Dassault Systèmes Dominates Automotive Design

13/01/2009

Over 80% of 2009 Vehicles Debuting at Detroit Auto Show Designed in CATIA

Auburn Hills, Mich., January 13, 2009 - Dassault Systèmes (DS) (Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA), a world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, today announced that CATIA, the company’s solution for virtual design, was used in the development of over 80 percent of the 24* introductory and concept vehicles making their world debut at the 2009 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) taking place at Cobo Hall in Detroit, January 11-25. Additionally, CATIA was utilized in the design of all NAIAS 2009 North American Car of the Year and 2009 North American Truck of the Year finalists.

 

With the automotive industry under extreme duress and scrutiny, optimizing vehicle development processes to reduce cost and time to market without sacrificing creativity or quality are key goals.  CATIA, with its knowledgeware capability, is able to positively and significantly impact these areas.

 

Through the use of CATIA’s automated design templates, designers can streamline and standardize the design process. This creates ‘free engineering’ time to invest in innovation and deliver additional benefits in each concurrent model that is based upon that set of templates. Knowledge is accumulated and stored in a single data base for real-time sharing. Changes in design specifications are automatically propagated across all involved disciplines to ensure that everyone is working with the most current data.

 

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) technology is increasingly impacting design as new capabilities allow collaboration between all the involved parties from creators to collaborators to consumers.  

 

Studies show that there exists a strong correlation between a company’s ability to find new uses for information and its ability to innovate. Today, many of the automakers across the world are using Dassault Systèmes’ PLM solutions, such as CATIA, DELMIA, ENOVIA, SIMULIA, and 3DVIA.  These solutions enable manufacturers to develop and optimize vehicle design and manufacturing processes in the virtual world to deliver higher quality products in a shorter time, at a reduced cost.

 

The Dassault Systemes’ PLM portfolio offers increased engineering excellence, expanding PLM deeper into production cycles, accelerating PLM adoption for mid-size companies, broadening IP lifecycle management and further integrating the enterprise ecosystem. 

 

In addition, Dassault Systèmes’ DELMIA Automation virtual commissioning solution has been selected as a finalist for the prestigious 2009 Automotive News PACE Awards, recognized around the world as the industry’s symbol of innovation, technological advancement and business performance among automotive suppliers.

 

 

 

* Based upon NAIAS vehicle introductions announced in January 5, 2009 Automotive News.

 

A propos de Dassault Systèmes

L’un des leaders mondiaux des solutions 3D et de gestion du cycle de vie des produits (Product Lifecycle Management ou PLM), Dassault Systèmes apporte de la valeur ajoutée à plus de 100 000 clients, répartis dans 80 pays. Pionnier du marché du logiciel en 3D depuis 1981, Dassault Systèmes développe et commercialise des logiciels d'application PLM et des services sur lesquels s’appuient les processus industriels et qui offrent une vision 3D de l'ensemble du cycle de vie d'un produit, de sa conception à sa maintenance et son recyclage. L’offre de Dassault Systèmes se compose de CATIA pour la conception virtuelle de produits, SolidWorks pour la conception mécanique en 3D, DELMIA pour la production virtuelle, SIMULIA pour la simulation et les tests virtuels, ENOVIA pour la gestion collaborative et globale du cycle de vie et 3DVIA pour l’expérimentation online en 3D. Les actions Dassault Systèmes sont cotées sur Euronext Paris (#13065, DSY.PA) et les ADRs Dassault Systèmes peuvent être échangés sur le marché hors cote américain (DASTY). Pour plus d’informations, veuillez vous rendre sur le site http://www.3ds.com

CATIA, DELMIA, ENOVIA, SIMULIA, SolidWorks et 3DVIA sont des marques déposées de Dassault Systèmes ou de ses filiales aux USA et/ou dans d'autres pays.