Lattice3D Launches New 3D Publishing Suite

Extends Global Lead in Enterprise-wide 3D Data Use

LOS ALTOS, CA., January 18, 2005 - Lattice3D, the leader in 3D Publishing, today announced the launch of a new suite of 3D Publishing applications that enhance manufacturers' abilities to use, share and repurpose 3D data across the enterprise. The new products, named Lattice3D Embed, Lattice3D Composer and Lattice3D Publisher, increase the ability of users to directly and immediately communicate complex processes, instructions and directions using 3D data.

Lattice3D applications exploit the XVL format developed by Lattice Group which is the industry's most robust 3D format, used by leading vendors and users such as NASA, Toyota and Dassault Systems. XVL enables the wide-spread use of large scale 3D data in an unmatched high fidelity compressed form. It typically provides 1/50 to 1/250 (better than 98%) compression in a loss-less format, which means that large 3D data files become small enough to easily handle on PC systems and can be sent via email or easily used on the Internet without loss of detail or visual fidelity.

"Lattice3D's new architecture of interoperable applications is a fitting vehicle for the sophisticated compression of 3D graphics offered by Lattice Group's XVL format," says Ken Versprille, Ph.D., PLM Research Director, CPD Associates, LLC. "The Lattice3D suite is well positioned to meet the needs of downstream users of product data."

New Applications: Lattice3D's new suite is a set of highly interoperable XVL-based applications that create a very agile software ecosystem. Users have a choice of components they need for 3D Publishing now, or later as internal processes evolve.

Lattice3D Embed enables interactive 3D data to be easily manipulated and embedded in popular 2D document formats including Word, Powerpoint, Excel and HTML. The 3D data can be rotated, zoomed, cross-sectioned and manipulated for greater communication of information and immediate comprehension by its readers.

Lattice3D Composer creates 3D documents with linked and interactive 3D data, 2D images, parts lists, assembly structures and any other structured data. Composer documents can include all these data types as well as markup text, fully cross referenced for collaborative problem-solving, process planning, training, design review, and other communication exchanges. Composer documents can also be embedded in popular 2D document formats including Word, Powerpoint, Excel and PDF, Microsoft Office and HTML.

Lattice3D Publisher makes publishing of intelligent 3D information into light weight, fast loading 3D web pages as simple as selecting a template and clicking a button! It has never been easier to communicate with interactive 3D parts, components, or complete products - with or without exploded parts views or animations. The power of the Internet combined with Lattice3D Publisher means that ideas, concepts, assembly and maintenance instructions, and customer help instructions can be conveyed quickly and intuitively with 3D.

"It's clear that 3D data enables better and faster comprehension, better retention, better communication and better collaboration." said Alexander Garcia-Tobar, CEO, Lattice3D. "Lattice3D technology facilitates communication when words alone don't do an adequate job, or when efficiencies can be gained by using having 3D everywhere."

All the new products are critical advances from previous software applications by Lattice3D. Across-the-board all the new products benefit from the following enhancements:

• Increased Publishing breadth - Composer and Embed can all output to XVL, MS Office Documents (e.g. Word, Excel, Powerpoint), PDF, HTML and Lattice3D's own lightweight 3D document format. Publisher outputs web pages in HTML.
• Increased Interoperability - Lattice3D's applications, rather than being a single large unwieldy application, are now separate but highly interoperable XML-based applications.
• New User Interface -Though very recognizable to existing users the new user interface offers less clicks to get many/most jobs done and contains modern toolbars and property panels.
• Holistic approach to publishing - The application suite has been extended to provide a seamless experience in communication and publishing from simple embedding to template creation, to mass web publishing.

Advanced praise for Lattice3D's suite of products include: "All of the applications are easy to use, providing a powerful set of tools that create complex documents simply." said Rick Mushing, president, Midwest Engineering Design Systems, Inc;

"[Lattice3D products have] a look and feel like every Windows program, easy to use and still unbeatable Functionality and Performance." Burkhard Kahles, 3D CAD expert, CADEX

3D Publishing
3D Publishing is a burgeoning market and has been enabled by the creation of advanced formats such as XML. XVL brings instantaneous standardization for very diverse formats such as those commonly found in the 3D design and engineering industry as well as the industry's best data compression rates.

"The market for 3D publishing is approximately $1 billion and growing rapidly," says Dave Burdick, President of Collaborative Visions. "It is currently characterized by a variety of ad-hoc tools used to capture 3D graphics and embed them into MS Office, Adobe PDF, and Web documents. No dominant player has yet emerged but Lattice 3D is leading with a comprehensive vision and robust solutions."

The new Lattice3D Publishing applications are now available from Lattice3D. More information can be located at www.lattice3d.com or by calling: 650-623-0890.

About Lattice3D
With over 250,000 users at over 2,000 companies, Lattice3D's applications enable our customers to use existing 2D & 3D data beyond engineering--throughout the extended enterprise. The company's 3D software easily creates interactive 3D documents directly from CAD drawings, while its unmatched compression enable uses ranging from technical illustrations and electronic training manuals (IETM) to 3D sales presentations and assembly instructions.

Lattice3D's award-winning solutions increase efficiency, lower costs, and improve product and service quality. A privately-held company founded in 1997, Lattice3D is headquartered in Silicon Valley and Tokyo, and has distributors worldwide.

For more information, visit www.lattice3D.com.

Lattice3D and XVL are registered trademarks of Lattice3D. Other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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