S5E22 - From 3 Configurations to 300: Rapid Trades for Advanced Aircraft Design - nTop - Brad Rothenberg

Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, NYC, October 29-30, 2025https://cdfam.com/nyc-2025/nTopBradley RothenbergFrom 3 Configurations to 300: Rapid Trades for Advanced Aircraft DesignPresentation AbstractAircraft development timelines have collapsed from 7 years to 18 months, but design tools still assume you have years to iterate. The result: teams freeze architecture in week 2, before they understand the design space, and spend the rest of the program managing the consequences.The core problem is going from requirements-to-design is just too slow. Serial design evaluations, manual CAD updates that fail to parametrize correctly, and expensive simulation cycles create weeks-long iteration loops.nTop solves this through...