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Abstract

Traditional methods usually adopt CAA secondary development technology to customize the aircraft digital model review and approval functions of CATIA/VPM R18. Limited by the CAA compilation and development environment, traditional CAA secondary development suffers from sluggish UI interaction response, difficulty in integrating modern UI frameworks, and lack of flexible workflow engine support. To break through the above limitations, this paper proposes a hybrid development mode that combines CAA and Web technologies. This solution leverages the advantages of C/S (Client/Server) and B/S (Browser/Server) architectures, embeds a browser framework in the CATIA/VPM interactive dialog box, and achieves digital model review and approval process management based on Web technology as well as complex CAD data operations based on CAA technology. This paper selects the MiniBlink browser framework as the core component of hybrid development, develops a digital model review and approval system based on the hybrid architecture, and verifies the feasibility of this mode in aircraft digital model review and approval through engineering practice. Compared with the traditional CAA development method, this mode shortens the development cycle by 30% and improves user interface friendliness by 40%, providing a new technical approach for CATIA/VPM secondary development.

Keywords

hybrid development mode; CAA secondary development; MiniBlink; digital model review and approval

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About the authors

Qian Zhiwei (1990-), male, Han ethnicity, from Xinyu, Jiangxi Province, holds an intermediate professional title and a master's degree. His research interests include aviation digital design and collaborative design process technology.