Method for configuration and/or equipment of a vehicle cabin, in particular of an aircraft

A system for configuring a vehicle cabin comprising:

• a user input device configured to capture a user input;
• a configuration device comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium configured to store a pool of individual modules, and a processor in operative communication with the user input device, wherein the non-transitory computer-readable medium comprises computer-executable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to perform a method comprising:
• based upon the user input received from the user input device, selecting a plurality of individual modules from the pool of individual modules for automatic arrangement in a virtual representation of the vehicle cabin, wherein the vehicle cabin is subdivided into a plurality of zones;
• joining the selected plurality of individual modules to form a desired module package;
• automatically calculating with the processor, a desired module package configuration value, wherein the desired module package configuration value comprises one of a number of individual modules in the desired module package, a permissible weight of the desired module package, a center of gravity of the desired module package, or a minimum distance between one individual module of the desired module package and an individual component;
• automatically comparing with the processor, the desired module package configuration value with predefined module package configuration values, which each correspond to a different technical pre-validated module package of a plurality of technical pre-validated module packages;
• selecting a technical pre-validated module package, of the plurality of technical pre-validated module packages, based on the comparing;
• and
• displaying on a display unit, the desired module package and the selected technical pre-validated module package;
• wherein the system also has a control unit for coordinating a final physical installation of the vehicle cabin in a plant, wherein the final physical installation is based on the selected technical pre-validated module package.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions, that when executed by a processor, are configured to perform a method comprising:

• selecting a plurality of individual modules from a pool of individual modules for automatic arrangement in a virtual representation of a vehicle cabin, wherein the vehicle cabin is subdivided into a plurality of zones;
• joining the selected plurality of individual modules to form a desired module package;
• automatically calculating a desired module package configuration value, wherein the desired module package configuration value comprises one of a number of individual modules in the desired module package, a permissible weight of the desired module package, a center of gravity of the desired module package, or a minimum distance between one individual module of the desired module package and an individual component;
• automatically comparing the desired module package configuration value with predefined module package configuration values, which each correspond to a different technical pre-validated module package of a plurality of technical pre-validated module packages;
• automatically selecting a technical pre-validated module package, of the plurality of technical pre-validated module packages, having the predefined module package configuration value that deviates least from the desired module package configuration value;
• arranging the selected technical pre-validated module package in a zone of the plurality of zones of the virtual representation of the vehicle cabin to produce a validated construction plan for the vehicle cabin;
• and
• outputting the validated construction plan for the vehicle cabin, wherein the validated construction plan is used to physically arrange the vehicle cabin.