Accelerate the 3D weight & balance definition of any product configuration, respecting assigned goals to deliver optimal performances

Weight and Balance Designer role enables designers to author the full Weight Life Cycle. They estimate the weight metrics right from the very beginning of the product definition with Estimated Weight and keep refining the values with Computed, Declared and Measured weight as the project proceeds ahead up to detailed design and manufacturing.

Designers assess and introspect the Weight metrics (weight, center of gravity, and inertia matrix) with real time access for any product configuration, respecting assigned goals if any has been defined by a Weight & Balance Manager.

External calculations of the weight metrics which have been conventionally performed on paper and Excel, are now fully automated and integrated into the 3DEXPERIENCE Platform.

Benefits

• Digital continuity within the Virtual Twin between Design activities and automated calculations of the weight, the center of gravity and the inertia matrix

• Traceable and reliable Weight & Balance assessment throughout the design process from both Native applications and 3DDashboard

• Data science experience approach to assess Weight metrics from a sub component up to the full engineering definition

Highlights

• Define and update the weight values of a 3D product definition based on Weight and balance lifecycle (Estimated, Computed, Declared, Measured)

• Assess the weight, the center of gravity and the inertia matrix based on best so far definition 

• Reveal in 3D and understand Weight distribution in a pie chart or in a multilist tree view

• Identify components with missing weight metrics thanks to intuitive analytics

• Collaborate with all stakeholders in respect of the weight performance targets with real time access for any product configuration

• Multi CAD Collaboration with Weight values inherited from CATIA V5 and SOLIDWORKS