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The plugin currently contains five task\u2010oriented tabs that share common services for sphere extraction and objective creation. The SphereLattice tab generates sphere lattices using five placement patterns: hexagonal close\u2010packed, simple cubic, alternating cubic, centroidal Voronoi tessellation, and a constraint\u2010based Monte Carlo method. The SCART tab creates contracted spindle\u2010like boost volumes for stereotactic central ablative radiation therapy. The Optimization tab auto\u2010populates structure list, searches over candidate lattice positions using a four\u2010metric geometric surrogate score, and triggers Eclipse VMAT optimization along with dose calculation on the best candidate. The Evaluation tab implements four analysis modes including 1D, 2D, and 3D PVDR analysis. We validated all functionality on digital phantoms against analytic ground truth. In phantom testing, the optimized lattice achieved 22.5% higher PVDR.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Data format and usage<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The plugin is distributed as source code that compiles to a single dynamic\u2010link library (DLL); all third\u2010party dependencies are bundled at build time. At first launch, users review the Varian Limited Use Software License Agreement (LUSLA) and enter an access code that is emailed upon request. The plugin accepts the patient structure set and, where applicable, a plan with calculated dose; outputs include new structures written directly to the structure set through ESAPI and summary statistics exported as comma\u2010separated value (CSV) files. 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