Other software from Lattice Technology publish XVL files to formats, such as HTML (for XVL-embedded Web pages), XLS for embedding 3D models in spreadsheets, 3D PDF for technical documentation, and even outputting to iOS devices like iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch.Īnother advantage to XVL is that it is multi-CAD, so that parts can be imported from multiple CAD systems, and then checked against each other.
Creating the digital mockup of an entire automobile is much easier when the thousands of parts consist of files that have a very small size.Īll of the viewers from Lattice Technology are free, and so XVL Player software lets anyone view the files. Data is consumed by those who need to work with the data, but not necessarily in its original MCAD format this includes employees who produce technical documentation or digital mockups. It can read non-CAD data from PDM/PLM/ERP systems, and then attach them to the 3D model (details at ).ĭata Consumption. While XVL can be translated from MCAD software, it can also interface using XML through PLM software, such as TeamCenter (from Siemens PLM Software) or ENOVIA from Dassault Systemes. Data is created as 3D models by CAD programs like SolidWorks and Inventor. XVL sits between data creation and data consumption (see figure 1).įigure 1: XVL technology is for data creators and consumersĭata Creation. The file format developed by Lattice Technology is called “XVL,” and over the years it has evolved to compress 3D models even further and to encompass more product data. Today, XVL is popular with automobile, aircraft, and other huge design projects, as well as ones as small as medical devices. ECAD vendor Zuken owns another share, and uses the software to bring printed circuit board designs into XVL Studio Z for checking design aspects, such as interferences between boards and cases, static electricity jumps, and short circuits. For instance, the XVL technology is important enough to Toyota’s car manufacturing business that the automotive company purchased a significant ownership of Lattice Technology, and is it biggest customer. The important thing to remember is that lightweight does not mean inaccurate. Being nearly 300 times smaller equates to fast loading and browsing times - yet all the necessary data is found in the XVL file, and so users can browse all 8,000 parts and associated product data in the satellite assembly. For instance, the 3D CAD model of a satellite is 1.6GB in SolidWorks, but only 5.5MB in Lattice Technology’s XVL format.
The company’s software resurfaces 3D models using Gregory patches, which turns them into the smallest file size possible. Over the years, Lattice Technology has become known as the “ultra lightweight 3D file” company. By Ralph Grabowski Lattice Technology was founded in 1997 by university professors in Japan who figured out a solution to the problem of 3D models having large file sizes.
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