Win-Win Solution for Interoperability

Troy Niehaus, Metronor

Joe Pritchett, Lockheed Martin

New Manufacturing Environment

• International Partnering

– 787 Dreamliner

– F-35 Joint Strike Fighter

• Streamlined Manufacturing Concepts

• Improved Communications

• Affordability Constraints

• Industrial Participation

New Challenges

• Digital Product/Process Verification

• Adherence to Standards

• Data re-use

• Predictable Part Dimensional Control

• Real-time Part Buyoff

A “win-win” Solution

• Access to Data

• Accepted by Everyone

• Available to Anyone

• Must Address the Challenges

AIMS Concept

Geometry

Assurance

Process

Design

• Design Inspection

Requirements with “any”

CAD system

• Create and Export

Measurement Plans

with key CAD data

Build

• Build Consistent

Geometry

• Avoid CAD translation

• Use Model-Based

Definition

Measure

• Read Measurement

Plans with “any”

Metrology SW Product

• Execute Measurement

Plans on “any” CMM

Platform

Improve

• Real-time Part buy-off

• Support Corrective &

Preventative action

tasks

• Predictable Supply

Chain

AIMS Architecture

DELMIA-AIMS GoldPartnership offered byDassault Systèmes and nowin work.

Commercial Metrology

Software Systems

CATIA V5 - AIMS

Interface

UG-AIMS

Interface

CMMs &

OTHER H/W

LASER

TRACKERS

ARTICULATED

ARMS

PHOTOGRAMMETRY

SYSTEMS

Enterprise

Process

Capability

Database

Web-based

Statistical Reports

Charts & Graphs

DEMIA - AIMS

Interface

AIMS Model

Viewer & Manual

Data Entry

AIMS METROLOGY KERNELAIMS METROLOGY KERNEL

CAD DATA

AIMS MEASUREMENT PLAN

CLOSEST POINT CALCULATION

AIMS MODEL/TDF, ETC

Current Products

AIMS at Boeing

AIMS at Lockheed Martin