Fan Tutorials

"Tell me and I will forget. Show me and I may remember. Involve me and I will understand."

The goal of this set of tutorials is to cover the most basic functionalities of the Requirements and Systems Portal.  In this tutorial, we will design a table fan (image below) with a set of Requirements and Blocks; then perform a Mass Budget Analysis and Dynamic Analyses for user interaction.  We will also develop a Quality Testing Procedure.  

ValiFan

Fan Requirements and Blocks

The ValiFan has some requirements that should be considered throughout the design phase. The fan assembly also has subparts with different modes which are explained in the sections below:

Requirements

- The mass of the fan shall not exceed 300g

- The mass of the propeller shall not exceed 50g

Blocks

The fan is the higher assembly (Parent) with three modes - ON, LOW and HIGH. Inside that Parent Block we will have the following:

- Motor with three different speed settings (OFF, LOW, HIGH)

- Propeller

- Speed Controller with two different power modes (ON, OFF)

- Structure

ValiFan Breakdown

Valis - Parameters of Blocks or analyses that can be used in calculations and documentation. A Vali has a numerical value and also contains additional information such as type, unit, formula, description, and min/max requirements.

ValiType - A type of a Vali which is used to perform automatic calculations such as "sum of children". A type can be, for example, mass, power, or flight time.

Blocks - Models of physical parts of your product that are represented with hierarchical relationships in a Block Tree.

Requirements - A way of managing a project’s requirements easily and efficiently.

Analyses - Dynamic documents used to store reports, engineering budgets, and charts.

Scripting - Used to perform more complex calculations using the Octave Engine and Python and also to perform custom workflows.

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