PRC (file format)

PRC (Product Representation Compact) is a 3D file format that can be used to embed 3D data in a PDF file.

For the Palm OS file format, see PRC (Palm OS).
PRC
Developed byAssociation for Information and Image Management
Contained byPDF
StandardISO 14739-1:2014
Open format?Yes

This highly compressed format facilitates the storage of different representations of a 3D model. For example, you can save only a visual representation that consists of polygons (a tessellation), or you can save the model's exact geometry (B-rep data). Varying levels of compression can be applied to the 3D CAD data when it is converted to the PRC format using Adobe Acrobat 3D.

The 3D data stored in PRC format in a PDF is interoperable with Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM) and Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE) applications.

History

Software to create PRC
  • Adobe Acrobat "Pro Extended" 8 and 9.
  • Adobe Acrobat X and XI with 3D PDF Converter from Tetra 4D.[1]
  • CrossCad/Ware from Datakit: SDK for developers to add PRC writing functionalities to their software. [2]
  • CrossManager from Datakit: Software to convert 3D formats to PRC. [3]
  • Feature Manipulation Engine.[4]
  • Geomagic Design.[5]
  • HOOPS Exchange libraries from Tech Soft 3D.[6]
  • PDF3D, version 2.0 and later.[7]
  • PROSTEP PDF Generator 3D.[8]
  • SOLIDWORKS allows saving of files to 3D PDF containing PRC since release 2015.
  • 4D Publish, a plugin for Cinema 4D.[9]

Viewer
  • Adobe Reader 8 and later

See also

References
  1. Tetra 4D
  2. Datakit - CrossCad/Ware
  3. Datakit - CrossManager
  4. FME
  5. Geomagic Design
  6. Tech Soft 3D
  7. PDF3D
  8. PROSTEP AG
  9. 4D Publish
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