The class SoToPDFAction SoToPDFAction SoToPDFAction exports an Open Inventor scene graph directly into a simple PDF file. SoToPDFAction SoToPDFAction SoToPDFAction can also set the document title, specify the text of the document, and lock access to the file content.
Example 4.5. Generation of PDF3D output
SoSeparator* root = ... // scenegraph init SoToPDFAction pdfAction; bool result = pdfAction.openFile( "output.pdf" ); if ( !result ) ... // error management pdfAction.setTitle( "Scene Name" ); pdfAction.setText( "Some text describing the exported scene." ); pdfAction.apply( root ); result = pdfAction.closeFile(); if ( !result ) ... // error management
The sample demo $OIVHOME/src/HardCopy/PDFExport
shows how to convert an Open Inventor file. This demo brings up the dialog box shown below.
Fill in a few fields and click on the Export button.
This demo can also be used as a command line tool. The first argument is the Open Inventor input filename. The second (optional) argument is the output PDF filename. For example:
PDFExport harley.iv output.pdf
