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3D PDF figure generation

TeX - LaTeX Asked by Hrvi on January 11, 2021

I’m currently writing my bachelor thesis in LaTeX and just a few days ago I found that pdf allows for 3D figures insertion (using the media9 package).

I’ve managed to add an object I found online into the document, but it needs to be in .u3d or in .prc. I haven’t seen an open source program that can help you exporting to those formats, but I did find: SimLab Composer. You can have a trial, but after that you have to pay 200$ :(.

Please, can anyone tell me an effective workflow or software to convert from 3D file to .u3d or .prc? 🙂

2 Answers

The asymptote program converts an .asy file (which has a C - style language) into .prc files.

Answered by Teepeemm on January 11, 2021

If you already have a 3D model in another format, you can use MeshLab to convert it to U3D. It should accept input in all common formats. (stl/obj/...)

Make sure that you use the latest version: MeshLab's U3D exporter used to have some issues, but in the latest release notes (MeshLab 2020.07) they write

u3d exporter is now more stable and works on every platform;

Answered by Marcel Krüger on January 11, 2021

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