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Additionally, I produce descriptive documentation explaining systems and their internal flows. A flash movie animating these would really draw attention and set my productions apart.
Anyway, I've never used those advanced PDF features, so maybe could come up with something else after a few practice...
The added plus of being able to show the factory floor how to assemble something is an easy bonus.
E-Drawings has been an invaluable tool to circumvent the limitations of designing in a 3D world but presenting the ideas to a 2D audience; however, it is a specialized software that many people do not have or are unwilling to install.
Adobe, with the recent implementation of the 3D model viewer embedded in their software, has drastically made my life easier because I can send part designs to the entire project team knowing that they will be able to view the file with software they already have on their PC.
The addition of PDF video is huge. Imagine sending a relatively small file that anyone will be able to open with little to no difficulty containing a video where you are able to precisely control what information you want to present. Relevent features and design decisions can be featured by the designer, outlining what is most important in the part. It would be the closest thing to standing over the shoulder of the designer while they discuss the part as you can get.
The portfolio is an added perk which will allow for very high levels of professionalism when communicating with other companies or contracters, and would greatly simplify keeping track of complicated designs with large numbers of parts and features. I can imagine this being very handy for giving the design to a build team with a single document containing detailed 2D drawings, easy to manipulate 3D models, and static documents such as bill of materials and comments.
So yes, I'm fairly excited about the opportunities presented by this software!
I also would like to get more paperless. And one of the items that I look forward to is the paperless assembly document that is a movie or animation. This capability in a PDF file is just the item that I am looking forward to.
At my company, we produce a large number of documents. Most of these are static images with text out the proverbial, and not-so-proverbial whazoo. All this text has to be translated into dozens of languages because we ship products worldwide.
With video we can make a more informative document without any translation.
Thanks!
The initial cost of buy in for all this software adds up fast.
This would be a nice addition to SW for a small, one man start up!
Or I might do something useful like make a video of the latest CAD project I'm working on.
I know they would use the program so much and with this their assignments would be a top notch.
My children strive for better grades and are maintaining a 4.0 and 3.65 with the coming school year approaching their school work will be even more demanding. So winning this will not only do one video on PDF but many for maybe years to come with what they will learn form this program.
Afterwards, when I know how to use it, I'll make some video tutorials :)
As CAD Manager I would also use this for training videos or "tech support" help. It seems like creating videos accessible to everyone without being bloated can be finicky. Buried in PDF sounds like a breeze.
Now as far as video, geez, the possibilities are endless. For one, I could thing of assembly instructions, for the manufacturing plant, or even the end customer. These of course could be animations created in SolidWorks or some other program, or raw video shot by corporate. Currently work at a place that designs car shredder plants. These are huge, complicated plant installations, and no doubt, plant layouts with general assembly videos and installation videos would be a HUGE benefit. Good stuff. I know for sure if I got my grubby little hands on this, I'd be able to whip something up to so its usefulness to the big wigs where I currently work to convince them to invest in it company wide. You listening, Adobe?