Case Study: Pilatus Aircraft accelerates 3D technical publications with Cortona3D

Pilatus PC-24 will receive 3D interactive parts catalogs and instructions for continued airworthiness

Pilatus Aircraft, a Swiss aircraft manufacturer, faced challenges with its outdated technical publications software, which required intensive maintenance and created inefficiencies in producing 2D service manuals. To make aircraft maintenance faster and to reduce production time and costs for its PC-24 jet, Pilatus sought a new solution. They partnered with vendor Cortona3D and implemented their RapidAuthor software integrated with Teamcenter.

The Cortona3D solution provided a highly integrated environment for creating 3D interactive parts catalogs and manuals directly from engineering data. This transition from 2D to 3D authoring, along with customized features, streamlined the process. The results were significant: development time was cut by 40%, authoring efficiency increased by approximately 30%, and service centers provided positive feedback on the new, easier-to-use documentation.

Pilatus Aircraft

Sebastian Haake

ICT Application Engineer