Weight & Balance Engineering, also known as Mass Properties Engineering, is the technical discipline which refers
to the prediction, determination, management and tracking of the weight, Center of Gravity, and Moment of Inertia
for a new product.
The Programs > Management page allows you to create and manage programs in the database. A Program structure includes Versions, Variants, and Products
in the order of hierarchy.
WA provides a powerful and comprehensive mission simulation module which allows you to calculate the evolution of the weight
during the flight and to monitor how this curve changes over the product life cycle.
The Envelope Management page allows you to create a simulation based on a Concept or Snapshot in a Program. You must
create at least one Envelope and a list of the task items.
The Equipment Management page allows you to add one or more special items (with weight in addition or subtraction)
to a simulation and create or manage a specific equipment.
The Simulation page allows you to visualize the simulation of a specific Mission related to a specific Product once
you have created and defined a Mission.
WA provides a powerful and comprehensive mission simulation module which allows you to calculate the evolution of the weight
during the flight and to monitor how this curve changes over the product life cycle.
The Mission Management page allows you to manage a specific Mission after Envelope
Management and Item Management are performed.
To use Mission Management:
In the Mission Management page, the navigation panel
displays all the Missions that are already created in the system. The Mission
Management page is shown in the following image.
The Mission Management page allows you to:
Reload the Program tree in the navigation panel.
Add a Mission item to the Program.
Remove a Mission item from a Program.
Add a new Mission task.
Remove an existing Mission task.
Add or delete folders and sub folders.
Click Mission > Mission Management.
The Mission Management page is displayed.
Click the Add Missionicon.
The Main Attributes tab is displayed.
Click the Enable Changes icon.
The fields become editable and you can enter the required Mission data
in the Description and
Notes fields.
Click the Add Mission Task icon in the Mission Tasks section.
A new task is added and you can select the required Missions from the
Task Item dropdown
list.
Enter the required values for the Mission quantity in the Quantity text field.
Select a task item and click Move Up
Mission Task
icon.
The item is moved to one level above the other Mission.
Select a task item and click the Move Down
Mission Task
icon.
The item is moved to one level below the other Mission.
Select a task and click the Delete Mission Task icon.
The Mission task is deleted.
Click the Undo Changes icon.
The changes made are discarded.
Click the Save Changes icon.
A confirmation message is displayed.
Click OK to save the changes
or Cancel to discard the
changes.
Add or delete folders and sub folders
You can organize Missions into folders and sub folders.
To add or delete folders and sub folders:
In the Navigation pane, click the icon.
A new folder is added and displayed in the Navigation
pane.
Select the folder and then click the icon to add a new Mission into the selected
folder.
Optionally, click the icon to delete the folder that you have
created.
Note: You can also drag and drop a Mission
from one folder to a different folder in the Navigation
pane.
Import a Mission
You can import tasks Missions into the same Program.
To import a Mission:
In the Mission tasks tab, select a Mission and then click the icon.
A dialog box displays the list of Missions that you want to import
into the same Program except the one that you have selected is
displayed.
Click Confirm and then click
Close.
A message confirming that the task Missions were imported
successfully is displayed. and the tasks defined in the imported Mission
will be appended to the current task at the last position.