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Frequently Asked Questions

Application Functions

The RealVue3D web site now has a useful Online user Tutorials Page where you can view and download Flash Tutorials on much of the RealVue3D functionality and capabilities.

To Start using RealVue3D Just go to our RealVue3D Tutorials page

• Can I Create a RealVue3D file showing more than one document?
• I generated a RealVue3D image of a multi-page PDF document with an overprint varnish on each page but all the pages appeared blank?
• Can RealVue3D generate images from double page spreads?
• How can I change the page thickness and fold of my document?
• My RealVue3D document appears dull or dark in the black viewing window and the viewing window is too small?
• How can I view pages other than click and dragging the mouse from page to page? Can I scroll to any part of a document without having to turn every page?
• How do I create my own background or insert my company logo?
• How do I create a spine in RealVue3D?

Can I Create a RealVue3D file showing more than one document?

Yes! However, you will need to open up all the PDF's of the documents you wish to view in Acrobat first.

The RealVue3D dialogue will show the list of all the documents you have opened in the order in which they will be viewed. This list is editable by using the remove, move up or down buttons. When exported and viewed, the top listed document will show by default. Press the down arrow key and all the other documents will be revealed for viewing.

These can be selected by using the left and right arrow keys or clicking and dragging on the documents in the java console. Double clicking or using the enter key will open the document which is shown in the foreground.

Check out the Flash tutorial on this web site GETTING STARTED: Create Multiple 3D Simulations

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I generated a RealVue3D image of a multi-page PDF document with an overprint varnish on each page but all the pages appeared blank?

RealVue3D recognises PDF transparency so will only render the image if a varnish has been properly assigned in the document settings dialogue. So if a varnish has been overprinted on top of each page, select the varnish spot colour in document settings which should appear in the drop down menu of the select varnish spot window. When the file is re-exported the blank channel will convert to a varnish when viewing the output.

Check out the Flash tutorial on this web site SPECIAL EFFECTS: Spot Varnish

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Can RealVue3D generate images from double page spreads?

Yes! In the document settings dialogue RealVue3D can split double page spreads in three different ways.

Select the Convert pages to spreads check box in document settings, which will activate the following options:

1. Convert all spreads to pages
2. Split all spreads except the first and last pages
3. Use the spread table to convert - which also has a split editor to to create different sized pages

Select one of these options, ok the settings and export to .jar. When viewing the output, the image will show the pages that have been automatically split from the spreads.

Check out the Flash tutorials on this web site MANAGING SPREADS:Convert Spreads To Pages

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How can I change the page thickness and fold of my document?

In document settings, a user can change the cover thickness and the inside page thickness in folio settings. There are also binding edge settings that will allow a document to fold in left, right, top and bottom bind settings. In addition to this, paper effects can be applied to adjust the glossiness of the cover and inside pages.

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My RealVue3D document appears dull or dark in the black viewing window and the viewing window is too small?

You can change both the lighting conditions, colour temperature, background colour of the image and the viewing size in RealVue3D preferences to improve the viewing quality and viewing size of an image. Go to The RealVue3D dialogue window and click on preferences. However, your changes will only apply once RealVue3D reprocesses the .JAR file. You can even apply your own branding by importing a custom background JPEG or PNG file into the branding window in preferences.

Check out the Flash tutorials on this web site GETTING STARTED: Preferences

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How can I view pages other than click and dragging the mouse from page to page? Can I scroll to any part of a document without having to turn every page?

When viewing a document a user can user the up arrow key which will reveal all the individual pages in the document at the bottom of the java console. The left and right arrow keys can then be used to scroll to any page selection in the document. The Home and End keys on the keyboard can also be used to automatically scroll the pages from beginning to end of the document and vice versa.

Check out the Flash tutorials on this web site GETTING STARTED: See and interact with the simulations you create

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How do I create my own background or insert my company logo?

Go to the preferences window and in the branding section select Browse to your preferred image which should be either .jpg or .png and no larger than 1024 x 1024 pixels resolution.

You can also change the RealVue3D jar logo to your own customised logo in your 3D simulation jar file by selecting RealVue3D Preferences/Jar Logo and browsing to your preferred image which should also be either .jpg or .png no larger than 1024 x 1024 pixels resolution. 

Check out the Flash tutorials on this web site GETTING STARTED: Preferences

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How do I create a spine in RealVue3D?

The spine artwork has to be inserted as a page into the PDF artwork before RealVue3D can render it into the spine area of the image. Once this has been done and saved, open up the RealVue3D dialogue document settings and select ‘use this page for the spine' function in page control. Then type in the page where the spine artwork is located. Ok the settings then export and view output.

The spine artwork should view correctly in the spine area of the RealVue3D image.

Check out the Flash tutorials on this web site GETTING STARTED: Document settings Window overview

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