(Lattice Technology Inc.: San Francisco) -- Lattice Technology Inc., developers of the extensible virtual world description language (XVL) ultra-compressed 3-D data format, will release its newest software application, XVLstaff aimed to prevent leaking of confidential 3-D data in July. XVLstaff was developed jointly with Hitachi Software Engineering, and will be available in Japan via both companies. XVLstaff will be included with Lattice’s signature 3-D data editing product, XVL Studio 7.0. XVL compression on CAD models, developed by Lattice Technologies, has ushered in the practical use of 3-D data in a myriad of downstream uses such as design review, production management, and logistics. Given the new, broader use of design documentation through XVL, the secure management of intellectual property is becoming more of a widespread concern. For the high-security management of 3-D data, XVLstaff grants access to files for external sharing and captures unwanted access to the data by tracing operation history. The product also enables forced expiration of previously distributed 3-D data.

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