CATIA V5R20 drives higher Design excellence

Deliver CATIA integrated solution with CATIA ICEM Shape Design to fully address Automotive Class A
Delivered on standard CATIA V5 media supporting traditional V5 installation, licensing and administration procedures, ICEM Shape Design (ISD) V5R20 now becomes an integral part of your CATIA V5 deployment. ISD R20 extends its advanced and powerful freeform surface creation, modification and analysis capabilities within the Class A modeling domain.

Support composites data in the standard STEP format and increase productivity with Light Manufacturing Part Generation
CATIA V5R20 is the first solution that supports composites data in the standard STEP format. As a result, long-term archiving of composite data is becoming a reality, especially for the aerospace industry. This new support of composites in the STEP format also leverages the exchange of data between different CAD vendors. In addition, users can greatly increase productivity with Light Manufacturing Part Generation, which ensures that manufactured parts can be quickly created and synchronized with designed parts.

Industrial Design : Accelerate, unify, and streamline the conceptual design and surfacing workflow with new Imagine & Shape features
The powerful new Subdivision Net Surfaces feature in Imagine & Shape allows users to combine the curve-based approach with subdivision surfaces clay modeling. This feature helps increase design quality and empower the Creative Designer with greater capabilities. Imagine & Shape is particularly beneficial to the styling centers/design studios in transportation & product design industries such as Automotive, Aerospace, Yacht, High Tech, Consumer goods, Packaging & Life science medical device.

Enhancements of Mechanical Part Design products and tools
The Functional Modeling Part product has been enhanced to address the design processes of customers in the Powertrain domain as well as to support complex part design. Functional Modeling technology allows users to design oil pans, gear boxes, or motor brackets up to 40% faster. Enhancements have also been added to the Fillet comman to ensure better robustness, and to the Wall Thickness Analysis tool to ensure better design quality and manufacturability. All of these enhancements are particularly beneficial to the Powertrain domain.

Visualize complex multi-plane internal section views
This CATIA 2D Layout for 3D Design new feature allows users to cut a part along multiple planes. Afterwards, they can instantly visualize several internal features, such as holes or slots, in a single view to better understand the geometry and all of its annotations. This instant display of complex views requires no computation and helps users to work faster. It is valuable across all industries.

Comply with FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) certification policies
The 3D Insight product has been developed to comply with FAA certification policies which require there be only one model and one modifier, a primary engineer, during the entire development, deployment, manufacturing and management lifecycle. This feature applies to the aeronautical industry.

Improve ergonomics and user productivity with Flex Simulation, Harness Installation and Harness Flattening enhancements
Harness analysis, and filtering and sorting capabilities in the device list have been improved to enhance ergonomics. In addition, knowledge parameters on bundle segments in harness flattening can be synchronized. These enhancements, among others, are particularly beneficial to the aeronautical and automotive industries.

NEW STEP product for advanced functionalities
CATIA Extended STEP Interface enables long-term archiving with full validation properties and nested assemblies. It also makes it possible to manage very large assembly structures thru STEP thanks to nested assemblies support. This feature especially benefits the aeronautical and automotive industries.

Reduce programming and machining time
Two new features - material removal simulation and advanced finishing - reduce programming and machining time, respectively, so companies can save time and money. The material removal simulation feature reduces programming time by helping users to better understand the IPM (In Process Model) with the use of color coding. The advanced finishing feature reduces machining time by providing an optimized finishing route in only one operation while taking a dedicated strategy into account for the vertical and horizontal areas. These features enhance the machining process across all industries.

New rule based meshing for creating high quality meshes
A new product, SIMULIA Rule Based Meshing, is available to automate the process of creating high quality surface meshing for all workflows that use CATIA meshing tools. The new product gives the user a means to specify globally the desired meshing treatment of entities such as holes, fillets, and beads. It also gives the user a means to specify acceptable element quality criteria, such as minimum edge length, aspect ratio, and skewness. Once the complete set of meshing rules has been specified, no additional user involvement is necessary, as the actual mesh generation is completely automated.