APEX OEM
APEX OEM gives software application developers direct API access to powerful Adobe libraries, running in the background to enhance or extended 3D applications. Using the OEM Platform, applications can access data from more than 20 popular 3D CAD formats, publish data-rich and secure PDF documents and much more.
CAD Data Access: Applications can access valuable data from more than 20 popular 3D file formats such as: CATIA, Pro/E, UG NX, SolidWorks, IGES, STEP, XT, JT, STL, 3D PDF and many others. Using APEX OEM applications can access geometry (precise and/or visualization), part and assembly information, hierarchy and metadata without the user ever leaving your native application.
High-Fidelity 3D PDF Publishing: Your application can offer direct PDF generation enabling your users to publish secure, intelligent and highly compressed PDF files which may be viewed by Acrobat Reader on virtually any PC from the engineering shop floor to the executive boardroom.
The PDF format is now capable of containing, and the Acrobat Reader is capable of displaying, highly complex 3D engineering documents in the ISO standard PDF format. The richness and ubiquity of PDF means that developers can avoid the need to develop and deploy custom viewers for downstream engineering tasks such as collaborative mark-up, design-review, bid generation, PLM documentation, manufacturing instruction, purchasing information, etc.
For developers seeking to simply export native 2D PDF from their applications, we also offer the Adobe® PDF Library SDK.