CATIA V5R20 drives higher Design excellence

CATIA V5R20 continues supporting customers for production and improving quality in all domains and industries.

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CATIA V5R20 factsheet
CATIA V5R20 fact sheet

CATIA V5 is the leading solution for product development success. It addresses all manufacturing ...

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Optimize product performance faster with integrated design analysis in CATIA.
Domain Objective
CATIA V5 Analysis provides realistic design simulation capability within the CATIA design environment, allowing designers to perform analysis directly on their master reference model in CATIA. Since there is no transfer of geometry, data integrity issues are avoided. The generative capability of the CATIA Analysis product suite enables design-analysis iterations to be performed rapidly from simple parts to complex assemblies. Unbeatable ease of use makes CATIA Analysis particularly suitable for designers looking to accurately size their designs and quickly evaluate their real-world performance.

For information on basic nonlinear and thermal analysis capabilities for CATIA V5 users, please visit the SIMULIA V5R20 website.
Analysis Domain Overview
User-friendly environment
CATIA Analysis provides designers and analysts with an intuitive user interface that meets their varied needs. Since the user interface is a natural extension of that in CATIA, it is particularly easy for CATIA users. They obtain a realistic understanding of the mechanical behavior by quickly reviewing design characteristics in a digital mockup (DMU) environment. The CATIA V5 tools and environment that are common to all CATIA applications, Abaqus for CATIA, and partner solutions, eliminate the problem of lost productivity associated with using multiple applications.

Fast design-analysis loops
CATIA Analysis is an integral part of CATIA. The analysis specifications are an extension of the part and assembly design specifications, and the analysis is performed directly on the CATIA geometry. It is, therefore, simple and convenient to perform an analysis to help size parts and compare the performance of different design alternatives. The impact of design changes can be rapidly assessed with automatic updates. Designers using CATIA Analysis will naturally use analysis as part of their design process, affording them a greater understanding of how their designs perform and improving their ability to deliver the right design the first time.

Multidiscipline collaboration
CATIA Analysis supports concurrent engineering, allowing users to work closely together and avoid rework. Designers and analysts can collaborate since they have access to the same environment, eliminating data transfer, rework, and the need to maintain multiple applications for design and analysis. The CATIA Analysis environment also allows method developers to create templates that designers can routinely use to perform standard types of analysis.

Knowledge-based optimization
The CATIA Analysis products leverage the native CATIA knowledge-based architecture. They allow designs to be optimized by capturing and studying the knowledge associated with part design and analysis. The reuse of analysis features and the application of knowledge-based rules and checks ensure compliance to company best practices. Automation of standard analysis processes through the use of knowledgeware templates dramatically improves the efficiency of the design-analysis process.

Industry-proven performance
The speed with which analyses can be performed with CATIA Analysis often surprises designers and simulation experts familiar with other applications. The time it takes to create the finite element model, solve it, and display results can be a matter of minutes. The robust, built-in finite element solver and mesh generators balance both accuracy and speed. The adaptive meshing capability automatically adjusts the mesh to obtain accurate results without time-consuming manual involvement.
Analysis Product List
These products are available in several platform levels P1 P2 P3
Nonlinear Structural Analysis   ANL  
Thermal Analysis   ATH  
SIMIULIA RULE BASED MESHING   RBM  
Generative Part Structural Analysis GP1 GPS  
Generative Assembly Structural Analysis   GAS  
Generative Dynamic Response Analysis   GDY  
CATIA-Elfini Structural Analysis   EST  
FEM Surface   FMS  
FEM Solid   FMD  
CAAV5 based - Analysis Product List
SPEOS CAA V5 Based - Light Modeling More 
By OPTIS (Partner)
SPEOS CAA V5 Based - Visual Ergonomics More 
By OPTIS (Partner)
ABAQUS FOR CATIA V5 More 
By ( )
SPEOS CAA V5 Based Windshield Analysis More 
By OPTIS (Partner)
TEA Mecano CAA V5 Based (Transparent Extended Analysis) More 
By SAMTECH (Partner)
M Crash More 
By ( )
TEA Thermal CAA V5 Based (Transparent Extended Analysis) More 
By SAMTECH (Partner)
SAMCEF Gateway More 
By SAMTECH (Partner)
Virtual.Lab CATIA V4 Interface More 
By LMS INTERNATIONAL NV (Gold )
LMS Virtual.Lab - Durability More 
By LMS INTERNATIONAL NV (Gold )
LMS Virtual.Lab - Motion More 
By LMS INTERNATIONAL NV (Gold )
LMS Virtual.Lab - Noise and Vibration More 
By LMS INTERNATIONAL NV (Gold )
LMS Virtual.Lab - Structures More 
By LMS INTERNATIONAL NV (Gold )
LMS Virtual.Lab Designer Acoustics More 
By LMS INTERNATIONAL NV (Gold )
LMS Virtual.Lab Designer Fatigue More 
By LMS INTERNATIONAL NV (Gold )
LMS Virtual.Lab Designer Motion More 
By LMS INTERNATIONAL NV (Gold )
PAM-TFA for CATIA V5 More 
By ESI Group (Gold )
FLUENT for CATIA V5 More 
By Fluent Inc. (Partner)
LMS Virtual.Lab Designer Structures More 
By LMS INTERNATIONAL NV (Gold )
TEA Pipe More 
By SAMTECH (Partner)
Hexaedric meshing in CATIA V5 (Version 2) More 
By ANSYS INC (Partner)
Hexaedric meshing in CATIA V5 (Version 3) More 
By ANSYS INC (Partner)
SimDesigner CATIA Edition More 
By MSC SOFTWARE CORP (Gold )
STAR-CAT5 More 
By CD-adapco (Partner)
PAM-RTM for CATIA V5 More 
By ESI Group (Gold )
SPEOS CAA V5 Based - Architecture Lighting More 
By OPTIS (Partner)