Software System for Updating Structural Feature Designations
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for documenting and updating the build status of components, such as fastener openings in aircraft fabrication, are laborious, time-consuming, and prone to obsolescence due to frequent changes, leading to inefficiencies in production flow and high administrative costs.
Innovation Solution
A software-based system and method for changing structural feature designations, including a menu page component, information document component, edit component, and integration with information technology systems, allowing for real-time selection, viewing, and updating of build control codes, which can operate within or outside IT systems to expedite material flow.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If hand-drawing methods are used to document build status, then flexibility to edit and update is achieved, but labor time and production efficiency deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the manual mechanical system of hand-drawing build status on instructional sheets with an automated computer-based system. The system uses software to automatically generate, update, and display build status information, eliminating manual drawing operations while maintaining the ability to edit and update data flexibly through digital interfaces.
2Productivity
If frequent edits and updates are made to optimize production flow, then production optimization is achieved, but document obsolescence and administrative costs worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a continuous update mechanism where the computer-based system automatically refreshes build status information in real-time as changes occur. The system continuously monitors and updates the display without requiring document reversion or re-drawing, ensuring that the most current production information is always available while eliminating the cycle of document obsolescence associated with manual updating methods.
3Measurement precision
If manual updates of CAD drawings are performed, then information accuracy is maintained, but administrative costs and time consumption worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a self-updating system where the computer-based build status display automatically retrieves and updates information from production databases and planning systems. The system serves itself by automatically synchronizing data across multiple displays and updating build status information without requiring manual intervention from drafters or administrators, thereby maintaining information accuracy while eliminating administrative time consumption.
Data Source
AI summary
A software-based system for changing structural feature designations within a production environment includes a menu page component adapted to support a menu page; an information document component interfacing with the menu page component and adapted to support at least one information document having structural feature designations of structural features; and an edit component interfacing with the information document component and adapted to view and edit the structural feature designations to expedite flow of materials in the production environment.