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 constructing an engineering design structure of a product that corresponds to physical parts of the product as designed. The method includes constructing an as-built design structure of the product that corresponds to physical parts of the product as built. The method includes displaying a bill of materials (BOM) window view that includes representations of both the engineering design structure and the as-built design structure.
1. A method for product display in a hardware product lifecycle management (PLM) system, comprising:
constructing an engineering design structure of a product, by the PLM system, that corresponds to physical parts of the product as designed;
constructing an as-built design structure of the product, by the PLM system, that corresponds to physical parts of the product as built;
displaying a bill of materials (BOM) window view, by the PLM system, that includes representations of both the engineering design structure and the as-built design structure.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the BOM window view includes BOM windows for the engineering design structure and the as-built design structure, each BOM window including a plurality of BOM lines that correspond to a configured usage of the physical parts in the product.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein at least some of the BOM lines are hybrid BOM lines that include both physical part data used in the as-built design structure and design part data used in the engineering design structure.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the engineering design structure includes at least one of alternate parts, substitute parts, deviated parts, and extra parts.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the engineering design structure 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 engineering design structure.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the BOM window view includes three-dimensional representations of the product as designed and the product as built.
8. A product lifecycle management (PLM) system, comprising:
a processor; and
an accessible memory, the PLM system particularly configured to:
construct an engineering design structure of a product that corresponds to physical parts of the product as designed;
construct an as-built design structure of the product that corresponds to physical parts of the product as built;
display a bill of materials (BOM) window view that includes representations of both the engineering design structure and the as-built design structure.
9. The PLM system of claim 8 , wherein the BOM window view includes BOM windows for the engineering design structure and the as-built design structure, each BOM window including a plurality of BOM lines that correspond to a configured usage of the physical parts in the product.
10. The PLM system of claim 9 , wherein at least some of the BOM lines are hybrid BOM lines that include both physical part data used in the as-built design structure and design part data used in the engineering design structure.
11. The PLM system of claim 8 , wherein the engineering design structure includes at least one of alternate parts, substitute parts, deviated parts, and extra parts.
12. The PLM system of claim 8 , the engineering design structure 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 engineering design structure.
14. The PLM system of claim 8 , wherein the BOM window view includes three-dimensional representations of the product as designed and the product as built.
15. A tangible computer-readable medium encoded with computer-executable instructions that, when executed, cause a data processing system to:
construct an engineering design structure of a product that corresponds to physical parts of the product as designed;
construct an as-built design structure of the product that corresponds to physical parts of the product as built;
display a bill of materials (BOM) window view that includes representations of both the engineering design structure and the as-built design structure.
16. The computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the BOM window view includes BOM windows for the engineering design structure and the as-built design structure, each BOM window including a plurality of BOM lines that correspond to a configured usage of the physical parts in the product.
17. The computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein at least some of the BOM lines are hybrid BOM lines that include both physical part data used in the as-built design structure and design part data used in the engineering design structure.
18. The computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the engineering design structure includes at least one of alternate parts, substitute parts, deviated parts, and extra parts.
19. 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 engineering design structure.
20. The computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the BOM window view includes three-dimensional representations of the product as designed and the product as built.