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3DEXPERIENCE CATIA - Goes Beyond 3D CAD Design to Encourage Innovation Across the Extended Enterprise.

3DEXPERIENCE CATIA

3DEXPERIENCE CATIA takes engineering and product design to the next level with a cloud-powered, collaborative 3D modeling environment. Built on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, it enables teams to work in real time from anywhere, streamlining the entire product development lifecycle. Whether you’re designing complex mechanical structures, advanced composites, or intricate surface models, 3DEXPERIENCE CATIA provides an intelligent, connected, and scalable solution to accelerate innovation and improve productivity.

Seamless Collaboration & Unmatched Design Power

With industry-leading 3D modeling, simulation, and digital twin capabilities, 3DEXPERIENCE CATIA eliminates traditional design silos by offering a centralized, cloud-based workspace. Engineers, designers, and manufacturers can collaborate effortlessly, ensuring design continuity and data integrity across all project stages. Its AI-driven automation, parametric modeling, and integrated simulation tools empower businesses to create high-performance, sustainable products faster than ever before.

Experience the future of design and engineering with 3DEXPERIENCE CATIA.

Key Benefits

Cloud-Powered Collaboration – Work from anywhere with a secure, centralised platform, enabling real-time design collaboration across teams and disciplines.

Seamless Integration – Connect design, simulation, and manufacturing in a single ecosystem, ensuring data continuity and reducing errors.

AI-Driven Design Automation – Accelerate innovation with automated design processes, knowledge-based engineering, and predictive analytics.

Advanced 3D Modelling & Simulation – Create complex, high-precision designs with powerful parametric, surface, and generative modelling tools.

Real-Time Data Management – Store, access, and update designs in a single source of truth, eliminating version control issues and improving efficiency.

Scalable & Customisable – Tailor workflows to specific industry needs, from aerospace and automotive to industrial machinery and consumer goods.

Enhanced Security & Accessibility – With cloud-based storage and built-in encryption, teams can safely access projects from any device.

Faster Product Development – Reduce time-to-market with streamlined collaboration, intelligent automation, and digital twin technology.

CATIA Disciplines

Construction

The design and engineering processes for complex buildings and infrastructure project development require close collaboration among multiple stakeholders and across all project phases. Additionally, increasingly complex construction projects require that all teams rely on CATIA and 3DEXPERIENCE virtual twin technology as a ‘common language’ to facilitate collaboration and reduce rework between phases.

CATIA allows architects, engineers, owners, and governments to build and collaborate beyond the limits of traditional project delivery methods, by delivering a range of 3D modelling and experience solutions that span the whole design, engineering and delivery process. This allows for complete digital continuity for diverse project teams on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform. 

CATIA Construction Key Benefits

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Control the Project

Design and engineer complex buildings and infrastructure projects based on 3DEXPERIENCE virtual twin technology

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Virtualise the Project

Create high level of detail models fully compliant with industry standards (IFC)

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Design and Build the Project

Design for Manufacturing & Assembly, by developing models that conform to prefabrication or industrialized construction methods such as modular or off-site fabrication

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Contextualise the Project

Geolocate the model and manage the construction project in the context of the city or territory while associating territory or city planners

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Work Smartly

Generate associative 2D documents from the 3D model and extract complete Bill of Materials from the construction model

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Collaborate on the Project

Collaborate with all range of external partners and consultants by importing various file types to integrate into the master model

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Capitalise on the Project

Capitalise on accumulated knowledge by reusing templates and best practices across all projects, a CATIA specific technology.

Design & Styling

From product to transportation industries, the style & design of the product plays a major role in its success on the market. Develop shape & material creativity, reach a high level of surface sophistication & quality, and get the right decision tools with physical & virtual prototypes: these are the key elements of CATIA Design & Styling to boost design innovation.

CATIA Design & Styling provides all the solutions for design creativity, surface excellence and product experience, meaning that you can combine 3D sketching, subdivision surface, Class-A modelling to 3D printing, reverse engineering, realistic visualisation, and virtual and augmented product experience, to create and develop renderings in an integrated process, with a seamless workflow.

CATIA Design & Styling Key Benefits

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Boost Creativity & Experience Design Thinking

Create and explore innovative conceptual ideas with an integrated creative workflow, all in the context of the Human to enrich the Design experience.

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Create Faster the Most Sophisticated Surfaces

Create the best surface Quality, Optimization and Performance to reach the high standards of Automotive Class-A Surfaces, Aero lofting or Naval Architect Hull form.

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Make the Right Decision Quicker with the Virtual Twin

Take advantage of a high-end visualization with Immersive Virtual & Augmented Reality Experience, for an Accurate Decision Making during the product development process.

Electrical & Fluid Engineering

With the ever-increasing demand for more complex and sustainable systems, Electrical and Fluid Engineering faces critical challenges for energy efficiency, system integration, and optimised behaviour. Quality of electrical and fluid design becomes paramount to ensure proper feature delivery and avoid costly modifications late in the manufacturing process.

Full integration is crucial for seamless processes and compatibility between technologies. Overcoming these challenges requires collaboration, staying updated with advancements, and adopting a multidisciplinary approach for efficient solutions in these fields.

CATIA Electrical & Fluids Systems Key Benefits

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Leverage Collaboration

Bring teams together with a single platform to exchange relevant data between all stakeholders.

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Empower End to End Processes

Enable systems engineering from early conceptual steps all the way to realization of final products.

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Deliver First Class Solutions

Provide dedicated assistance and automation tools to empower the ideas of system engineers.

Engineering

With significant global competition, it is hard for companies to bring new products to market that will stand out.

The world has gotten smaller, and with technology advancements, many small companies now have access to resources that used to be only available to the largest companies, but they need to make sure they are using the right technology to get that competitive edge. Meanwhile, large companies need to stay ahead to protect their market share. The key to bringing competitive products to market lies in engineering.

CATIA Engineering provides the platform, which enables engineers to create any type of 3D assembly for a wide range of engineering processes.

CATIA Engineering Key Benefits

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Model Anything

CATIA is known for its high geometric accuracy. It is so robust; engineers can quickly iterate without the model failing.

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Reuse Geometry

CATIA makes working with MultiCAD data easy and supports reverse engineering.

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Work on Large Assemblies

3DEXPERIENCE CATIA ensures efficient assembly design and fast retrieval of large assemblies.

 
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Manage Product Data and Adapt to Differing Needs

3DEXPERIENCE CATIA integrates PLM, so engineers never leave the design environment

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Learn It Easily

Contextual menus, streamlined commands, action pad, and consistent logic enhance user efficiency

Systems Engineering

Industries are increasingly adopting Systems Engineering to face unprecedented product complexity in highly regulated and competitive environments. From automated driving to smart building to medical devices, Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) is becoming the best practice to deliver mission-critical systems composed of mechatronics and software. MBSE enables to analyse users and stakeholders needs, design, simulate and optimize the best solution, from its mission to certification and retirement.

Dassault Systèmes solutions integrates requirements, systems architecture, cross-disciplinary modelling & simulation – including embedded software, validation & verification into one unified, collaborative and open environment. End-to-End traceability and change management support agile informed decisions and ease the compliance with quality and certification standards.

CATIA Systems Engineering Key Benefits

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Speed-up Time to Market Agility

Analyse stakeholders needs and study best solutions trade-off thanks “what-if” analysis and simulation

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Anticipate Risks Better and Quicker

Take informed decision to identify change impact across disciplines and define best make / buy / reuse strategies

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Improve Quality and Reduce Costs

Detect integration errors and decrease physical testing cost thanks to Virtual Prototyping and Simulation

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Comply to Market Requirements & Regulations

Manage end-to-end traceability and changes from requirement to hardware/software deliveries

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Leverage Standards & Openness

Accelerate MBSE adoption thanks to standards support (UAF, SysML, Modelica, FMI, Autosar, and more)

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