Process for structuring and managing the configuration of industrial products, and particularly aircraft
First Claim
1. A system to structure and manage a configuration of an industrial product, taking account of options selected by a customer, comprising:
- means for processing for describing a set of technical objects, each technical object either representing a product function or describing an implementation method for making a product configuration for the product function, the set of technical objects representing manufacturing options of the industrial product;
means for storing to be updated for clarifying a definition of each technical object and its inter-relations with other of the technical objects in the product configuration by an expression of rules and constraints; and
means for data input and means for displaying for interactively and dynamically using said means for storing during definition of the product, through the selection of the options by the customer.
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Abstract
This invention relates to a process for structuring and managing the configuration of an industrial product using processing means comprising at least one processor, a memory, data input means and a display screen, in which:
a set of technical objects is described, each technical object either representing a product function (EPAC), or describing an implementation method (TDU) for such a product function, in order to achieve a configuration of this product;
a database is updated to specify the definition of each technical object and of rules and constraints;
this database is used interactively and dynamically through a selection of options.
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1. A system to structure and manage a configuration of an industrial product, taking account of options selected by a customer, comprising:
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means for processing for describing a set of technical objects, each technical object either representing a product function or describing an implementation method for making a product configuration for the product function, the set of technical objects representing manufacturing options of the industrial product;
means for storing to be updated for clarifying a definition of each technical object and its inter-relations with other of the technical objects in the product configuration by an expression of rules and constraints; and
means for data input and means for displaying for interactively and dynamically using said means for storing during definition of the product, through the selection of the options by the customer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system to structure and manage a configuration of an industrial product, taking account of options selected by a customer, comprising:
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a processor configured to describe a set of technical objects, each technical object either representing a product function or describing an implementation method for making a product configuration for the product function, the set of technical objects representing manufacturing options of the industrial product;
a database to be updated for clarifying a definition of each technical object and its inter-relations with other of the technical objects in the product configuration by an expression of rules and constraints; and
a data input and display for interactively and dynamically using said database during definition of the product, through selection of the options by the customer. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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