Design Model Data Exchange Between Concurrent Engineering Facilities by Means of Model Transformation
Philipp Martin Fischer, Volker Schaus, Andreas Gerndt · elib (German Aerospace Center) · 2011
The German Aerospace Center (DLR) is developing the software Virtual Satellite for use in their Concurrent Engineering Facility. Throughout the design process of a spacecraft the software supports engineers to store and manage the data and results of their engineering sessions. The European Cooperation for Space Standardization (ECSS) is promoting a new technical memorandum for model based data exchange across the facilities. In order to enable data exchange from Virtual Satellite's own model representation to the ECSS specification, a transformation based on a triple-graph grammar has been applied. This approach allows engineers to import and export design information from the ECSS model. In addition, the grammar allows for synchronization of two instantiated models.