System and method for visualization and comparison of physical assets using engineering design data
View Patent ↗A PLM system, method, and computer readable medium. A method includes receiving a persistence model of a physical assembly and transforming the persistence model to a bill of materials (BOM) window that includes a plurality of BOM lines each corresponding to a physical part. The method includes constructing an engineering design structure corresponding to the physical assembly and creating a hybrid BOM window by combining the engineering design structure with the BOM window. The hybrid BOM window includes a plurality of hybrid BOM lines. The method includes displaying a BOM window view based on the hybrid BOM window.
1. A method for product display in a product lifecycle management (PLM) system, comprising:
receiving a persistence model of a physical assembly;
transforming the persistence model to a bill of materials (BOM) window that includes a plurality of BOM lines each corresponding to a physical part;
constructing an engineering design structure corresponding to the physical assembly;
creating a hybrid BOM window by combining the engineering design structure with the BOM window, the hybrid BOM window including a plurality of hybrid BOM lines; and
displaying a BOM window view based on the hybrid BOM window.
2. The method of claim 1 , the engineering design structure is based on the BOM window.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein each of the hybrid BOM lines includes physical part data of a corresponding BOM line and engineering design data of the corresponding BOM line.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the engineering design data includes at least one of alternate parts, substitute parts, deviated parts, and extra parts.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the engineering design data includes sub-systems based on different design configurations.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the BOM window view includes displaying a plurality of BOM window views based on different configurations of the hybrid BOM window.
7. The method of claim 6 , where in the different configurations include at least one of a physical structure view, an engineering design view, and a CAD view.
8. A product lifecycle management (PLM) system, comprising a processor and accessible memory, the PLM system particularly configured to perform the steps of:
receiving a persistence model of a physical assembly;
transforming the persistence model to a bill of materials (BOM) window that includes a plurality of BOM lines each corresponding to a physical part;
constructing an engineering design structure corresponding to the physical assembly;
creating a hybrid BOM window by combining the engineering design structure with the BOM window, the hybrid BOM window including a plurality of hybrid BOM lines; and
displaying a BOM window view based on the hybrid BOM window.
9. The PLM system of claim 8 , the engineering design structure is based on the BOM window.
10. The PLM system of claim 8 , wherein each of the hybrid BOM lines includes physical part data of a corresponding BOM line and engineering design data of the corresponding BOM line.
11. The PLM system of claim 8 , wherein the engineering design data includes at least one of alternate parts, substitute parts, deviated parts, and extra parts.
12. The PLM system of claim 8 , wherein the engineering design data includes sub-systems based on different design configurations.
13. The PLM system of claim 8 , wherein the BOM window view includes displaying a plurality of BOM window views based on different configurations of the hybrid BOM window.
14. The PLM system of claim 11 , where in the different configurations include at least one of a physical structure view, an engineering design view, and a CAD view.
15. A tangible computer-readable medium encoded with computer-executable instructions that, when executed, cause a data processing system to perform the steps of:
receiving a persistence model of a physical assembly;
transforming the persistence model to a bill of materials (BOM) window that includes a plurality of BOM lines each corresponding to a physical part;
constructing an engineering design structure corresponding to the physical assembly;
creating a hybrid BOM window by combining the engineering design structure with the BOM window, the hybrid BOM window including a plurality of hybrid BOM lines; and
displaying a BOM window view based on the hybrid BOM window.
16. The computer-readable medium of claim 15 , the engineering design structure is based on the BOM window.
17. The computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein each of the hybrid BOM lines includes physical part data of a corresponding BOM line and engineering design data of the corresponding BOM line.
18. The computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the engineering design data includes at least one of alternate parts, substitute parts, deviated parts, and extra parts.
19. The computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the engineering design data includes sub-systems based on different design configurations.
20. The computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the BOM window view includes displaying a plurality of BOM window views based on different configurations of the hybrid BOM window, the different configurations including at least one of a physical structure view, an engineering design view, and a CAD view.