Comparison of tools for conceptual design in aerospace

Tool Comparison

Group, Tool

References

Multi-User Support

Lifecycle Phase Focus

Parametric Modelling Focus

Version Control

Primary User Interface

Integration With 3rd Party Tools

Availability

PLM TOOL

ENOVIA (2014)

[1]

Yes

design, manufacturing

geometry and behavior

Yes

Own client

Yes

Commercial

MDO TOOL

Model Center (11.2)

[2]

Yes

design

analysis and optimization

No

Own client

Yes

Commercial

SYSTEMS ENGINEERING TOOL

Magic Draw (18)

[3]

Yes

conceptual design

description

Limited

Own client

Yes

Commercial

Open MBEE

[4], [5]

Yes

design

description

Yes

MagicDraw

Yes

OpenSource

CONCURRENT CONCEPTUAL DESIGN TOOLS

IDM

[6]

Yes

conceptual design

behavior

Limited

Excel®

No

ESA community

VirSat 3

[7], [8]

Yes

conceptual design

behavior and geometry

Yes

Own client

No

Free

OCDT

[9], [10]

Yes

conceptual design

behavior

Yes

Excel®

Yes

ESA community

CDP 3

[11], [12]

Yes

conceptual design

behavior

Yes

Excel®

Yes

Commercial

Valispace

[13]

Yes

conceptual design

behavior

No

Own Web

Yes

Commercial

CEDESK

[14], [15]

Yes

conceptual design

behavior

Limited

Own client

Limited

Open Source

[1]   Dassault Systems, “ENOVIA.” 2016.

[2]   Phoenix Integration, “ModelCenter,” 2015. [Online]. Available: http://www.phoenix-int.com/product/modelcenter-integrate/. [Accessed: 18-Jul-2017].

[3]   NoMagic, “MagicDraw,” 2015. [Online]. Available: https://www.nomagic.com/products/magicdraw. [Accessed: 18-Jul-2017].

[4]   NASA JPL, “Open Model Based Engineering Environment,” 2016. [Online]. Available: http://www.openmbee.org/.

[5]   T. Kulkarni et al., “A Model Based Systems Engineering Approach Towards Developing a Rapid Analysis and Trades Environment,” Aiaa Sp. 2016, no. September, pp. 13–16, 2016.

[6]   P. W. Bousquet, J. Sire, and F. Vigeant, “Concurrent Engineering at CNES,” 56th Int. Astronaut. Congr. Int. Astronaut. Fed. Int. Acad. Astronaut. Int. Inst. Sp. Law, pp. 1–11, 2005.

[7]   V. Schaus, P. Fischer, D. Lüdtke, A. Braukhane, O. Romberg, and A. Gerndt, “Concurrent engineering software development at german aerospace center-status and outlook,” in 4th International Workshop on System & Concurrent Engineering for Space Applications, 2010.

[8]   DLR, “Virtual Satellite 3,” Institute of Simulation and Software Technology, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://software.dlr.de/p/virsat/home/. [Accessed: 18-Jul-2017].

[9]   ESA, “Open Concurrent Design Tool,” 2014. [Online]. Available: https://ocdt.esa.int/. [Accessed: 20-Jun-2016].

[10]  A. Braukhane, “Evolution of the European Concurrent Design Tool for Space-based System-of-Systems studies,” AIAA Sp. 2014 Conf. Expo., pp. 1–12, 2015.

[11]  RHEA-Group, “CDPTM – Concurrent Design Platform,” 2015. [Online]. Available: http://www.rheagroup.com/products/cdp/. [Accessed: 20-Jun-2016].

[12]  M. Fijneman and A. Matthyssen, “Application of Concurrent Design in Construction, Maritime, Education and Other Industry Fields,” in Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on System & Concurrent Engineering for Space Applications (SECESA 2010), Lausanne, Switzerland, 2010.

[13]  Valispace, “Valispace,” 2017. [Online]. Available: http://www.valispace.com/. [Accessed: 18-Jul-2017].

[14]  Skoltech, “CEDESK - Concurrent Engineering Data Exchange Skoltech,” 2017. [Online]. Available: https://cedesk.github.io/.

[15]  C. Fortin, G. Mcsorley, D. Knoll, A. Golkar, and R. Tsykunova, “Study of Data Structures and Tools for the Concurrent Conceptual Design of Complex Space Systems,” in IFIP 14th International Conference on Product Lifecycle Management 9-12 July 2017, Seville, Spain, 2017.