Key Features

The CATIA V5 suite of tools is the most complete toolset for total design and manufacturing of products. CATIA has become the preferred design and manufacturing tool in many industries and it considered by most to be the standard by which all others are judged. This has come by excelling in many areas important to today's companies.

Scalability

CATIA V5 is a highly scalable tool that allows entry at several levels. For small and medium sized businesses CATIA allows entry into P1 and P2 configurations that provide robust functionality and great value. Regardless of the seat you chose to begin using CATIA, a path will always exist that will allow easy addition of functionality. With add-on and sharable modules customers can add to existing configurations as necessary.

Collaborative Design

Its unique underlying product process resources model and workplace approach provide a truly collaborative environment that fosters creativity, sharing, and communication of 3D product and process-centric definitions, providing businesses a competitive advantage with improved time-to-market and cost reductions

Capture of Corporate Knowledge

CATIA has a built-in capacity to capture and reuse know-how that will drive the implementation of corporate design best practices and free end-users to focus on creativity and innovation. This allows repeatable success in product designs.

Broad Discipline Coverage

CATIA V5 supports the entire lifecycle of products by developing suites of tools that allow companies to be able to take advantage of CATIA functionality no matter what their product line. Whether your lifecycle needs involve Mechanical Design, Shape and Styling Design, Product Synthesis, Analysis, Equipment and Systems Engineering, or Machining, CATIA has the toolsets that will increase productivity and drive down overall product development costs.

Rapid Implementation

With CATIA's state-of-the-art interface and Windows-based motif users are at home from the start. Users new to CATIA V5 will quickly be able to begin to create parts, assemblies and drawings using tools that are familiar. "Cut and Paste", "Drag and Drop", and "Right-Click" contextual menus area few of the features that make CATIA V5 easy to learn and implement. The availability of context-sensitive help menus that are linked to in-depth tutorials gives the user a wealth of support right on the desktop. Installation and administration of CATIA V5 is simple and easy to learn.

Industry-ready Solutions

Whatever your industry, whatever your company size, CATIA can be packaged to support your needs. Using a combination of cross-industry packages and highly specialized modules CATIA supports companies in the Aerospace, Automotive, Consumer goods, Electronics, Shipbuilding, Industrial Machinery, and Chemical and Petroleum industries. In all of these industries CATIA has proven to provide cost-effective tools that drive innovation.

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