componentType

A component is a piece of equipment installed in the vehicle. It references an element of the library with <systemElementUID> and takes over its geometry and its mass (vehicleElementBaseType); a component has no mass of its own. The same element can be installed as often as needed, e.g. one pump in several places.

Position

The <transformation> places the element coordinate system in the vehicle: it rotates and then translates the element, without scaling (transformationSE3Type). Without <parentUID>, it refers to the global coordinate system. With <parentUID>, the component is attached to another component, e.g. a fuselage or another system component, and its translation refers to that component as described for transformationType.

Components without position

The <transformation> is optional. A component without it is not positioned: its mass counts for the system, but it is left out of the center of gravity. This allows the equipment of a system and its mass to be listed before the places of installation are known.

Only a missing <transformation> makes a component unpositioned. An empty <transformation> positions it at the origin of its parent or of the global coordinate system and should be avoided: give the translation explicitly, or omit the element while the position is unknown.
A component whose parent is not positioned is not positioned either, whatever its own <transformation>.

Attributes

Name	Type	Use	Description
`@externalDataDirectory`	`xsd:string`	optional	Directory of the external file the element was read from, as URI
`@externalDataNodePath`	`xsd:string`	optional	Path of the parent element in the merged dataset, at which the element was inserted from an external file
`@externalFileName`	`xsd:string`	optional	Name of the external file the element was read from
`@uID`	`xsd:ID`	required	UID

Child elements

Name	Type	OccurrenceHow often the element may appear at this place. The schema writes it as minOccurs and maxOccurs on the declaration.	Description
allThe children below may appear in any order. Each may appear at most once.
`name`	`stringBaseType`	[1..1] required	Name
`description`	`stringBaseType`	[0..1] optional	Description
`systemElementUID`	`stringUIDBaseType`	[1..1] required	UID of the system element that is installed
`parentUID`	`stringUIDBaseType`	[0..1] optional	UID of the component this one is attached to, e.g. a fuselage or another system component; the transformation then refers to it as described for transformationType
`transformation`	`transformationSE3Type`	[0..1] optional	Rotation and translation that place the component; if omitted, the component is not positioned
`structuralMountUIDs`	`uIDSequenceType`	[0..1] optional	UIDs of the structural mounts as defined in the fuselages or wings (see structuralMountType for further details)

componentType

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In the schema · 1 declaration