Publisher3D Professional 2012

Publisher3D Professional 2012 includes all the features of Standard plus update capabilities, custom parts lists, multiple 3D models per project, and complex project management tools. Publisher3D Professional 2012 is an easy-to-use illustration program that leverages existing 3D data to publish a wide-range of standard graphic, animation, or document formats.

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Publisher3D Professional 2012 is document-focused and includes unique capabilities such as tools for directly associating parts lists with illustration call numbers, and an intuitive illustration workspace. Product documentation and graphics are easily created as vector graphics, high-resolution raster graphics, XML DITA topics, complete documents and informative animations.

Time and Cost Savings

Publisher3D Professional 2012 lowers the cost of creating and maintaining illustrations, and minimizes the burden on engineering by letting anyone access and reuse of 3D. Save time by publishing the same set of illustrations to multiple media such as raster, vector, and animations. Use a single program to assign descriptive text to illustrations that can be published as complete topics to Word, PDF, RTF, XML, XML DITA, and more. Publisher3D Professional 2012 eliminates the need to draft illustrations from scratch with general purpose programs.

Automates Illustration Updates

Update hundreds of illustrations in a single step when 3D CAD designs change.

Easy To Use

As easy to install and use as standard paint programs. Publisher3D Professional 2012 was designed to be used by technical illustrators and graphical artists, not just engineers.

Powerful 3D Tools

• Includes all the 3D tools needed to create illustrations and animations
• Easily manage call numbers by associating illustrations with a parts list
• Exceptional tools for managing and working with large models

Affordable

• Highly competitive pricing allows entire teams to benefit
• No need to purchase expensive and complicated 3D CAD tools for non-engineers

Modern User Interface

For the easiest user interface possible, Publisher3D Professional 2012 leverages the Microsoft Office 2007 ribbon look and feel.

High Quality Technical Illustration

Easily create high quality technical illustrations and more from 3D CAD and save as images or publish interactive models using Reader3D.

Import 3D Models

Import 3D models such as SolidWorks, Inventor, DWF, STL, Google SketchUp, DWG, DXF, 3ds Max, 3DS, and more.
Optionally, using the Granite Module can import to Import additional 3D CAD formats, including Pro/ENGINEER, STEP, IGES, and more.

Inspect 3D Models

Inspect 3D models with section, move parts, and material editing. Includes advanced tools for finding and selecting parts by searching and using an automatically created parts lists.

Markup 3D Views

Markup 3D views with shapes, arrows, lines, and text.

Publish High-Resolution Images

Publish high-resolution images as TIF, BMP, PNG or GIF.

Publishing to Word

Publish illustrations and meta-data to a formatted Word, PDF, HTML, or RTF document.

Topics and Illustrations

Create illustrations from 3D with callouts, markups, symbols, dimensions, sections, highlighted parts, etc. Easily manage libraries of illustrations with Topics.

3D Animation Creation

Use an familiar storyboard tool for creating powerful animations by setting up transitions between illustrations. Animate 3D using an easy to understand storyboard editor. Publish animations as AVI and Flash files.

Vector Graphics

Publish illustrations as high quality vector graphics in formats such as SVG, EPS, and PDF.

Seamless Updates

When 3D CAD designs change, update all of your product illustrations with a single click. Entire sets of illustrations can be updated when 3D CAD designs change.

Parts Lists

Create and edit as many custom parts lists as you need,and manage them easily. Match illustration callouts automatically.

Exploded Views

Create as many exploded views as you need for your illustrations. QuadriSpace supports the model structure making reuse simple.

Support for Large Projects

Use configurations to create subsets of parts that make it easy to manage large projects for illustration efforts. Work with complex assemblies and merge multiple 3D CAD models together using configurations.

Documenting Illustrations

Document each illustration with meta-data. Meta-data can be published with the illustrations in a variety of ways.

XML DITA Topics

Publish illustrations and meta-data as well-formed XML DITA Topic.

Publisher3D Professional 2012 imports the following file formats:

• SolidWorks .sldasm
• SolidWorks .sldprt
• Inventor .prt
• Inventor .asm
• Google Sketchup .skp
• Autodesk DWF
• Rhino 5.0 .3dm
• AutoCAD DWG
• AutoCAD DXF
• STEP
• IGES
• OBJ
• 3DS
• STL