After a first post describing the Beauty of Relational Design, we will know have a look at what can be done with data created using this powerful approach.

Of course, as a first step, data linked to others (for instance Mechanical Spars and/or Ribs driven by a Wing Skeleton, as seen in my first post) can of course be positioned thanks to CATIA Assembly Design Engineering Connections. In this case, when using links, the shape of a Part (one Rib in the following video) depends on its position.

Assembly features can also be created: for instances here an assembly cut based on geometries and parameters defined in a skeleton and impacting several instances of mechanical parts.

To go on developing a complete Digital Mock-up, of an airplane in our case, Assembly Symmetry allows in a few clicks to create new symmetrical references (or to reuse existing ones if it makes senses of course).

And, taking here advantage of the fact that the Grumman F-14 Tomcat was a variable-sweep wing fighter aircraft, I do not resist the pleasure to show you how easy and powerful it is in CATIA 3DEXPERIENCE platform to use the Relational Design approach to define and/or modify Parts and Products in several positions.

To conclude, a little bonus: as Design and Marketing are now in the Age of Experience, here is a video demonstrating that all these data can be reused, directly or not (they can be simplified) to create 3D real-time experiences (thanks to 3D EXCITE applications)

This kind of real-time experience is then a good way to check 3D integration between existing and non existing / under development systems.