VIRTUAL PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT CASE STUDY OF THE T-45 HORIZONTAL STABILATOR

Virtual Product Development (VPD) processes are being developed at Boeing under an internal project called Design, Manufacturing and Producibility Simulation (DMAPS). The VPD process relies on three-dimensional (3D) master solid models and a variety of advanced analysis, simulation and modeling tools. The result is a process that virtually verifies the entire product design, tooling and manufacturing processes prior to fabricating parts or tools. Boeing applied the VPD processes to a redesign of