[NTG-context] 3D PDF support (AKA asymptote support)

[Michail Vidiassov]

Dear Luigi,

On Fri, 5 Jun 2009, luigi scarso wrote:

>             Asymptote may be a better choice since it supports newer PRC 3D format

> Ouch, another new 3D format! This will never end. I bet no valuable Open Source modeler (i.e. blender) support this one. The fact that asy
> supports PRC is good but I have no illusion about the conclusion of the 3d formats' war (just an endless pain for developpers)...
> 
> Asymptote has a prc dir
>  asymptote-1.75/prc
> maybe can be a lib too..

To say the truth Adobe Acrobat SDK has PRC API in it, but it is 
Windows-only, goes for big-$$$ and for that is "Not licensed to run in a 
batch or server mode".

As to the role of Adobe in 3D formats war - it reminds me of a quote 
attributed to a North Vietnamese general: "You Americans have fast 
choppers and jeeps, so you can rapidly move troops to the point of 
engagemment. But we are _already_ there!". The installed base of Adobe 
Readers may be a new factor in that endless Tweedle D.* free-for-all ;)

         Sincerely, Michail