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cadlabsreview XVL Studio Pro is a high-end application dedicated to rapid exploration and validation of designs. It’s scalable to very large datasets. ponents they need and to add other modules later, as needed. Lattice Technology products are based on open standards and can be integrated with PLM, ERP, and other applications. The products facilitate the seamless use of CAD data in 3D documents, parts lists, or Web pages. Among the available products are XVL Studio Pro, XVL Web Master, Lattice3D Reporter, XVL Player, and XVL Player Pro. The XVL Converters require a working CAD license and are available as both batch and CAD plug-in versions. I examined XVL Studio Pro, XVL Web Master, XVL Player, and the plug-in versions of the CAD converters required for testing. Lattice no longer supports plain vanilla AutoCAD, so I was only able to perform tests with the SolidWorks assembly. Lattice stated that the vast majority of its customers used one of the MCAD variants of Autodesk products, such as Inventor and MDT, so it elects to support those specific Autodesk formats and not simple AutoCAD files. As a result, I couldn’t test the engine drawing. Each Lattice application provides different services and has a licensing arrangement similar to the one used by Adobe Systems for their Acrobat family of products. The viewer is free, 24 and customers choose the products and functionality they need. Lattice’s native file format is compact XVL, and file sizes remain small as a result of resurfacing the model with the minimum number of NonUniform Rational B Spline (NURBS) surfaces. While retaining the basic form of the original drawing, this resurfacing approach produces files that are much more compact. XVL Studio Pro is a high-end application dedicated to the rapid exploration and validation of designs and is scalable to very large datasets. It offers advanced functions for automated interference and clearance checking of complex assemblies and displays results in spreadsheet format and integrated 2D/3D cross-sectional views, including profile display of interfering parts. It incorporates all of the capabilities of XVL Studio Basic and XVL Studio Standard. This application is ideal for design review by digital mockup and for exploring digital models throughout extended enterprises by non-CAD–trained personnel. Lattice’s XVL Web Master is a template-based application that provides layout capabilities. For example, a Lattice XVL file can be imported into a customizable template that handles the placement of the parts list using JavaScript or HTML. Lattice’s free viewer, available as a 7.5 MB download from the company’s Web site, allows free distribution and viewing of XVL files. Using XVL Studio Pro with the supplied converter for SolidWorks, I converted the SeaScooter assembly into a 1.16 MB .xv0 file (all files) in one minute, 37 seconds and into a 977 KB .xv2 file in one minute, 41 seconds. For more information about the Lattice family of products, visit the Lattice Technology Web site. Publisher3D Professional and Pages3D Professional QuadriSpace 972.359.6700 www.quadrispace.com Price: $1,295 each QuadriSpace produces a family of products designed for communicating data, be it 2D, 3D, or animations. As I was preparing this article, QuadriSpace was approaching the release of new versions of both Publisher3D Professional 2008, which is targeted toward graphics and animations, and Pages3D Professional 2008, which is designed with complete documents and online communications in mind. Neither of these products was at the testing and evaluation stage, so I have neither test nor time results for these new products. Instead, I’ll discuss the highlights of both products with more specific details available in the associated feature table at www.cadalyst. com/11073D-table. The accompanying figure is a screen capture from the new version of Publisher3D Professional, so you can get an idea of the interface. With QuadriSpace Publisher3D Professional, users can publish files in QuadriSpace’s Publisher3D 2008 is a 3D editing and publishing application that can be used to create interactive models and documents that can be shared throughout a company. November 2007 | cadalyst | www.cadalyst.com http://www.quadrispace.com http://www.cadalyst.com

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