Towards an extended model-based definition for the digital twin

ABSTRACT

The concept of the digital twin calls for virtual replicas of real world products. Achieving this requires a sophisticated network of models that have a level of interconnectivity. The authors attempted to improve model interconnectivity by enhancing the computer-aided design model with spatially related non-geometric data. A tool was created to store, visualize, and search for spatial data within the computer-aided design tool. This enables both model authors, and consumers to utilize information inside the CAD tool which traditionally would have existed in separate software.

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KEYWORDS:

• Extending MBD
• digital twin
• CAD

ORCID

Alexander McDermott Miller http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7675-0057

Ramon Alvarez http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7838-7300

Nathan Hartman http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1300-0240