Pdf3DAnimation example

Question

Hello,I am able to create a 3D pdf file using Syncfusion. But there is no example on how to add animation on 3D model at pdf. At the API reference there is page showing Pdf3DAnimation class but no more information on how to use it.Can you share an example on how to add animation to 3D models on PDF files please?

Irfana Jaffer Sadhik · Answer

Hi Halil,Please follow the below links to add 3d annotation to the pdf document. This will help you to achieve your requirement to add animation to the 3D models. Please try this in your end and let us know if it satisfies your requirement.https://help.syncfusion.com/file-formats/pdf/working-with-annotations#3d-annotation Please let us know if you need any further assistance in this.Regards,Irfana J.

Halil Gur · Answer

Hello Irfana,Actually what I was looking for was the Pdf3DAnimation class mentioned at https://help.syncfusion.com/cr/file-formats/Syncfusion.Pdf.Interactive.Pdf3DAnimation.html I can load a .u3d file and export it as pdf with syncfusion. But I need to add animation to this exported pdf. The link above describes a class called Pdf3DAnimation, which I think is for this purpose.I need to get a sample on how to use it because at the class definition there was no example usag

Irfana Jaffer Sadhik · Answer

Hi Halil,Currently we are analyzing on your requirement and we will provide the further details on September 15th, 2022.Regards,Irfana J.

Gowthamraj Kumar · Answer

Hi Halil GurThank you for your patience, We have
considered “Support to add animation to Pdf3DAnnotation in a PDF document”
to be a usability feature and we have planned to include this support in our 2022
Volume 3 Sp1 release which is expected to be available in the month of
October 2022.Please use
the below feedback link to track the status of the feature.https://www.syncfusion.com/feedback/37751/support-to-add-animation-to-pdf3dannotation-in-a-pdf-document
Regards,Gowthamraj K

Irfana Jaffer Sadhik · Answer

The support has been added to our 2022 Volume 3 SP1 release. And we are glad to announce that our Essential Studio 2022 Volume 3 Service Pack Release V20.3.0.56 is rolled out and is available for download under the following link.

https://www.syncfusion.com/forums/178709/essential-studio-2022-volume-3-service-pack-release-v20-3-0-56-is-available-for-download

We thank you for your support and appreciate your patience in waiting for this release. Please get in touch with us if you would require any further assistance.

Please refer to the code below to add animation to the 3D annotation

//Create a new PDF document.
PdfDocument document = new PdfDocument();
//Create a new page .
PdfPage page = document.Pages.Add();
//Create a new pdf3d annotation.
Pdf3DAnnotation pdf3dAnnotation = new Pdf3DAnnotation(new RectangleF(10, 50, 300, 150), @"Input.u3d");
Pdf3DAnimation animation = new Pdf3DAnimation(PDF3DAnimationType.Linear);
animation.PlayCount = 10;
animation.TimeMultiplier = 3;
pdf3dAnnotation.Animation = animation;
page.Annotations.Add(pdf3dAnnotation);
//Save the document to disk.
document.Save("Output.pdf");
//close the document.
document.Close(true);