San Francisco - Lattice Technology Inc., developers of the XVL ultra-compressed 3D data format, released the XVL plug-in for Adobe Acrobat 3D.
The software operates with Acrobat 3D Version 8 to enable easy bi-directional conversion between Adobe PDF and Lattice’s XVL. The plug-in is available for purchase this month. The lightweight XVL format allows 3D data to be used throughout the product lifecycle.
Acrobat 3D Version 8 enables virtually any 3D CAD file to be delivered as a PDF document. The new plug-in by Lattice provides users the convenience of PDF distribution with the power to edit the data in Lattice’s XVL-based applications, wherein users can produce 3D process animations, training manuals, customer documentation, engineering process documents, and more.