Lockheed Martin has chosen visualisation software from Engineering Automation (EAI) for use in the virtual product-development environment being created for the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) and other advanced projects. EAI's VisProducts software will allow designers at different sites to work collaboratively on digital models.
EAI's VisFly software will be used to conduct collaborative design reviews over Lockheed Martin networks. Visualisation of virtual products and processes will enable design and manufacturing errors to be detected before assembly begins, the company says. EAI's VisMockUp and VP/Sequence software will be used to confirm part fits and to view part arrangement and assembly order in tooling.
Lockheed Martin says that the software will help reveal design defects before retooling is necessary. Interactive viewing and spatial analysis of aircraft components will help to locate and resolve design and manufacturing faults "at the earliest opportunity", says Woody Sconyers, director of Lockheed Martin Aeronautics' virtual product-development initiative. VisProducts will "integrate seamlessly" with CATIA, the company's core computer-aided design system.
Source: Flight International
