Adding 3D Comments on Panoramic 360 Image Views in PDF Documents
This tutorial walk-through explains the technique of marking up key areas of a pano scene, using the Adobe Acrobat Reader. The following steps explain how to add Comments (markup annotations) into Panoramic 360 Views within a PDF document. It assumes you are already familiar with the general use of ReportGen and converting 2:1 panoramic 360 degree JPEG images to PDF. For more information see https://www.pdf3d.com/panoramic-360-i...
1. In these steps we assume ReportGen 2.16.1 or later, with states/Panoramic_Profile.pdf3dsettings loaded.
2. First Disable Spin. In the case of adding comments, the automatic spin can get in the way and cause comments to get misplaced from the desired location, so it is recommended to turn it off. This can be done on the "PDF 3D View" tab, in the "Panoramic 360 Options" box un-tick "Automatic Spin".
3. Disable Security. Un-tick the Security tab "Security Options" at top of panel, to allow flexible commenting and saving new file afterwards.
4. Create the PDF - go ahead and add your input JPEG, set the output filename, push convert.
5. Open the PDF in Adobe Reader DC, pan around to find an item to be marked in the image.
6. Put mouse in 3D panoramic view. Right Mouse Click. A drop-down menu appears. Select "Tools" - "Add 3D Comment". The mouse cursor should change to a cross-hair.
7. Click once with left mouse button on the anchor point. Then click again a little distance away. A rubber-band line should appear showing the lead-line from the anchor point to the comment box. A dialog box should appear where you can type the comment.
8. Push the "Hand" button on the Adobe menu bar (click for panning around mode) symbol to get out of the special commenting mode.
9. Repeat steps 4,5,6 for additional comments.
10. Save-As to a new file to save your comments. Other people can add their own comments as well.
11. Open the left side "model tree" menu to see the saved comment views. The first one will be "Panoramic" without any comments visible. Your other comments will have individual entries on this list. Click on one which will zoom and rotate to the right spot and show the comment.
The demo adds three comments into a scene along the Little Venice canal in London, adding indicators to path directions to Paddington Station, Regent's Park and Abbey Road Studios. This feature is great for sharing scenes providing key visual guides, labelling damage or maintenance issues, or capturing labelled evidence in a PDF. For more information see https://www.pdf3d.com/