Autodesk Revit using 3D PDF for Revit plugin supports saving of files to 3D PDF using the U3D format.Open Inventor SDK by VSG generates 3D PDF, U3D.Adobe Systems Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 Extended are able to export a 3D Layer as a U3D file.PDF3D SDK toolkit generates 3D PDF, U3D (with Right Hemisphere Compression) and PRC (file format).Graphisoft ArchiCAD allows export of U3D files.
Siemens PLM Software Process Simulate allows export of U3D files.3DVIA Composer allows exportation of 3D models to 3D PDF and U3D formats.SolidWorks allows saving of files to 3D PDF containing U3D.iText open source Java library allows creation of PDF containing U3D.Vertex G4 CAD allows exportation of 3D models to 3D PDF and U3D formats.AVEVA Review allows exportation of 3D models to 3D PDF and U3D formats.Nemetschek Allplan allows export of PDF containing U3D.Kubotek Keċreator allows opening and importing U3D, export of U3D, and export of PDF containing U3D.Jreality, an open source mathematical visualization package with 3D-PDF and U3D export.
Deep Exploration, 3D PDF Converter for Acrobat Pro and PDF3D-SDK can author this data, and Adobe Acrobat and Reader 8.1 can read this data. One such block widely deployed is the RHAdobeMesh block, which provides a more compressed alternative to the mesh blocks defined in the first edition. The second and third editions correct some errata in the first edition, and the third edition also adds the concept of vendor specified blocks. It is capable of storing vertex based geometry, color, textures, lighting, bones, and transform based animation. The first edition is supported by many/all of the various applications mentioned below. The format is natively supported by the PDF format and 3D objects in U3D format can be inserted into PDF documents and interactively visualized by Acrobat Reader (since version 7). The library is also well known for having serious memory management issues. The consortium promoted also the development of an open source library for facilitating the adoption of the format. The goal is a universal standard for three-dimensional data of all kinds, to facilitate data exchange. The format was later standardized by Ecma International in August 2005 as ECMA-363.
The format was defined by a special consortium called 3D Industry Forum that brought together a diverse group of companies and organizations, including Intel, Boeing, HP, Adobe Systems, Bentley Systems, Right Hemisphere and others whose main focus had been the promotional development of 3D graphics for use in various industries, specifically at this time manufacturing as well as construction and industrial plant design. Universal 3D ( U3D) is a compressed file format standard for 3D computer graphics data.