Solid Edge Publishing a Technical Publication document to HTML or PDF loses Custom Appearances

Publishing a Technical 3D Publication document to HTML or PDF results that the 3D Model View applied Custom Appearances  e.g. Mirror is lost.

This is how the 3D Model Views with Custom Appearances looks like in 3D Publication:
 

Published to HTML and PDF (3D):

Solution

This is currently working as designed. 

It is necessary to distinguish the availability in respect of the output type.  There are some "advanced" rendering style features that are not available in PDF or HTML published 3D output.  

However, these appearances will be able to be used when printing documents (e.g. print to PDF) or using the QuadriSpace Reader3D viewer.

Notes and References

See the Technical Publication Documentation
https://docs.sw.siemens.com/en-US/product/246738425/doc/PL20191122153237289.technicalpublications/custom/

Creating HTML-Ready Illustrations

Some features and settings are not supported when published to HTML. The following might help users create  HTML-Ready Illustrations with Solid Edge Illustrations and Solid Edge 3D Publishing:

- Markups will immediately hide when the view is interacted with. This includes 3D markups.
- Partial Sections and Filled sections are not supported in PDF
- For render styles, Appearance Options (like mirrored, etc), Shades of Gray line colors, and custom materials are not supported  

Hardware/Software Configuration

Platform: INTEL
OS: windows
OS Version: 1064
Product: SOLID_EDGE
Application: TECH_PUB
Version: V221MP2
Function: 3D_PUBLISHING

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