3pdf in publisher

[rolit]

Does Affinity support the use of 3pdf-files

[GarryP]

Welcome to the forums @rolit

What’s a “3pdf” file?
I did a quick internet search and couldn’t find anything.
Do you mean PDF/A-3, or similar?

[rolit]

Thanks for the welcome

a 3pdf files is pdf of a 3d-object. I can place the file but it's empty. I want to create a digital publication (e-book) 

10.10.400.500.3d.pdf

[GarryP]

Thanks for the extra information – a search for 3D PDF let me find out more.

The Affinity applications can’t handle 3D stuff so I’m pretty sure they can’t handle PDFs which contain 3D stuff.

Various kinds of 3D functionalities have been requested many times but Serif haven’t given any reason for us to think that it might possibly be implemented at any point. (Never say never, but highly unlikely from what I have read.)

Note: The Affinity applications can’t handle interactivity in PDFs either, so even if they could read the 3D PDFs properly – maybe rasterising the contents – they wouldn’t be able to produce anything containing interactive stuff, such as 3D models, etc.

Edited February 2, 2023 by GarryP
Added note.

[rolit]

For the time being I will use the solution of a hyperlink. In my design i create a button to a 3d pdf. When exported to pdf the 2 files are connected.

[firstdefence]

Which app did you create this 3D-PDF?

[rolit]

The file was created with Solid Edge