Cessna Aircraft Company (United States)
Last update: 07/01/2007
Company Overview
Cessna Aircraft Company began nearly 80 years ago as a small aircraft company with a big idea – to build a monoplane with no struts or braces. Today, Clyde Cessna’s cantilever design remains the... More
The Challenge
Reduce design cycles, optimize quality and promote standardization and re-use of Cessna’s intellectual property.
Dassault Systemes Response
Cessna used the Knowledgeware technology built into the CATIA V5 design solution to create standardized, re-usable templates for families of commonly used sheet metal parts.
Cessna Aircraft Company began nearly 80 years ago as a small aircraft company with a big idea – to build a monoplane with no struts or braces. Today, Clyde Cessna’s cantilever design remains the industry standard, and innovation, ingenuity and initiative remain the company’s hallmarks.
The Challenge
Reduce design cycles, optimize quality and promote standardization and re-use of Cessna’s intellectual property.
Dassault Systemes Response
Cessna used the Knowledgeware technology built into the CATIA V5 design solution to create standardized, re-usable templates for families of commonly used sheet metal parts.
Benefits
Cessna anticipates a minimum 25 percent reduction in design cycle time for each templated part, multiplied by thousands of uses per design.