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Current offline-programming (OLP) solutions are rather generic and support the user just in positioning of the robot on point-by-point bases with a virtual teach-in like approach. Support of the user with respect to process specific knowledge is missing. However, advanced robotics applications like drilling, riveting, 3D surface coating and milling can easily reach a couple of thousands working positions.

The lack of aircraft fastener object standardization in CATIA has forced many aircraft OEMs and suppliers to custom build and maintain their own fastener definition methods. Content, state and consistency of those Fastener Definitions make a huge difference to subsequent processes, especially in an extended enterprise environment, which becomes more and more common in aircraft manufacturing (e.g. 787). Cenit has been developing an application, which is fully integrated in CATIA/DELMIA V5. It provides design and manufacturing engineers with V5 standard fastener objects and an intuitive workbench to add into a V5 assembly. This paper discusses an industry based end-to-end solution for fastener definition, assembly planning and offline programming contained within a single user interface, which maintains full data associativity in a PLM environment.