Automated Design Enablers Methodology

1 . A method comprising:

receiving, by a processor, a finite element model of a mechanical system, wherein the finite element model includes one or more selectable members of the mechanical system;

displaying at least a portion of the finite element model;

receiving, from a user, a selection of one of the selectable members of the mechanical system from the displayed finite element model;

receiving dimensions of the selected member;

receiving a number of desired instances of the selected member with the dimensions and a location of each of the instances;

generating, by the processor, a revised finite element model of the mechanical system including the number of instances of the selected member;

displaying, by the processor, the revised finite element model including the instances of the selected member at each respective locations.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the number of desired instances is two or more instances

3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving material properties corresponding to a material associated with a manufacture of the selected member.

4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving connection properties corresponding to a connection of the selected member to one or more other members of the finite element model.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the selected member is a new component not displayed in the finite element model.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the selected member is a bulkhead that connects inner and outer channels of a closed section of the mechanical system.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the selected member is a dart, wherein the dart comprises a structural depression that increase a stiffness of a selected member of the mechanical system.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the selected member is a hole punched into a selected member of the mechanical system, wherein the hole reduces a weight of the selected member.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the selected member is an extension of the selected member of the mechanical system.

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the selected configurable feature is a contraction of the selected member of the mechanical system.

11 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the selected member is a shell rib, wherein the shell rib that increase a stiffness of a selected member of the mechanical system without a structural depression.

12 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the selected member comprises a movement of the selected member of the mechanical system from a first location to a second location.

13 . A system comprising: one or more processors coupled to a non-transitory memory, that when executed perform the following:

receive a selection of one of the selectable members of a finite element model;

receive dimensions of the selected member;

receive a number of desired instances of the selected member with the dimensions and a location of each of the instances;

generate a revised finite element model of the mechanical system including the number of instances of the selected member; and

display the revised finite element model including the instances of the selected member at each respective locations.

14 . The system of claim 13 , wherein the number of desired instances is two or more instances

15 . The system of claim 13 , wherein the processors when executed further:

receive material properties corresponding to a material associated with a manufacture of the selected member.

16 . The system of claim 13 , wherein the processors when executed further receive connection properties corresponding to a connection of the selected member to one or more other members of the finite element model.

17 . The system of claim 13 , wherein the selected member is a new component not displayed in the finite element model.

18 . A computer program product tangibly embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium that when executed by one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to:

receive a selection of one of the selectable members of a finite element model;

receive dimensions of the selected member;

receive a number of desired instances of the selected member with the dimensions and a location of each of the instances;

generate a revised finite element model of the mechanical system including the number of instances of the selected member; and

display the revised finite element model including the instances of the selected member at each respective locations.

19 . The computer program product of claim 18 , wherein the number of desired instances is two or more instances

20 . The computer program product of claim 18 , wherein the selected member is a new component not displayed in the finite element model.