Delivering Innovation in Digital Manufacturing Through XVL: White Paper
Delivering Innovation in Digital Manufacturing Through XVL: White Paper
Delivering Innovation in Digital Manufacturing Through XVL: White Paper
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Delivering
Innovation in
Digital Manufacturing
through XVL
3D CAD data usage across the globe, already estimated to be at more than 1 million design seats, is grow-
ing exponentially every day. Already proven to be highly effective and efficient in the manufacturing
process, 3D CAD data usage is resulting in larger and more complex assemblies, and correspondingly
massive files that hold that data.
While engineers and manufacturers are pushing ahead into leveraging digital manufacturing and digital
prototyping environments for their operations, so the size of the data itself raises barriers in testing, simu-
lating, handling, and using that data for a fully-optimized process using 3D. This is where XVL comes in,
with its ability to handle the largest and most complex assemblies quickly, easily and with a lightweight
footprint, and Lattice Technology’s Digital Manufacturing solutions deliver working solutions for both
interactive and batch testing, simulating, checking, and document production using that 3D data.
Driven by growing use in automotive, aerospace, defense, machine design and manufacturing companies,
the XVL format from Lattice Technology is becoming a global standard for 3D data while Lattice Tech-
nology Digital Manufacturing solutions deliver unheard-of functionality, features and benefits to fully
enable Digital Manufacturing processes.
Image left: XVL delivers the robust, highly compressed and very ac-
curate format to enable 3D data to be readily shared, viewed, verified,
simulated and used throughout the entire digital manufacturing pro-
cess. It works in combination with existing 3D CAD systems, PLM,
and ERP systems already in place.
XVL applications deliver the tools to review designs, verify and simu-
late production processes, and create animated assembly instructions,
user guides and maintenance manuals directly from 3D data.
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Lattice Technology delivers solutions that address 6 critical disciplines within Digital Manufacturing,
which allow far greater efficiencies, productivity, and bottom-line profitability for manufacturing opera-
tions.
These are:
1. Interference check
Interference, clearance and gap checking on assemblies is critical to determine the accuracy of the designed
product. As assemblies become larger and more complex, so interference checking becomes more difficult, and
the slightest problem, if undetected, can cause massive disruption on the production line or even worse, if it
remains undetected, it can cause problems for the eventual end users of the products.
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3. Digital Assembly
This is the ability to verify a design from the viewpoint of the manu-
facturing process prior to starting production. By being able to check
the planned production process, verify how easy it will be to manufac-
ture the product, simulate how a tool or robotic arm would affect the
production line, or understand the load that would be put on the pro-
duction team, manufacturers can quickly understand issues, resolve
them, and generate greater efficiencies in production through digital
processes. This is delivered as part of XVL Studio.
Production simulation can include clearance checks, process
checks and ergonomic checks, all within the digital data,
prior to implementing production
4. Process Animation
With very complex assemblies, hundreds, thousands or even tens of thousands of parts need to be matched
with a corresponding amount of processes to enable assembly. Getting these processes wrong can cost millions
of dollars to adjust once they are part of the full manufacturing process. Early analysis and checking of these
processes is key to ensuring high efficiency and productivity in the
operation. XVL Studio, Lattice3D Reporter and XVL Web Master
enable engineers and their teams to rapidly animate, simulate and
analyse each process, down to the finest granularity on on very large
scales of production and easily distribute instructions to the people
actually completing the assembly work, no matter where they are
located .
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5. Parts Tables
6. Illustration
By building your digital manufacturing strategy on Lattice Technology’s Digital Manuafcturing solutions,
manufacturers can rapidly build efficiencies, productivity, and dramatically reduce production and manufactur-
ing errors across the entire manufacturing operation.
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