Construction

Browser-based, on-the-cloud, generative modelling, that uniquely combines graphical visual scripting and interactive 3D-modelling, with the ability to use one or the other interchangeably at any time.

• Intuitive, smart approach.
• Creative people can quickly design, explore and validate variations of complex, repetitive and non-regular shapes and patterns.
• All geometry created is available for use in detailed design and manufacture.

Design and model detailed building components plus automate the creation of the entire building.

• Model detailed building components for manufacturing and fabrication.
• Extensive scalability for projects of all sizes and levels of complexity.
• Achieve design clarity and avoid ambiguity by modeling the entire building with custom or generic templates.
• Maximize knowledge capture and reuse and harness the full power of CATIA with automation.

Create preliminary building designs during conceptual design that evolve into the detailed design.

• Unleash your creativity to design buildings of any shape, size or level of complexity.
• Quickly design, modify and validate building projects based on planning specifications and requirements.
• Simulate daylighting and shadow duration analysis.
• Rapidly create complete conceptual structural models with an out-of-the-box set of standardized sections. 

A comprehensive set of applications to design detailed building structures for construction.

• Create Level of Development (LOD) 450 Building Information Models (BIM), fully compliant with industry standards (IFC).
• Extensive scalability for projects of all sizes and levels of complexity.
• Skip tedious workflows by fabricating building components directly from the 3D design model.
• Achieve design clarity and avoid ambiguity by modeling the entire building with custom or generic template.s
• Author building information models with the world’s most robust Product Lifecycle Management platform: the 3DEXPERIENCE Platform.

3D electrical development, enabling the physical design of wire harnesses and cabling in context.

• Synchronize electrical schematic to 3D design to improve electrical systems quality and consistency.
• Design and optimize electrical 3D harness bundles and cableways accurately in the context of the full product and obtain exact bundle diameters and wire/cable lengths.
• Analysis tools to check design quality.
• Automate the creation and update of the 3D electrical harness design from Logical Design.
• 3D Design from 2D schematics.

3D fluid systems development environment for the physical design of tubing, piping and HVAC systems.

• Design and optimize the physical system of both rigid and flexible pipes/tubes and HVAC
• Highly interactive and intuitive user interface.
• Integrate business rules.
• Automatically decompose 3D systems to individual piping and tubing objects, attributes, and relationships
• Full systems traceability delivered with integrated RFLP approach.
• Propagate and streamline data from the functional diagram to the 3D detailed design.

A comprehensive set of applications to design and engineer detailed MEP systems for construction.

•  Create Level of Development- 450 Building Information Models, fully compliant with industry standards.
• Extensive scalability for projects of all sizes and levels of complexity.
• Skip tedious workflows by fabricating building components directly from 3D.
• Achieve design clarity and avoid ambiguity by modeling the entire building with custom or generic templates.
• Author building information models with the most robust Product Lifecycle Management platform. 

Coordinate 3D construction models from architects, consultants, contractors and Subcontractors.

• Import 3d models from industry standard file formats .
• Geolocate the construction and infrastructure project.
• Perform design review and check for geometric clashes between models.
• Manage design review sessions and coordinate various trades and subcontractors.
• Model simple shapes to coordinate tasks among building trades.
• Achieve design clarity and avoid ambiguity by viewing the entire building with the design and construction team.

Life-like renderings and Virtual Reality Experiences of building and infrastructure projects.

• Realistic, decision-ready design model with precise & measured material appearances for review.
• Produce photorealistic renderings and movies to take; capture & share design decisions.
• Prepare & perform single user (HMD) or team (Powerwall & CAVE) Virtual Reality decision reviews using state-of-the-art projection, tracking and interaction technologies as well as collaborative scale decision reviews for local and global team members.

Create discipline-specific intelligent schematics for wiring, cabling, piping/tubing and HVAC systems.

• Capture attributes and technology automatically within the schematic.
• Model electrical and fluidic systems interfaces within the context of CATIA Systems.
• Define and connect electrical and fluid systems schematics.
• Comprehensive view of the 2D logical specifications.
• Quickly validate objects, using company specific rules without having to develop specific code. This also enables the detection of errors early in the design process.

Create 3DEXPERIENCE twins for energy plants across cities and territories.

•  Accurately create and Geolocate realistic 3D terrain representations.
• Model the entire project with custom or generic templates.
• Create detailed Building Information Models, fully compliant with industry standards.
• Extensive scalability for projects of all sizes and levels of complexity.
• Fabricate building components directly from the 3D design model.
• Author building information models with the world’s most robust PLM platform. 

Create linear infrastructure 3DEXPERlENCE twins for road and rail construction projects.

Enable all stakeholders of a civil infrastructure project to manage and execute all phases of a project from design to fabrication within a single platform.

• Accurately create and geolocate realistic 3D terrain representations.
• Avoid design ambiguity by modeling the entire building with custom or generic templates.
• Create detailed Building Information Models (BIM), fully compliant with industry standards (IFC).
• Extensive scalability for projects of all sizes and levels of complexity.
• Skip tedious workflows by fabricating building components directly from the 3D design model.

Model complex shapes and patterns anywhere, any time on any device with no software to install

• Generative, Algorithmic and Computational Modeling for All
• Create any kind of shape regardless of complexity, including advanced wireframe & surface design with high automation.
• Hybrid modeling interface with interactive and graphical scripting.
• Easy & scalable geometric and scripting design patterns that are easy to reuse.
• Contains xShape Design as well as the converters, AEC data model and Geolocation plus much more.