3D Assembly Animations and Manuals
It's
a 3D world but, until now, most of our on-the-job Manufacturing
and Assembly instruction and guidance have had to be static, paper-based
2D. Lattice's novel and patented technology enables simple and
inexpensive reuse of 3D CAD assets in highly visual and interactive
animations – no CDs, DVDs, or Streaming networks needed — and if
you can view the animation from any angle ... in Video or AVI technology,
you'd have to create another movie to achieve that! Animations are
a simple yet powerful solution to concisely visually communicate
complex information.
With Lattice's software, you can effectively apply on-the-job 3D-based instruction for extremely powerful, but very easy-to-use 3D based guidance. XVL® enables users to extract product design and production data from original CAD files and convert those data into interactive dynamic visuals that communicate guidance and instruction with a new, higher level of comprehension and retention. With XVL-based applications, you can view products and parts in three dimensions from any angle .. easily create animated instructions .. electronically assemble and disassemble parts ... do real-time updates that make version control a memory ... easily share information globally ... and much, much more. The result: 3D interactive animations and manuals that dramatically reduce errors, speed the learning process, and increase worker flexibility - wherever 3D manuals are used, operations are improved!
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Assembly animations and 3D manuals provide many benefits:
- More effective manufacturing assembly - use interactive 3D animations for clear step-bystep instructions to guide workers and reduce errors.
- More effective maintenance and repair - step by step disassembly and repair guidance can improve field service productivity and guide customer self service via your website.
- Shorter training - interactive & animated stepby- step instruction speeds training.
- 3D asset re-use - re-use of 3D CAD models exploits a sunk cost to help make manufacturing and assembly more effective.
- Shorten time to market with better processes - 3D models enable digital process design and animation simulation prior to manufacturing ... effectiveness of multi-lingual collaboration and cross-border communications are increased using 3D animations instead of translated text.
- Ease of use - easily operated, via mouse or touch-sensitive screen, with high fidelity/resolution 3D animations of products or 'exploded' parts ... stop, play, zoom, and examine at any point.
- Auto-updating - automatically update measurements, annotations, numbering, and headers in new documents when 3D data are modified.
- Superior 3D animations - compared to Video or AVI, XVL animations are stored as highly compressed animated instructions, and new views are generated when needed.
- High fidelity/resolution - extremely accurate and interactive 3D with no model size limitations.
- Free 3D viewing for all - no hidden costs for viewing your 3D content!
- Full View control. Pan, rotate, and zoom ... full control for displaying parts, assemblies, and animation.
- User-defined assembly. Parts hierarchy modification ... regroup, change name/ assembly, edit properties ... display, hide, color, and position components.
- Annotation/hyperlinks. Add for any part/ assembly to increase understanding.
- Measurement/dimensions. Measure dimensions ... calculate area and volume, center of mass, and more ... add dimensions to parts/assemblies.
- Animation. Define assembly or disassembly processes with rotating camera views around the model ... play back assembly/disassembly animation at the touch of a button or stop to zoom, rotate, manipu-late, and examine.
- Transparent display/cross-sections. Use transparent views,cross-sections to view and analyze procedures.
- Fully customizable. API's and SDK enable extensive integration and customization.