Evince does not allow "Enable Content" for 3D objects

[YannUbuntu]

Upstream URL:
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evince/issues/541

1) lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu Vivid Vervet (development branch)
Release: 15.04

2) apt-cache policy evince libcairo2 libpoppler[0-9]
evince:
  Installed: 3.14.1-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 3.14.1-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 3.14.1-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
libcairo2:
  Installed: 1.13.0~20140204-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 1.13.0~20140204-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 1.13.0~20140204-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
libpoppler47:
  Installed: 0.28.1-1ubuntu1
  Candidate: 0.28.1-1ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 0.28.1-1ubuntu1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

3) What is expected to happen via https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/+bug/1094383/+attachment/3469968/+files/pdf3d_sample.pdf is one may do as in Adobe Reader, where if one secondary clicks the object in the PDF, one may click "Enable Content" and rotate it around three-dimensionally.

4) What happens instead is the entire page is treated as one static picture.

WORKAROUND: Use Adobe Reader via WINE.

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Not reproducible in Trusty.

[YannUbuntu (yannubuntu)]

I can reproduce in Trusty.

Christopher, just to be sure we are talking about the same thing: this bug is about rotating/moving the part, like a CAD software would do. (eg you can see behind the part).
If that's what you are able to do, please can you explain how you do it?

[penalvch (penalvch)]

YannUbuntu, thanks for the fast response. What I did was open the attached file https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/+bug/1094383/+attachment/3469968/+files/pdf3d_sample.pdf and click Edit > Rotate Right/Left and the entire picture rotated.

However, based on your additional comment it sounds like you are expecting it to do as it does in Adobe Reader, where if one secondary clicks the object in the PDF, one may click "Enable Content" and rotate it around three-dimensionally. Would this be what you were expecting? If so, I don't believe that is currently supported by the Evince project.

[YannUbuntu (yannubuntu)]

yes it is what I am expecting. This is why we call them "3D PDF" ;-)

[penalvch (penalvch)]

YannUbuntu, the issue you are reporting is an upstream one. Could you please report this problem them following https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingEvince ?

Please provide a direct URL to your upstream report so that it may be tracked.

Thank you for your understanding.

[YannUbuntu (yannubuntu)]

done ( https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=741970 ).
thanks for the description update Christopher.

[madbiologist (me-again)]

Still occurring on Ubuntu 16.04 "Xenial Xerus".

evince 3.18.2-1ubuntu4
poppler 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.1

[madbiologist (me-again)]

Still occurring on Ubuntu 18.04 "Bionic Beaver".

evince 3.28.4-0ubuntu1
poppler 0.57.0-2ubuntu5