Tech Soft 3D and Lattice Technology Announce the First Applications Shipped Using the Adobe(R) 3D OEM Platform

XVL Studio and Lattice3D Reporter Gain Immediate Access to the Industry Standard Adobe 3D PDF Format.

BERKELEY, CA - Lattice Technology is shipping Lattice3D Dataway, an application that incorporates the revolutionary Adobe 3D OEM platform with XVL®. Two products, XVL Studio, a high-quality editing and authoring tool for 3D digital mockup and technical documentation, and Lattice3D Reporter, which embeds ultra-lightweight XVL versions of 3D CAD models into Microsoft Excel files, are now able to import and export 3D files into the industry standard Adobe 3D PDF format.

Sold exclusively through Tech Soft 3D (TS3D), an Adobe Systems Incorporated Gold Solution Partner, the powerful Adobe 3D OEM platform provides independent software vendors (ISVs) with a complete set of 3D CAD data importers combined with a full license of Adobe® Acrobat® 9 Pro Extended. ISVs can integrate the Adobe 3D OEM platform to their software, providing their customers with the ability to publish 3D data directly to the Portable Document Format (PDF) with full control of the view, comment, measurement, security, and collaboration features within the free Adobe® Reader®.

Lattice Technology General Manager Bill Barnes commented, "The strength of the Adobe OEM technology coupled with the deep expertise of the Tech Soft 3D team allowed us to quickly add this functionality to our product line and offer our clients the flexibility they require when communicating with their production and marketing chains. Manufacturers look to us to be able to transform 3D design data into 3D manufacturing data on even the largest of models -- and with the Adobe 3D OEM platform, we are able to provide unmatched performance with confidence."

"It's important in today's manufacturing market that you not only provide 3D visualization, but a feature-rich experience to the end user," added Ron Fritz, CEO of TS3D. "Engineering and business development teams need access to 3D files in a format that they can be sure their downstream recipients can view, in a format that is lightweight enough that they can be sent by e-mail. The combined power of the Lattice products and the Adobe OEM platform provides customers with a groundbreaking combination of ease of use and speed. This ultimately translates to faster and more accurate product development, as well as more advanced sales and marketing capabilities."