Lattice Technology Announces XVL Studio Version 8.1

By DE Editors

Lattice Technology will release XVL Studio 8.1, an upgrade to its core 3D digital manufacturing application, on June 16.

It enables rapid, automated design review, digital mockup, motion simulation, manufacturing process instruction creation, process design, 3D parts list creation and illustrations direct from 3D data. XVL Studio can be used as a stand-alone application or can work within integrated environments such as ERP, MES, PLM, and PDM systems. XVL Studio delivers the authoring tools necessary to handle 3D assembly data that has been compressed into the XVL format.

This latest version delivers a series of updates and upgrades that include:

• Geometry difference detection—XVL Studio detect geometry differences between two parts or assemblies, delivering the results in a 3D color map and a text list.
• Export of assembly animations to AVI format.
• Authoring process steps in process design and documentation—engineers using XVL Studio can now interactively author and list process steps directly into their 3D data, adding resources such as tools required in each step. The user can drag-and-drop from the 3D view directly into the process tree, calculate man-hours required for the steps, and can interactively check each process step-by-step. These processes can be then shared in downstream manufacturing as a part of the 3D XVL model and the process steps can be imported from and to external systems such as MES and ERP systems for reference purposes.
• Path authoring in process design and documentation—when checking if each process created is correct by using process animations in XVL Studio, assembly paths for each part or sub assembly can be edited when clearance issues in the assembly process are detected.
• Support for XVL v10, Lattice Technology’s most compressed 3D compression format.
• Export of 2D illustrations as 2D vectors and CGM formats.
• Measurement of parts in animations for process design.
• Advanced import options for BOM data, including the choice to import BOM information from various sources, specifying the import method for duplicate parts, and more.

XVL Studio is available in three different versions: Basic, Standard, and Pro. XVL Studio Basic delivers basic 3D authoring tools including saving dimensions, generating cross-sections, annotations, colors etc. XVL Studio Standard can define animations and processes, and edit parts attributes, thereby allowing manufacturing information to be visualized and conveyed. XVL Studio Pro can also check interference and clearance issues. XVL Studio also comes with optional upgrades including Illustration, Geometry Check, and Point Cloud Evaluation.

For more information, visit Lattice Technology.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company's website.