Publishing software shrinks 3D design data

Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team May 5, 2004

The latest publishing applications from Lattice3D include a breakthrough in the ability to collaborate, share and publish large complex 3D designs for immediate use throughout an enterprise.

The latest publishing applications from Lattice3D include a breakthrough in the ability to collaborate, share and publish large (100Mbyte to 10Gbyte) complex 3D designs for immediate use throughout an enterprise.

With these new releases, users can rapidly publish 2D/3D manuals, documents and catalogues that are easily shared both online or offline.

In addition, 3D models that previously could only be used on large workstations, and were slow to manipulate, are now extremely fast and accessible to laptops and desktops, even over low-bandwidth connections.

"The richness and robustness of Lattice3Ds new 3D publishing applications will allow users to finally realise the dream of seamlessly leveraging their 3D data in downstream publishing applications", said David Burdick, President of PLM consulting firm Collaborative Visions.

"The utilisation of Lattice3Ds high fidelity 3D compression technology along with its versatility to plug into Adobe PDF, Microsoft Office, and HTML formats, makes it a natural choice for users seeking to develop high impact 3D documents".

All Lattice3D products now use the company's new XVL 6.0 technology to substantially compress file sizes without loss of detail and data.

Lattice3Ds Studio, Notebook and Web Master products have been enhanced to make it even easier to use, manipulate and publish massive data.

The upgraded product features include: Auto-update - dynamic links that automatically update published information and post it to the web when underlying data are updated or changed; tighter integration with Studio authoring capabilities - for example intuitive, drag-and-drop process planning means users can create step-by-step instruction manuals very rapidly; and improved memory handling means extremely large data, once compressed into XVL, can be easily used with normal office laptop and desktop systems.

Lattice3D's award-winning XVL-based technologies are used by major automotive, manufacturing, architecture and aerospace companies worldwide to take data directly from engineering and convert and compress 3D images into an XVL file.

These data can now easily be used in multiple business operations including sales and marketing, customer service, technical publications, technical illustrations, procurement, and training.

XVL has streamlined the compression of very large data and the usage of computer memory so that end-users are able to use models that were originally 40-50 times larger, without loss of detail.

The Lattice3D applications include the ability to produce user manuals, documentation, parts lists, assembly instructions and more in almost any format including Microsoft Office, Adobe PDF, Internet formats and html.

"XVL 6.0 provides unmatched loss-less compression and better system management that makes it possible for massive product data to be viewed, presented, and manipulated from a regular laptop, desktop or tablet PC", said Alex Garcia-Tobar, President, Lattice3D.

"Its XML-based schemas also allow integration of the data with other XML databases, ERP MRO and SCM systems and other mission-critical applications used in the workplace".

XVL 6.0 formats and applications are now available for trial, upgrade and purchase.