AEC Developer Shows How XVL Leverages the Use of 3D Data in Building Industries
A Virtual house design, created in ARCHITREND utilizes visible materials and building elements in the 3D design
August 5, 2008, San Francisco, CA. Lattice Technology Inc., developers of digital manufacturing applications using the XVL format today announced an investment by Fukui Computer Inc. Fukui Computer has acquired 552 shares (6.44%) of Lattice Technology. The company becomes the 6th largest stockholder. The company has also adopted the XVL format for its architectural and construction software.
Fukui Computer develops architectural, engineering and construction software for the Japanese markets, with more than 26,000 users. Its ARCHITREND Z, and ARCHITREND Virtual House products support 3D-based virtual construction processes, including design, engineering, estimating, sales and marketing.
Each material and element is listed in searchable directories at virtual-house.net to select for the design
Lattice Technology provides companies with proven digital manufacturing solutions and applications that enable the use of 2D/3D design data across the enterprise. Lattice's digital manufacturing applications leverage the highly accurate and ultra-compressed XVL 3D format, enabling even the largest 3D designs to be easily and quickly reviewed for accuracy, simulated and reused in all areas of engineering, design, sales, marketing, maintenance and customer support. Lattice's technologies represent the new era in using and accessing 3D data across the enterprise in a digital manufacturing environment. Now this proven performance is being applied to the building industries.
Fukui Computer has adopted XVL for its main virtual construction products, which now import and export XVL format data. A free download of more than 100,000 architectural materials and building elements that support the XVL format is available at Virtual House.net (http://www.virtual-house.net/).
The designer can view, rotate, and measure each material and building element using XVL Player, the free 3D viewing application from Lattice Technology
The lightweight XVL format makes it possible for ARCHITREND users to create a realistic 3D architectural image in a highly compressed but accurate form. Using the free XVL Player application, users can interactively measure, verify and review large data even on laptops, with no CAD system required.
This enhanced process of sharing data helps streamline communication between architects, developers, construction offices and suppliers, reducing errors during construction and increasing accuracy of design.
About Fukui Computer Inc.
Fukui Computer Inc. was established in 1979 as a developer and distributor for architectural, geographical, construction and virtual building CAD software. The company has 37 offices across Japan. For more information visit: http://www1.fukuicompu.co.jp/english/index.html
About Lattice Technology Inc.
Founded in 1997 with headquarters in Tokyo, Japan and San Francisco, USA, Lattice Technology provides global companies with proven digital manufacturing solutions for 2D/3D design data across the manufacturing enterprise. With Lattice Technology's XVL applications, engineers and manufacturers can perform design review, simulate assembly processes, automate creation of 3D parts lists / BOM's and create animations with even the largest 3D assemblies. Lattice's standards based XVL (eXtensible Virtual world description Language) technology provides secure, highly accurate and compressed 3D files that can be used, shared and easily supported by partners, suppliers, and internal departments in a lightweight browser-based solution. XVL is unmatched in performance, compression and accuracy. For more information, visit http://www.lattice3d.com/.
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