The Common Parametric Aircraft Configuration Schema (CPACS) is a data definition for the air transportation system. CPACS enables engineers to exchange information between their tools. It is therefore a driver for multi-disciplinary and multi-fidelity design in distributed environments. CPACS describes the characteristics of aircraft, rotorcraft, engines, climate impact, fleets and mission in a structured, hierarchical manner. Not only product but also process information is stored in CPACS. The process information helps in setting up workflows for analysis modules. Due to the fact that CPACS follows a central model approach, the number of interfaces is reduced to a minimum.
CPACS is available as Open Source and we encourage anyone to make use of it. If you are applying CPACS in a scientific environment and publish any related work, please cite the following artice:
M. Alder, E. Moerland, J. Jepsen and B. Nagel. Recent Advances in Establishing a Common Language for Aircraft Design with CPACS. Aerospace Europe Conference 2020, Bordeaux, France, 2020.
Just in time for Christmas, we present CPACS v3.5. Take a look at www.cpacs.de and GitHub for:
With this release, we are able to map complex systems via …
It's release time again! We are happy to announce the v3.4 release. Take a look at www.cpacs.de and GitHub for:
Many thanks to everyone who has contributed to …
The extensive work on CPACS over the last few months has been released as v3.4-beta.
As part of the release process, we have had a stakeholder meeting on the new decks and floor structures definition (more information can be found here) and …
Dear CPACS community,
we are happy to present CPACS 3.3 with a large feature list. Just check it out:
Dear CPACS community,
we are pleased to inform you that with the publication of the Release Candidate (RC), the release process of CPACS 3.3 now enters the final phase:
After the …
Over the past months, the CPACS community has been working on numerous enhancements (see Towards CPACS 3.3). We have now combined the work of all the working groups into a beta release in order to provide quick access to all changes in one schema:
As we are approaching the next CPACS release, I would like to present the major enhancements and adjustments we have been discussing over the last months. It should be emphasized that these are not yet final decisions and everyone is invited to participate in the current topics.
The initiators and …
We are pleased to announce CPACS 3.2! Many thanks to everyone who has contributed to the latest enhancements.
- Replaced tool-specific elements with xsd:any element and strict schema request for validation
- UIDs adapted to type xsd:ID and xsd:IDREF
- UIDs optional …
We are pleased to announce CPACS 3.1! Many thanks to everyone who has contributed to the latest enhancements.
- Redefinition of aeroPerformanceMaps
- Added nodes for detailed engine pylons and nacelles
- Added nodes to model generic walls
- Extension of material definition
- Added fuselage compartment definition …
We are happy to announce CPACS 3.0 which is a major release with many new updates and improvements. Below you find a selection of some features. Please see GitHub for the full changelog.
- New component segment definition
- Added nodes for the geometry of …