3D PDF colors?

[ptc-4043744]

I'm running Creo Elements/Pro 5.0 M120 and am having a problem with 3D PDFs. I make sure I color surfaces in my model appropriately, but when I output a 3D PDF, each part comes through as just the base color of the part (no surface color changes). Anyone else having the same problem or know how to fix this? Thanks!

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[TomD.inPDX · Accepted solution]

That seems to be the normal way of working. It is still this way in Creo 2.0.

[ptc-4043744]

Thanks for the response. That's unfortunate, though...the parts don't look realistic anymore so it takes away a lot of that "wow" factor of the 3D PDF as a visualization tool.

[TomD.inPDX]

Very true. I wonder if there is a good freeware 3D PDF editor that can resolve this.