Lattice Technology New Product Feature Highlights July 2010 Product Release

XVL Studio Ver. 9.1a

General Features

July 2010 Lattice Technology, Inc. 4 [S-1] Windows 7 Support Description: * On Windows 7 x64, XVL Studio runs as a 32-bit application with the WOW64 subsystem. Windows 7 32 bit /64 bit is now supported.

Lattice Technology, Inc. 5 [S-2] Silent Installation Description: XVL Studio can be silently installed. Method: Please see Silent Installation Manual which is located in the following directory. [XVL Studio Installation Directory]\Doc\XVL_Products_Silent.pdf July 2010 XVL Studio Installer XVL_Studio_xxxx-9_1aE.exe

Lattice Technology, Inc. 6 [S-3] Undo/Redo Manipulator Operations Description: Manipulator operations can be undone/redone during an operation. Menu: Standard Toolbar: [Undo] / [Redo] July 2010 Benefit: You do not need to cancel the operation to go back to the previous manipulator position. Parts path is being defined. (Position is not yet fixed) By selecting the Undo icon, you can go back to the previous manipulator position. Standard Toolbar

Measurement / Cross-sectioning

Lattice Technology, Inc. 8 [S-4] Improved Measurement Navigation Description: Can perform measurement continuously with better navigation through elements. Menu: [Evaluation] > [Measure Dimension] July 2010 Benefit: Using this method, you can reduce mouse operations when measuring 3D models. Select “Arbitrary element” for Element 1 and 2. After adding measurements, you can continuously select new elements without changing element types. Selecting an element is more easily achieved No need to change

Lattice Technology, Inc. 9 [S-5] Improved Measurement Methods Description: There is now an improved measuring method when you measure the distance between the user coordinate system and a point. Menu: Measurement Toolbar: [Distance Between User Coordinate System and Point] July 2010 Before Ver. 9.0 User coordinate system needed to be selected each time. After Ver. 9.1 User coordinate system is selected one time. You can select target points continuously without selecting the user coordinate system again.

Lattice Technology, Inc. 10 [S-6] Base Coordinate System Property Description: The Base coordinate system can now be saved as a property of each dimension. Menu: Edit Panel: [Dimension List] July 2010 Benefit: You can easily view which base coordinate system is used for each dimension. Base coordinate of each dimension is viewed in the Dimension List.

Lattice Technology, Inc. 11 [S-7] New Icons for Cross-section Operations Description: Frequently used functions for cross-sectioning are now available from icons. Menu: [Evaluation] > [Cross-section] > [Edit Cross-section] dialog July 2010 Reverse Cutting plane moves to the selected position. Parallel to world XY plane Parallel to world YZ plane Parallel to world ZX plane Relative XY plane Relative ZX plane

Lattice Technology, Inc. 12 [S-8] Measurement of Real-time Cross-section Description: Real-time cross-section can be measured without creating profiles. Menu: July 2010 Benefit: - After measuring one cross-section, you can continuously change the position of the cutting plane and measure another cross-section. - For large assembly models, this is effective in saving time to create cross-section profiles. Real-time cross- section is measured using measurement tools. Cross- sectioning is still active Real-time cross- section is measured without creating profiles. You can continuously change the cross-section position and add more measurement to different cross-sections. [Evaluation] > [Cross-section] > [Edit Cross-section] dialog Studio Pro

DMU Features

Lattice Technology, Inc. 14 [S-9] Draft Angle Check Description: Check the correct application of draft to the faces of selected parts. Menu: Menu: [Evaluation] – [Draft Angle Check] July 2010 Faces with insufficient draft angle will be highlighted. Select target part and specify reference draft angle. Target part

Lattice Technology, Inc. 15 [S-10] Color Bar Display Enhancement Description: User-defined color bar can be imported/exported. Menu: [Evaluation] > [Import / Export Color Bar] July 2010 Benefit: Color map can be visually more clear during inspection of the models. Color bar is edited in CSV. User-defined color bar Original color bar Import Export Difference Detection

Lattice Technology, Inc. 16 [S-11] More Options for Color Map Generation/Display Description: Color map of smaller than specified value is not generated. Color map of smaller than specified value is not displayed. Menu: [Evaluation] > [Check Difference] [Evaluation] > [Display Options for Difference] July 2010 Benefit: Can obtain better visibility of model difference. No color map is generated for less than 0.2 Color map display range is adjusted using the slider bar Difference Detection

Process Design

Lattice Technology, Inc. 18 [S-12] Optimized Process Animation Description: An optimized process animation format is now available. Menu: Process Panel: [Options] > [Optimize Animations] July 2010 Benefit: - Smaller file size, faster input/output. - Very effective when you handle large assembly models. Data size Process Animation Settings File sizeFile open timeFile save time NormalOptimizedNormalOptimizedNormalOptimized A50.90 MB74.32 MB51.60 MB80 sec44 sec103 sec46 sec B25.37 MB32.61 MB25.58 MB54 sec38 sec63 sec43 sec C16.29 MB17.20 MB16.34MB16 sec10 sec24 sec19 sec * Requires XVL Player 10.2 or later to play optimized process animations. Performance comparison between XVL Studio 9.0 and 9.1 Studio Standard Studio Pro

Lattice Technology, Inc. 19 [S-13] Merging Processes Description: Different processes for the same 3D model are imported and merged from XVL files. Menu: Process Panel: [Import Process] July 2010 Benefit: - Process design tasks can be shared by multiple people. - You can visually check the part matching as you import processes. Process Tree Worker A Worker B XVL model Import Studio Standard Studio Pro

Lattice Technology, Inc. 20 [S-14] Tools and Equipment Animation Description: Tools and equipment are now animated in a process animation. Menu: Edit Process Animation Panel: [Add Objects] July 2010 Benefit: - You can check the movement of Tools / Equipment in the production process. - You can inspect collisions of Tools / Equipment in the production process. Studio Standard Studio Pro

Lattice Technology, Inc. 21 [S-15] Man-hour Graph Description: Man-hour graph can be displayed to check the work load balance. Menu: Edit Panel: [Process List] > [Options] > [Graph man-hours] July 2010 Specify level of process to display Standard time and Display time are set You can check the line balance from the graph. Standard time Studio Standard Studio Pro

Lattice Technology, Inc. 22 [S-16] Editing Properties of Multiple Process Items Description: Custom properties are edited for multiple processes / steps. Menu: Edit Panel: [Process List] July 2010 Custom properties of multiple processes / steps can be edited. Process List Studio Standard Studio Pro

Lattice Technology, Inc. 23 [S-17] Checking Duplicate Parts in Process Tree Description: Duplicate parts are detected from the Process Tree. Menu: [Edit] > [Find] July 2010 Process Tree Studio Standard Studio Pro

Parts List / Illustration

Lattice Technology, Inc. 25 [S-18] Disassembly Parts List Description: A parts list based on the Disassembly Tree is now available. Menu: Edit Panel: [Disassembly Parts List] July 2010 Part IDs correspond to the part IDs in the Disassembly Tree. Properties are edited and displayed. List Edit + Illustration

Lattice Technology, Inc. 26 [S-19] Disassembly Composition List Description: Disassembly Tree settings can be viewed and edited in the edit panel. Menu: Edit Panel: [Disassembly Composition List] July 2010 Settings of each node can be viewed and edited from the list. List Edit + Illustration

Lattice Technology, Inc. 27 [S-20] CSV I/O from the Edit Panel Description: CSV files can be imported / exported from the Edit Panel. Menu: Edit Panel: [Disassembly Composition List] July 2010 Benefit: - It is clearer what type of CSV is imported or exported. CSV files are imported or exported from each panel in the Edit Panel. Studio Standard Studio Pro List Edit

Lattice Technology, Inc. 28 [S-21] Deleting Properties Description: Selected property is deleted from all objects. Menu: Edit Panel: [Options] > [Delete Properties] July 2010 Benefit: - When you do not want to disclose certain properties in the 3D data, this is a more efficient way to delete properties. Selected properties are deleted from all objects (parts, process, etc). Delete Properties Studio Standard Studio Pro List Edit

Lattice Technology, Inc. 29 [S-22] Trace Lines Follow Part Movement Description: When parts move, related trace lines will move together. Menu: [Tools] > [Move Part] > [Move relevant trace lines] July 2010 Benefit: - You can easily change the layout of sub-assembly in the illustration. When parts are moved, related trace lines will follow the parts Move * Applies to trace lines created in XVL Studio 9.1 or later. Illustration

Lattice Technology, Inc. 30 [S-23] Circled Annotations Description: Notes and dimensions can be circled in the 3D view. Menu: [Edit Note] / [Edit Dimension] dialog July 2010 Benefit: - Circled item numbers are included in raster 3D image. Edit Note dialog

Lattice Technology, Inc. 31 [S-24] Displaying Hidden Trace Lines Description: Hidden trace lines are displayed as dotted lines. Menu: Display Options: [Switch Display] tab July 2010 Benefit: - Trace lines in hidden areas give you more details about how parts are assembled. You can view the trace lines in hidden areas.

Lattice Technology, Inc. 32 [S-25] Exporting 2D Illustrations Based on the 3D View Description: A 2D Illustration can now be exported based on what you see in the 3D view window. Menu: [Edit Note] / [Edit Dimension] dialog July 2010 Benefit: - You can include different font sizes, line widths, line types in the output illustration. Illustration Output dialog 3D view display Illustration When you check this, changes to other parameters will be limited. * Font style will not be applied. * All line colors will be black. Illustration

Lattice Technology, Inc. 33 Questions? E. T F W. July 2010