CATIA

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CATIA
CATIA
Developer(s) Dassault Systmes
Initial release 1977
Stable release 3DEXPERIENCE Platform R2014x / 2014
Operating system Windows / Unix (server)
Type software of CAD, CAM, CAE, PLM, 3D
License Proprietary software
Website
catia.com
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CATIA (Computer Aided Three-dimensional Interactive Application) (in English usually pronounced /kti/)
is a multi-platform CAD/CAM/CAE commercial software suite developed by the French company Dassault
Systmes directed by Bernard Charls. Written in the C++ programming language, CATIA is the cornerstone of the
Dassault Systmes software suite.
History
CATIA (Computer Aided Three-Dimensional Interactive Application) started as an in-house development in 1977
by French aircraft manufacturer Avions Marcel Dassault, at that time customer of the CAD/CAM CAD software
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to develop Dassault's Mirage fighter jet. It was later adopted in the aerospace, automotive, shipbuilding, and other
industries.
Initially named CATI (Conception Assiste Tridimensionnelle Interactive French for Interactive Aided
Three-dimensional Design ), it was renamed CATIA in 1981 when Dassault created a subsidiary to develop and sell
the software and signed a non-exclusive distribution agreement with IBM.
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In 1984, the Boeing Company chose CATIA V3 as its main 3D CAD tool, becoming its largest customer.
In 1988, CATIA V3 was ported from mainframe computers to UNIX.
In 1990, General Dynamics Electric Boat Corp chose CATIA as its main 3D CAD tool to design the U.S. Navy's
Virginia class submarine. Also, Boeing was selling its CADAM CAD system worldwide through the channel of IBM
since 1978.
In 1992, CADAM was purchased from IBM, and the next year CATIA CADAM V4 was published.
In 1996, it was ported from one to four Unix operating systems, including IBM AIX, Silicon Graphics IRIX, Sun
Microsystems SunOS, and Hewlett-Packard HP-UX.
In 1998, V5 was released and was an entirely rewritten version of CATIA with support for UNIX, Windows NT and
Windows XP (since 2001).
In 2008, Dassault Systmes released CATIA V6.
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While the server can run on Microsoft Windows, Linux or
AIX, client support for any operating system other than Microsoft Windows was dropped.
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In November 2010, Dassault Systmes launched CATIA V6R2011x, the latest release of its PLM2.0 platform, while
continuing to support and improve its CATIA V5 software.
In June 2011, Dassault Systmes launched V6 R2012.
In 2012, Dassault Systmes launched V6 2013x.
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In 2014, Dassault Systmes launched 3DEXPERIENCE Platform R2014x
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and CATIA on the Cloud, a cloud
version of its software.
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Scope of application
Commonly referred to as a 3D Product Lifecycle Management software suite, CATIA supports multiple stages of
product development (CAx), including conceptualization, design (CAD), engineering (CAE) and manufacturing
(CAM). CATIA facilitates collaborative engineering across disciplines around its 3DEXPERIENCE platform,
including surfacing & shape design, electrical fluid & electronics systems design, mechanical engineering and
systems engineering.
CATIA facilitates the design of electronic, electrical, and distributed systems such as fluid and HVAC systems, all
the way to the production of documentation for manufacturing.
Mechanical engineering
CATIA enables the creation of 3D parts, from 3D sketches, sheetmetal, composites, molded, forged or tooling parts
up to the definition of mechanical assemblies. The software provides advanced technologies for mechanical
surfacing & BIW. It provides tools to complete product definition, including functional tolerances as well as
kinematics definition. CATIA provides a wide range of applications for tooling design, for both generic tooling and
mold & die.
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Design
CATIA offers a solution to shape design, styling, surfacing workflow and visualization to create, modify, and
validate complex innovative shapes from industrial design to Class-A surfacing with the ICEM surfacing
technologies. CATIA supports multiple stages of product design whether started from scratch or from 2D sketches.
CATIA is able to read and produce STEP format files for reverse engineering and surface reuse.
Systems engineering
The CATIA Systems Engineering solution delivers a unique open and extensible systems engineering development
platform that fully integrates the cross-discipline modeling, simulation, verification and business process support
needed for developing complex cyber-physical products. It enables organizations to evaluate requests for changes
or develop new products or system variants utilizing a unified performance based systems engineering approach. The
solution addresses the Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) needs of users developing todays smart products
and systems and comprises the following elements: Requirements Engineering, Systems Architecture Modeling,
Systems Behavior Modeling & Simulation, Configuration Management & Lifecycle Traceability, Automotive
Embedded Systems Development (AUTOSAR Builder) and Industrial Automation Systems Development
(ControlBuild).
CATIA uses the open Modelica language in both CATIA Dynamic Behavior Modeling and Dymola, to quickly and
easily model and simulate the behavior of complex systems that span multiple engineering disciplines. CATIA &
Dymola are further extended by through the availability of a number of industry and domain specific Modelica
libraries that enable user to model and simulate a wide range of complex systems ranging from automotive vehicle
dynamics through to aircraft flight dynamics.
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Electrical systems
CATIA offers a solution to facilitate the design and manufacturing of electrical systems spanning the complete
process from conceptual design through to manufacturing. Capabilities include requirements capture, electrical
schematic definition, interactive 3D routing of both wire harnesses and industrial cable solutions through to the
production of detailed manufacturing documents including formboards.
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Fluid systems
CATIA offers a solution to facilitate the design and manufacturing of routed systems including tubing, piping,
Heating, Ventilating & Air Conditioning (HVAC). Capabilities include requirements capture, 2D diagrams for
defining hydraulic, pneumatic and HVAC systems, as well as Piping and Instrumentation Diagram (P&ID). Powerful
capabilities are provided that enables these 2D diagrams to be used to drive the interactive 3D routing and placing of
system components, in the context of the digital mockup of the complete product or process plant, through to the
delivery of manufacturing information including reports and piping isometric drawings.
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Industries
CATIA can be applied to a wide variety of industries, from aerospace and defense, automotive, and industrial
equipment, to high tech, shipbuilding, consumer goods, plant design, consumer packaged goods, life sciences,
architecture and construction, process power and petroleum, and services. CATIA V4, CATIA V5, Pro/ENGINEER,
NX (formerly Unigraphics), and SolidWorks are the dominant systemsWikipedia:Citation needed.
Aerospace
The Boeing Company used CATIA V3 to develop its 777 airliner and used CATIA V5 for the 787 series aircraft.
They have employed the full range of Dassault Systmes' 3D PLM products CATIA, DELMIA, and ENOVIA
LCA supplemented by Boeing-developed applications.
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The development of the Indian Light Combat Aircraft has used CATIA V5.
Chinese Xian JH-7A was the first aircraft developed by CATIA V5 when the design was completed on September
26, 2000.
European aerospace Airbus part of EADS is also using CATIA.
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Canadian aircraft maker Bombardier Aerospace has done all of its aircraft design on CATIA.
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BAE Systems uses CATIA.
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The Brazilian aircraft company EMBRAER uses CATIA V4 and V5 to build all airplanes.
FNSS is using CATIA V5 and V6.
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Vought Aircraft Industries uses CATIA V4 and V5 to produce its parts.
The Anglo/Italian Helicopter company AgustaWestland uses CATIA V4 and V5 to design their full range of aircraft.
All daughter companies of the French company Safran use CATIA for a full range of aerospace, defence and
security products.
The Eurofighter Typhoon has been designed using both CATIA V4 and V5.
The main supplier of helicopters to the U.S Military forces, Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., uses CATIA as well.
P3 Voith is using CATIA V6 electrical.
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Bell Helicopter, the creator of the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey, has used CATIA V4, V5 and V6.
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Of course, Dassault Aviation is also using CATIA and they are currently working on CATIA V6.
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Automotive
Many automotive companies use CATIA to varying degrees, including BMW, Porsche, Daimler AG, Chrysler,
Honda,
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Audi,
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Jaguar Land Rover, Volkswagen, SEAT, koda, Bentley Motors Limited, Volvo, Fiat, Benteler
International, PSA Peugeot Citron,
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Renault,
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Toyota,
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Ford, Scania, Hyundai, koda Auto, Tesla
Motors,
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Rolls-Royce Motors, Valmet Automotive, Proton, Elba, Tata motors
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and Mahindra & Mahindra
Limited. Goodyear uses it in making tires for automotive and aerospace and also uses a customized CATIA for its
design and development. Many automotive companies use CATIA for car structures door beams, IP supports,
bumper beams, roof rails, side rails, body components because of CATIA's capabilities in Computer representation
of surfaces. Bombardier Transportation of Canada is using this software to design its entire fleet of Train engines and
coaches. Webasto uses CATIA to design its roof.
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Shipbuilding
Dassault Systmes has begun serving shipbuilders with CATIA V5 release 8, which includes special features useful
to shipbuilders. GD Electric Boat used CATIA to design the latest fast attack submarine class for the United States
Navy, the Virginia class. Newport News Shipbuilding also used CATIA to design the Gerald R. Ford class of
supercarriers for the US Navy.
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In 2004, it has been adopted by the Beneteau Group for development of new
sailing and leisure motor boats.
Industrial equipment
CATIA has a strong presence in the Industrial Equipment industry. Industrial Manufacturing machinery companies
like Schuler and Metso use CATIA, as do heavy mobile machinery and equipment companies like Claas, and also
various industrial equipment product companies like Alstom Power and ABB Group. Michelin is also using CATIA
for its production.
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High Tech
Some High Tech companies are using CATIA to design their products. You can find for example: Nikon,
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Nokia,
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Pegatron.
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Energy, Process & Utilities
Suzlon uses CATIA to manufacture turbine blades.
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Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) & Retail
Procter & Gamble (P&G) is using CATIA to optimize its packagings.
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Architecture
Architect Frank Gehry has used the software through the C-Cubed Virtual Architecture company, now Virtual Build
Team, to design his award-winning curvilinear buildings. His technology arm, Gehry Technologies, has been
developing software based on CATIA V5 named Digital Project. Digital Project competes for market share with
Revit, Microstation and other Building Information Modelling applications. SHoP Architects company is using
CATIA for its designs.
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CATIA
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CATIA on the Cloud Packaging 2014
Styling
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Concept Creative Design
Creative Design
Showreel Experience
Reverse & Prototype Experience
Systems Engineering
Systems Architecture Engineering
Systems Dynamics & Performance Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
3DMaster Conceptual Design
Mechanical Design Engineering
Mechanical & Shape Design Engineering
Mechanical Detailed Design Engineering
Mechanism Design Engineering
3DMaster Engineering
Sheet Metal Design Engineering
Mechanical Engineering for Industrial Equipment
Machine & Equipment Design Engineering
Multi-Discipline Engineering
Composites Design Engineering
Composites Manufacturing Preparation
Plastic Part Design Engineering
Mold Tooling Design Engineering
Virtual to Real Product Optimization
Mechanical Design & Tooling
Buildings Space Planning
Electrical & Fluids Engineering
Electrical & Fluid Systems Design
Electrical 3D Design Engineering
Capture & Reuse Engineering Intent
Design Rules and Templates Capture & Reuse
Know-how Capture and Reuse
Product Optimization
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File compatibility and CATIA V4 /V5 /V6 conversion
Dassault Systmes provides utilities to convert CATIA V4 data files so they are accessible to CATIA V5 and
CATIA V6. Still, cases show that there can be issues in the data conversion from CATIA V4 to V5 from either
differences in the geometric kernel between CATIA V4 and CATIA V5 or by the modelling methods employed by
end users. The percentage loss can be minimized by using the appropriate pre-conversion clean-up, choosing the
appropriate conversion options, and clean-up activities after conversion. On the other hand, transition from V5 to V6
is facilitated because they are sharing the same geometric kernel. Third-party file translators also up-convert CATIA
files between versions.
Competition
CATIA competes in the high-end CAD/CAM/CAE market with Siemens NX and PTC Creo Elements/Pro.
Gallery
North Leg of the
Eiffel Tower
Concept Product CATIA Rendering CATIA Rendering of a diamond
References
[1] http:/ / www. 3ds. com/ products/ catia/
[2] A history of CATIA by former CEO of Dassault Systmes Francis Bernard (http:/ / ridwan. staff. gunadarma. ac. id/ Downloads/ files/ 8426/
history-catia. pdf)
[3] The DASSAULT SYSTEMES Success Story by Francis BERNARD (http:/ / isicad. net/ articles. php?article_num=14120)
[4] CIMdata Introduces V6 (http:/ / www.schwindt.eu/ fileadmin/ user_upload/ CIMdata_DS_V6_Program. pdf)
[5] CATIA software review by IndiaCADworks (http:/ / www. indiacadworks. com/ blog/ catia-a-cad-software-review/ )
[6] WHAT IS CATIA? by firstratemold.com (http:/ / www. firstratemold. com/ about-us/ newsshows/ 961-what-is-catia. html)
[7] Latest release of CATIA (http:/ / www.3ds.com/ products-services/ catia/ portfolio/ catia-3dexperience/ latest-release/ )
[8] CATIA 3DEXPERIENCE on the Cloud (http:/ / www. engineering. com/ DesignSoftware/ DesignSoftwareArticles/ ArticleID/ 7791/
CATIA-3DEXPERIENCE-on-the-Cloud-brings-High-Power-Design-Tools-to-Small-Design-Teams. aspx)
[9] CATIA 3DEXPERIENCE on the Cloud (http:/ / www. yankodesign. com/ 2014/ 06/ 13/ social-design-with-catia-3dexperience-on-the-cloud/
)
[10] http:/ / www.mecanicasolutions. com/ index. php/ plm-product-services/ catia/ CATIA solutions
[11] http:/ / www.claytex. com/ products/ catia-systems/ CATIA systems engineering reference
[12] http:/ / www.3ds. com/ products-services/ catia/ capabilities/ mechanical-engineering/ electrical-design CATIA electrical systems reference
[13] http:/ / www.plmtechnology.no/ catia/ CATIA fluid systems reference
[14] " Computing & Design/Build Processes Help Develop the 777 (http:/ / web. archive. org/ web/ 20090321124651/ http:/ / www. boeing. com/
commercial/ 777family/ pf/ pf_computing.html)." Boeing Commercial Airplanes.
[15] http:/ / www-03.ibm. com/ press/ us/ en/ pressrelease/ 26182. wss Airbus chooses CATIA V6
[16] Bombardier Aerospace with V5 (http:/ / www.3ds.com/ fileadmin/ PRODUCTS/ DELMIA/ OFFERS/ Virtual-Ergonomics-Solutions/
PDF/ DELMIA-Virtual-Ergonomics-Bombardier)
[17] http:/ / www.plmmarketplace. com/ upload/ Migrating%20from%20CADDS%20to%20CATIA. pdf BAE Systems is using CATIA V6
[18] http:/ / www.coe. org/ e/ in/ eid=3& req=info& s=552& all=1 FNSS is using CATIA V6
[19] http:/ / catia. cad2design.com/ case-studies/ 273142/ CATIA+ Customer+ p3+ voith+ CATIA+ Electrical+ testimony P3 Voith is using
CATIA V6
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[20] https:/ / www.euronext. com/ en/ content/
bell-helicopter-improves-collaboration-and-time-market-dassault-syst%C3%A8mes-v6-plm-platform Bell Helicopter chooses CATIA V6
[21] http:/ / www.ainonline. com/ aviation-news/ dubai-air-show/ 2013-11-15/ new-falcon-5x-bizjet-technological-tour-de-force Dassault
Aviation using V6
[22] Honda using CATIA (http:/ / www.3ds.com/ fileadmin/ customer-stories/ import/ pdf/ simulia-honda. pdf)
[23] Audi using CATIA (http:/ / www.automotiveit.com/ upheaval-in-automotive-plm/ news/ id-002609)
[24] Peugeot S.A. signs a 3-year contract for 1,300 CATIA licenses (http:/ / www. thefreelibrary. com/ Peugeot+ S. A. + signs+ a+ 3-year+
contract+ for+ 1,300+ CATIA+ licenses. -a019145573)
[25] http:/ / www.cadcam-group. eu/ Slike/ PDFs/ Renault. pdf Renault chooses CATIA V6
[26] Toyota using CATIA (http:/ / www. forbes.com/ 2010/ 02/ 02/ toyota-recall-pedal-business-autos-virtual. html)
[27] http:/ / www.bloomberg. com/ apps/ news?pid=conewsstory& tkr=DSY:FP& sid=agpV. N3zaAlA Tesla chooses CATIA V6
[28] https:/ / idc-community. com/ manufacturing/ manufacturing-value-chain/
dassault_systemes_3dexperience_and_its_adoption_in_indian_auto_indus Tate chooses CATIA V6
[29] http:/ / www.automotiveit.com/ webasto-upgrades-to-catia-v6/ news/ id-006085 Webasto is using CATIA V6
[30] http:/ / www.naval-technology. com/ projects/ cvn-21/ Gerald R. Ford class using CATIA
[31] http:/ / www.3ds. com/ fileadmin/ COMPANY/ Investors/ Earnings/ 10Q2/ 10Q2-Earnings-Newswire-conf-call-EN. pdf Michelin is using
CATIA V6
[32] http:/ / gfxspeak. com/ 2011/ 11/ 22/ nikon-adopts-dassault-systemes-v6-to-upgrade-catia-replace-teamcenter/ Nikon is using CATIA V6
[33] http:/ / perspectives.3ds.com/ events/ nokia-chicken-and-3ds-ecf2010/ Nokia is using CATIA V6
[34] http:/ / www.3ds. com/ fileadmin/ COMPANY/ Investors/ Earnings/ 12Q3/ 12Q3-Earnings-Newswire-conf-call-EN. pdf Pegatron is using
CATIA V6
[35] http:/ / www.3ds. com/ fileadmin/ customer-stories/ pdf/ 3DS_Case_study_SUZLON_VAR_English_Version_HD. pdf Suzlon is using
CATIA V6
[36] http:/ / www.deskeng. com/ de/ dassault-systemes-technology-helps-p-and-g-optimize-its-packaging-and-artwork-process/ P&G is using
CATIA V6
[37] http:/ / www.3ds. com/ fileadmin/ customer-stories/ pdf/ DS_SHoP_CaseStudy_Jan2014_hi. pdf SHoP is using CATIA V6
[38] CATIA on the Cloud 2014 modules (http:/ / www.engineering. com/ DesignSoftware/ DesignSoftwareArticles/ ArticleID/ 7791/
CATIA-3DEXPERIENCE-on-the-Cloud-brings-High-Power-Design-Tools-to-Small-Design-Teams. aspx)
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to CATIA.
Look up CATIA in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Official website (http:/ / www. 3ds. com/ products/ catia/ )
CATIA's channel (https:/ / www. youtube. com/ user/ 3dsCATIA) on YouTube
CATIA official communities (https:/ / swym. 3ds. com/ )
History of CATIA (http:/ / ridwan. staff. gunadarma. ac. id/ Downloads/ files/ 8426/ history-catia. pdf)
CATIA user group (http:/ / www. coe. org/ )
CATIA for students (http:/ / www. catiastudent. com/ )
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