The Boeing Company
Preform fabrication system

Abstract:

An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for managing a part. The method comprises identifying, by a computer system, parameters for the part. Further, the method comprises identifying, by the computer system, a number of additional parameters used in manufacturing the part from a preform. Yet further, the method comprises automatically generating, by the computer system, a preform design for the preform using the parameters for the part and the number of additional parameters, wherein the preform design enables manufacturing the preform using an additive manufacturing system in a manufacturing environment.