Adobe announced the immediate availability of Adobe Acrobat 3D, new desktop software that helps extend document-based 3D design collaboration capabilities to virtually anyone across global organizations. With Acrobat 3D, design engineering, technical publishing and creative professionals in manufacturing industries such as automotive, aerospace and industrial machinery, as well as the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) market, can convert 3D models from a wide variety of major CAD formats and embed them into Adobe PDF files-regardless of whether the user has the native CAD application. Acrobat 3D is available in English, French and German language versions. The Japanese language version is expected to be available in February 2006. The product has an estimated street price of US$995. Registered users of Acrobat 7.0 Professional and Acrobat 6.0 Professional can upgrade to Acrobat 3D for estimated street prices of US$545 and US$699, respectively. The product is available for Microsoft Windows 2000 (with Service Pack 2), Windows XP Professional, Home and Tablet PC Editions, and IBM AIX 5.2, HP UX 11.0, SGI IRIX 6.5, and Sun Solaris 2.8 (for Acrobat 3D Capture utility). http://www.adobe.com/acrobat3d