Re-engineering the Engineering Change Management process for a drawing-less environment

Authors:
Virgilio Quintana;Louis Rivest;Robert Pellerin;Fawzi Kheddouci
Affiliations:
Department of Automated Production Engineering, Ecole de Technologie Superieure, 1100 Notre-Dame West, Montreal, Quebec H3C 1K3, Canada;Department of Automated Production Engineering, Ecole de Technologie Superieure, 1100 Notre-Dame West, Montreal, Quebec H3C 1K3, Canada;Department of Mathematics and Industrial Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, 2500 Chemin de Polytechnique, Montreal, Quebec H3T 1J4, Canada;Department of Automated Production Engineering, Ecole de Technologie Superieure, 1100 Notre-Dame West, Montreal, Quebec H3C 1K3, Canada
Venue:
Computers in Industry
Year:
2012

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Abstract

Currently, 3D models and 2D drawings are the main basic elements that together form and carry the product definition throughout the product lifecycle. With the advent of the Digital Product Definition trend, industries have been interested in adopting a Model-based Definition (MBD) approach that enables the integration of drawing annotations directly onto a 3D model, thereby minimizing the need to generate engineering drawings. This drawing-less environment requires a way to adequately carry the product definition throughout a product's lifecycle while supporting all of the downstream users' specific needs. The objective of this article is to present a solution to carry the Engineering Change Management (ECM) process in a drawing-less environment. Therefore, based on ECM process requirements from two Canadian aerospace companies, we propose an MBD dataset which consists of an MBD model and a distribution file. The proposed MBD dataset is evaluated and the MBD-driven ECM process is outlined.