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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2013
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Alan D. Glasscock, Freeland, WA (US);
Rich H. Morihara, Bellevue, WA (US);
David J. Odendahl, Kirkland, WA (US);
Frederick J. Richter, Everett, WA (US);
Chris Stedman, Bellevue, WA (US);
Sidlaghatta N. Venkatesh, Renton, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
Manufacturing systems and methods are disclosed. In one example, a computer based system comprises a non-transitory computer readable memory, a processor, and logic instructions stored in the non-transitory computer readable memory. When executed by the processor, the logic instructions configure the processor to perform operations, comprising receiving a first digital map of a first component and a second digital map of a second component, defining a first surface on the first component and a second surface on the second component, wherein at least a portion of the first surface is to adjoin at least a portion of the second surface in a manufactured assembly, updating a first part definition for the first component to include the first surface and, optionally, updating a second part definition for the second component to include the second surface.