Governance layer
- Distributed repository-based source control
- Custom dictionaries and source records
- Credibility, MGA, and effectivity logic
- Revision history, branch, review, baseline, merge, comparison, and restore
Beyer Flight Sciences
Capability summary
MassMasterTM turns scattered mass properties inputs into controlled configuration history.
A concise review of the distributed change-control, governance, data-source, reporting, and pilot capabilities behind the MassMasterTM and MassMaster NexusTM product story.
Positioning
Govern CAD, Nastran / Abaqus FEM, PLM / ERP enterprise systems, measured, supplier, legacy, calcsheet, payload, and configuration data.
MassMasterTM helps aerospace teams keep weight BOMs, distributed mass properties, credibility, effectivity, and simulation-facing outputs reviewable, reproducible, and traceable as aircraft designs change.
MassMaster NexusTM extends that story into a visual engineering workspace for inspecting, comparing, reviewing, and validating controlled repositories.
Core source data
Mass properties programs need more than one source of truth.
CAD systems
PLM / ERP enterprise systems
Nastran / Abaqus FEM data
Measured part and assembly weights
Supplier and vendor data
Legacy weight databases
Excel calcsheets
Governance and outputs
Controlled inputs should lead directly to credible reports and simulation data.
Engineering outputs
- Weight BOM roll-ups
- Functional-code summaries
- Credibility and MGA reports
- Distributed mass properties and simulation support
Pilot acceptance criteria
Prove the workflow with real program data.
A focused pilot should validate migration, dictionary mapping, calcsheet import, report outputs, effectivity logic, distributed mass-property value, repository governance, and first-user training.
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