This fourth and last episode of my serie on Relational Design in CATIA will be a little bit different.

I will explain in this post the way I followed to do this, but for the first time, I was able to perform what I was dreaming about for some times now:

Modify structural parts of a plane, designed in CATIA, thanks to Relational Design methodology, "in context of" a real time 3D Experience.

To go into details, first some context: during my 26 years long career @ Dassault Systemes, I had the opportunity to work on a lot of topics such as defining

• CATIA Mechanical & Shape Design application and Relational Design (in CATIA V5, V6 and 3DEXPERIENCE),
  

• Define new applications, such as the one that will later become 3DEXCITE Creative Experience

• Put in place and manage some amazing projects, such as the D-Day one, in memory of Engineers who make possible the Overlord operation in Normandy, 1944.

• etc...

So a few days ago, I decided to use all of this to create what I would call a

Relational Design Experience.

First step, of course is to put in place, on a virtual planet,

• my Northrop P-61B and its newly developed mechanical structure
  

• and some 3D assets, such as Jeeps, Halftrack and a P-61A coming from my D-Day project

To be honest, I am not an expert in using 3DEXCITE Creative Experience (it's really powerful), but I think the result here is ... more than cool :-).

Then, I made transparent some external parts of my P-61B, to showcase its mechanical structure developed in CATIA.

And finally, I was able to perform what I was dreaming about for some times now:

Modify the mechanical structure of my plane, thanks to Relational Design methodology, and see all the modification in real time in a 3D Experience.

What do you think about this ?

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