Lattice Technology Technical Documentation Solutions
Using 3D CAD data assets quickly and accurately in print and online technical documents provides significant and proven improvements in productivity across the organization. The Lattice Technology Solutions for Technical Documentation deliver affordable, flexible, and easy-to-use applications that can be used by your existing resources effectively and easily without tying up an engineer and CAD seat.
These flexible solutions allow you to streamline the creation of high quality print-ready and digital 2D and 3D documentation, directly from 3D design data, and in standard formats you use every day. The solutions deliver a seamless workflow for technical document production starting with accessing any 3D design data, provision of easy and flexible authoring tools, automation of workflows both on the desktop solutions and in PLM and ERP systems, and output to common document formats for print-ready and digital needs. Immediate creation of design data and documentation simultaneously for downstream use becomes rapidly feasible, and the Lattice Technology Solutions provide a robust environment for combining related data from diverse sources - 3D CAD data from PLM systems, BOMs and process instructions from an ERP system, etc.
Automated Update of Technical Documents. Lattice Technology Solutions for Technical Documentation deliver automatic updating of downstream documentation both programmatically within a PLM system using Lattice Technology's Enterprise Integration tools, or executed on the client-side desktop using Lattice Technology Solutions. This means that the downstream recipients, even in globally distributed enteprises, will always have up-to-date information on hand, every time.
Technical Illustration Direct from 3D
Create high quality 2D Technical Illustrations direct from your 3D with greater accuracy and speed of delivery.
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3D Parts Lists and mBOMs/sBOMs for productivity and efficiency on the shop floor, in procurement, shipping, production engineering, etc.
Create spreadsheets that include inter-related 3D data and mBOMs/sBOMs directly from your 3D CAD data. Share the spreadsheets digitally (for full 3D performance) or in print. Be able to check each part listing, view the related part in 3D, measure, cross-section and view any animations contained within the model when using the spreadsheet digitally.
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| Open and print a 3D spreadsheet (for non-digital use) and optional download for the free Lattice3D Reporter Viewer. Registration required. (Click image above) | See how quickly a 3D spreadsheet can be created, used and shared digitally for greater understanding and productivity (Click on image above to start video.) |
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Work Instruction Documents in Print and Digital formats
Delivering work instructions to the shop floor is often fraught with delays and errors, with last-minute engineering changes ignored because of the complexity required to change the instructions. Lattice Technology solutions allow those instructions to be quickly and seamlessly delivered in standard document formats, in print and digital media, and for automated updates even when engineering changes are made.
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Enterprise Integration with ERP and PLM systems
Our larger customers have integrated Lattice Technology Solutions with their PLM/PDM and ERP systems, including Enovia, Windchill, TeamCenter, SAP, as well as in-house PLM systems etc. As each company’s set of requirements is different, Lattice Technology's approach is to provide a PLM Integration toolkit which enables multiple levels of integration from simple viewing of 3D files through to complete automated workflows. The work required for integration has typically been completed by System Integrators or by the customer themselves with support from Lattice Technology.
Read more about the PLM Integration Toolkit.
XVL - The Industry's Most Lightweight and Accurate 3D Format
Lattice Technology solutions use the industry-leading XVL format to accurately compress 3D data so it can be used on standard desktop hardware, and yet retain the usability and functionality needed by manufacturers to perform or create the following: Digital mockups; process designs; kinematic simulations; design review; process instructions; instruction animations and illustrations, all directly from the 3D data. XVL is the industry's most compressed 3D format while retaining the original accuracy of the 3D file. XVL allows companies to see, use and leverage even the largest 3D CAD assemblies with thousands of parts, which CAD platforms cannot easily do. Enhancing your existing 3D CAD, PLM and digital manufacturing processes into XVL via Lattice Technology solutions delivers proven higher productivity, significantly leaner efficiency and the potential for greater profit than ever before.
Find out more about the XVL format