Convert PDF to 3DS via Python

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

How to Convert PDF to 3DS Using Python

In order to convert PDF to 3DS, we’ll use

Aspose.3D for Python via .NET

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

NuGet

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

Command line
pip install aspose-3d

Steps to Convert PDF to 3DS via Python

Python programmers can easily load & convert PDF files to 3DS in just a few lines of code.

Load PDF file via the from_file of Scene class
Create an instance of 3dsSaveOptions
Set 3DS specific properties for advanced conversion
Call the Scene.save method
Pass the output path with 3DS file extension & object of 3dsSaveOptions
Check resultant 3DS file at specified path

System Requirements

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

Microsoft Windows or Linux based OS.
Python 3.5 or later.
Aspose.3D for Python 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.

3ds What is 3ds File Format?

A file with 3DS extension represents 3D Studio (DOS) mesh file format used by Autodesk 3D Studio. Autodesk 3D Studio has been in 3D file format market since 1990s and has now evolved to 3D Studio MAX for working with 3D modeling, animation and rendering. A 3DS file contains data for 3D representation of scenes and images and is one of the popular file formats for 3D data import and export. It considers information like camera locations, Mesh data, lighting information, viewport configurations, smoothing group data, bitmap references and attributes to create vertices and polygons for rendering a scene.

Other Supported Conversions

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

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)