Multidisciplinary project integration system
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1. A vehicle design database system, comprising:
- a plurality of records which describe major elements of a vehicle, the records describing substantially only major elements;
at least one indication of the relative assembly of the major elements;
a plurality of references to workers in charge of the major elements; and
a plurality of references to documents related to the major elements.
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Abstract
A vehicle design database system which includes a plurality of records which describe major elements of a vehicle, the records describing substantially only major elements, at least one indication of the relative assembly of the major elements, a plurality of references to workers in charge of the major elements, and a plurality of references to documents related to the major elements.
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52 Claims
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1. A vehicle design database system, comprising:
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a plurality of records which describe major elements of a vehicle, the records describing substantially only major elements;
at least one indication of the relative assembly of the major elements;
a plurality of references to workers in charge of the major elements; and
a plurality of references to documents related to the major elements. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 28)
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23. A method of forming a vehicle design index, comprising:
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automatically gathering, from a plurality of computerized tools, information on substantially all major elements of a vehicle; and
storing the information in the index. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A method of providing information between workers designing a vehicle, comprising:
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gathering, for each of a plurality of major elements of the vehicle, information regarding the element, including a plurality of different indications of the relative assembly of the element and a plurality of references to workers in charge of the element;
storing the gathered information in a database; and
searching the database for information on one or more of the major elements. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 46, 47, 49)
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45. A method of labeling major elements of an aircraft, comprising:
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determining for each major element a system to which the element belongs; and
assigning each of the major elements with a code which is unique to each occurrence of the element in the aircraft, responsive to the system to which the element belongs. - View Dependent Claims (48)
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50. A method of referencing workers working on an aircraft, comprising:
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assigning configuration management codes to various aspects of the aircraft;
assigning each part of the aircraft, a part number code which includes the assigned configuration management code of the aspect to which the part belongs; and
assigning worker codes which include the configuration management code of the aspect on which the worker works. - View Dependent Claims (51, 52)
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