CATIA

A Solutions Portfolio to support

your product development
processes

Product Lifecycle Management Solutions

Integration of industrial processes

centred on product definition

Process management

Collaboration

Data management

Communication

Knowledge management

Management / Communication / Collaboration

Drawings

Technical
publishing

Rendering

Methods and
Fabrication
Tolerancing
2D->3D

Feasability

Concept
Mold tooling

NC

Virtual Product Model

Detailed
design
Simulation/
Validation
Analysis

Kinematics

Fitting simulattion

Ergonomy

A powerful, multipurpose, easy to use

tool supporting all disciplines

Mechanical
parts

Plastic parts

Piping

Cast parts

Shape Design
and Styling

Electrical
wiring

Stamped
parts

Reverse
Engineering

Printed circuit
board

Steel
Structures

Plant layout

Sheetmetal
parts

Minimize Education : a user interface

designed to be easy to learn and use
Validated in an ergonomy laboratory
? Intuitive approach
? Optimised number of user iterations
? Simplified (P1) and expert (P3)
interfaces
? Optimised use of the screens
graphical space
? Contextual help
? Available in 5 langages

An online assistant to build on your

education
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Demonstrations
Exercices and tutorials
Contextual support
Quiz
Updated with each release

Scalable solutions to fit your needs

and budget

P2

P3

P1
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Discipline specific packages

Complementary add-on products to further disciplines
Customised configurations
Always scalable (data model, user interface, platform)
Multiple functional capability levels with P1, P2 and P3 platforms.

Make technology work to your

advantage
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Time = Architecture to promote change

Flexibility = For goemetry, project, people
Comfort = Produce the roadmap of your project
Suitable = Evolutionary or revolutionary
Innovation = Knowledge
Shape Design & Styling

Analysis

Mechanical Design
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Single data representation

Process oriented
Equipment & Systems
Knowledge enabled
Scalable
Ease of use
User controlled change
propagation
Manufacturing

Plant Engineering

Product Synthesis

Managing costs and time

? From the geometrical models and parts split by disciplines
to a single technological model gathering all product
informations (disciplines specific rules, constraints,
validations, )
? Configurations of parts and components
? Automation or assistance to drive modifications and
repeated tasks
? Automatic iterations to reach a defined objective

Knowledgeware

Managing quality
? Standardisation of design modes with the help of generic models
? Re-use of best practices
? The user is guided or assisted in his decisions
? Integration of checks and immediate validation
? Tools to automate the compliance with standards

Reacting to changing market needs

? Integration of specifications and constraints early in the design
process
? Easy creation of product families
? Fast iterations on design variants
? Dynamic estimates (costs, weight, )
? Decision support

Capitalizing and sharing know-how

? Discipline specific geometrical and technological know-hows are
embedded in the applications
? Functions and components libraries
? Integration of company technological rules and parameters
? Capitalisation with components and tasks
? Dynamic access, accessible and shareable to all
? Fast and easy reuse of know-how in new contexts

Integrating design and analysis

A complete validation chain
? Bridging design and analysis activities
? Integrated and associative analysis
? A functional coverage adapted to
disciplines
? Modal and static part dimensioning
? Surface and Volume meshing
? Performing analysis on part assemblies

Assisted tooling design

A high value dedicated application
? Automated design of fixtures
? Standard components libraries (columns, ejectors, screws)
? Integration of discipline specific constraints (rules)
? Complete associativity between tooling and part
? A solution integrated to the design process

Fabrication
Integrated to the modeler
? 2.5 axis milling et associative drilling cycles (Prismatic machining)
? 3 axis et 5 axis milling
? Tight interaction between definition, generation and verification of
tool paths
? Wysiwig material removal simulation
? Product Process Ressources model
? Tool libraries
? Complete coverage of the methods processes

Data management with CATIA

TeamPDM and SmarTeam
The Product Data Management Solution for your company
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Centralisation / Security / Management of data

Manages all kinds of data : CAD, CAM, ...
Integrated viewer
Multi-criteria search capabilities
Lifecycle management
Integrated to both CAD and office tools
Bill of materials
Windows metaphore for customisation,
administration and use
? Possible links with ERP (SmartGateway)
? Web and remote access
(SmartWeb/mySmarTeam)
? BOM Collaboration (SmartBOM)

Addressing entire product lifecycle

with SmarTeam (1)
Collaboration Solution to leverage product information
accross the enterprise: bidding and quotation process
Marketing
and Sales

Engineering

Procurement

PDM Vault
Files

Manufacturing

Addressing entire product lifecycle

with SmarTeam (2)
Request for Engineering Change and Re-Engineering Process
based on Maintenance Department input
Design & Engineering

Re-Engineering

Engineering Change Order

PDM Vault
Files

Maintenance

Engineering Change Request

Process management with SmartFlow

Streamline your processes by linking people, informations and
applications
? Fast implementation and creation of your processes with Windows
based tools
? Fully integrated with CAD and PDM
? Secure yet flexible management of design and manufacture
processes, including change and validation flow management
? Suppliers can be integrated into the processes

? Error reduction
? Time savings
? Quality improvement

CATIA V5 : an open and customisable

solution
? Import and Export to common standards
(DXF, DWG, IGES, STEP, )

? Automation with Visual Basic Macros

? Knowledgeware

? Catalogues and libraries

? CAA V5 (C++, Java)