data storage and exchange. However, the format finds its main utilization in encoding for 3D PDF rather than being used as an interchange format. Acrobat 3D converts a supported 3D file type to either U3D or PRC upon conversion into the PDF.

Other Supported Conversions

You can also convert PDF into many other file formats including few listed below.

PDF TO 3DS (3D Studio DOS Mesh)

PDF TO AMF (Additive Manufacturing Format)

PDF TO DAE (Digital Asset Exchange)

PDF TO FBX (3D Format)

PDF TO HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language)

PDF TO OBJ (3D File Format)

PDF TO PLY (Polygon File Format)

PDF TO RVM (AVEVA Plant Design Model)

PDF TO STL (Interchangeable 3D Surface Geometry)

PDF TO U3D (Universal 3D)