Automated Custom Design Generation

A method for generating a design configuration for an aerospace product, comprising:

• obtaining a custom specification that describes at least one option for the aerospace product;
• obtaining predefined configuration data that comprises:
• a commodity feature definition that describes a plurality of commodities associated with the aerospace product;
• a commodity interface definition that describes interface requirements among said plurality of commodities;
• a design table that associates said commodity feature definition and said commodity interface definition for a commodity;
• and
• a hierarchy of said plurality of commodities;
• and
• generating the design configuration as a function of said custom specification and said predefined configuration data, wherein said hierarchy of said plurality of commodities controls order in which said plurality of commodities are applied to said product for automatic generation of the design configuration and said commodity interface definition with said design table ensure coordination among said plurality of commodities.

A system that facilitates automatic generation of a configuration for a product, comprising:

• a product hierarchy that specifies a hierarchy of a plurality of commodities for the configuration of the product;
• an interface logic tree that specifies interface requirements for said plurality of commodities;
• a plurality of commodity logic trees, wherein each of said plurality of commodity trees specifies one of said plurality of commodities;
• and
• a configuration component that generates the configuration as a function of a customer selection, said product hierarchy, said interface logic tree, and said plurality of commodity logic trees.