I would like to be able to generate a heat mapping type plot of historical damage frequency trends on an airframe model.
To expand upon that: currently there is a Microsoft Database file which contains numerous coordinate data points which represent damage which has been found during inspection of a fleet of aircraft. Currently we use a VBA macro within AutoCAD Mechanical which pulls this coordinate data and plots it as 3D spheres over the airframe model.
Instead of generating these object within the program I would like to have the data represented as a colored plot. For example if there is a high number of cracks found in the tail section and forward landing gear of an aircraft those (2) areas would be shaded red and then areas which do not see common damage would have a cooler or blue tint to them. Is there a capability within Inventor or other AutoDesk product which would be able to automate this process to some extent? We are talking around 1,000 data points so manually selecting each one is not really feasible.
