Integrated Design of Space Environment Simulator Based on Parametric Design

Herein, we proposed the novel master-plan of integrated design platform for space environment simulator, comprising the vacuum container, heat sink, vacuum pumping and liquid/gaseous nitrogen supply units, to overcome the limitations of conventional subsystems designed separately with different 3-D models and software. The novel integrated design platform is capable of collaboratively designing functional modules of each subsystem with the self-developed unified digital design software package. Moreover, the design information involving the realistic situations, including the requirements, features, specifications or commercial availability of all key devices/components, fabrication difficulties and design experience, can be analyzed, accumulated and updated with the integrated design platform. The new integrated design scheme outperforms the conventional one, in which individual subsystem was designed independently, because of improvements of standardization, automation, efficiency reusability and accessibility to advanced technologies in design of space environment simulator.