What's New in CATIA R2021x

Create and share mechanical design anywhere, anytime, on any device.

• Provides intuitive, easy to learn and productive 3D modeling.
• Share only what you want and control what other team members can do with design data.
• Ensure secure communication and collaboration with team members.
• Reduce cost by lowering part mass, while ensuring the desired form, function, and performance.
• View your business information in one central location and share your metrics with executives, and customers.

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.

Optimize the physical design of complex electrical and tubing systems.

• Project communication based on 3D approach leaving space for quick start 3D design allowing early study of what if scenarios.
• Design efficiently by providing a smart and powerful user interface combined with automated detailing design technologies.
• Product quality: by respecting engineering specifications and topology, and by providing data consistency checks at any stage of the design process.

Enable creative design anytime, anywhere on any device, with web browser Applications for 3D Design, Freeform shape sculpting and Pattern design

• Freedom of creativity anytime, anywhere, on any device thanks to browser-based web applications on the Cloud
• Quickly create and explore organic shapes with digital clay modeling approach based on subdivision surface technology
• Quickly generate 3D patterns for styling exploration
• Experience a consistent 3D innovative modeling workflow with a unique integration of state-of-the-art Solid modeling and Assembly capabilities

Ensure the aircraft industrial spaces definition with the right dimensions.

• Single source for geometrical data that is shareable across multiple disciplines.
• Provides spatial subdivision for conceptual, design and manufacturing purposes.
• Subdivision structured as a hierarchy when performed on all three dimensions.
• Linear subdivision following an alignment curve, which is suitable for civil engineering projects.

Leverage Model Based Design through fast 3D Tolerancing adoption for product engineering. 

• Complete Product definition throughout 3D annotations conveying full Product Manufacturing Information.
• Connect the dots from Design to Manufacturing with full Compliant Standard Semantic information (such as ISO; ANSI I ASME and JIS)
• Reduces Decision Times using concurrent engineering delivered by the single platform.

Optimize the design of ship accommodations including interior design, wall, ceiling, and deck coverings. 

• Supporting the complete engineering of compartment spaces, layout and design. 
• Preparation of the space for arrangement purposes, including living quarters and equipment rooms. 
• Definition of the insulation of a metallic structure to avoid heat loss and condensation. 
• Fast and accurate detailed design through usage of parametric templates. 

Cut design cycle times of airframe composites while accounting for manufacturing constraints.

• Capture composite design requirements and produce an accurate preliminary design at the early stage of the design process.
• Experience the production processes while fulfilling the preliminary design requirements with respect to manufacturing constraints.
• Increase the quality of the composites parts by releasing high fidelity composites data and by providing the complete composites product definition throughout 3D annotations.

Ensure producibility of parts made of composite materials throughout the engineering process.

• Industrialize composite parts accounting for the high quality standard of the Aerospace and Defense industry.
• Produce best in class composites output for downstream manufacturing processes, including laser projection devices.
• Provide the Complete Composites Product definition throughout 3D annotations.
• Seamless integration with Airframe Composites Designer.

Accelerate complex airframe fastened assemblies design, simulation and manufacturing.

•  Perform the complete definition of the fasteners of the aircraft with the most detailed level of the design.
•  Key functions supporting Concurrent Engineering; Lifecycle & Change Management and Downstream processes (Ex: Manufacturing, Simulation).
• Enforce company standards and rules usage, reducing number of errors.

Generate and validate the structure concept from the aerodynamics and product input using templates.

• Leverages the CAD-CAE associativity to converge quickly on the key structures of the airframe, tuning materials, sections and profiles to sustain the sizing loads and criteria.
• Know-how and rules-based design, driven by non-linear FEA, to explore alternatives and achieve right-first-time design; from the preliminary design phase.

Accelerate the material and package definition of product variation using integrated modeling, visualization and defect detection capabilities

• Improve the performance of color and material design and enable efficient packaging iterations
• Leverage integrated high-end material appearance technology, capturing every material trend in highest detail
• Create photo-realistic renderings
• Prepare and perform immediate VR reviews for instant decision

Ensure the consistency of Avionics architectures data, on industrial vehicle systems, to prepare the detailed design by "connecting the dots".

• One single source of truth and unified Electrical & Electronics (E/E) data to master the vehicle's architecture complexity.
• Configuration management enables platform-based design for E/E architectures.
• Vehicle E/E architecture synthesis and analysis for early trade-off studies.
• Automatic generation of consistent specifications for suppliers.
• Provides traceability of engineering data.

Rapid convergence of battery systems development from cells engineering to the battery pack design.

• Fosters productivity with built-in algorithms for model management and data handling.
• Fosters innovative solutions for heat recovery and thermal management of the complete system.
• Significantly reduced costs through the efficient modeling and simulation of cooling circuits.

Systems architecture design, modeling and simulation for the development of complex battery systems.

• Fast cells multi-physics modeling for electrical, thermal and aging behavior simulation.
• Battery pack multi-physics modeling for efficient cooling system development.
• Battery aging investigation based on electro-chemical cell models

A unified workflow to Imagine, Create & Experience the interior design of yachts and boats.

• Boost creativity and explore interior design using 3D sketches and tools for concept and detail designs, in context with Virtual Human
• Bring 2D idea sketches into 3D Reality for better detail design, perception and downstream processes
• Variants definition and Reviews, includes Immersive context, for an efficient decision-making process.
• Generate high end real-time visualization and rendering of your project to communicate & validate your Design

A powerful way to create and manage sophisticated mechanical design for boats

• Cover the end-to-end process of boat modeling, from concept to detailed phase
• Explore multiple ideas and accelerate decision making with virtual design
• Take advantage of advanced develop shape algorithm to ensure product manufacturability

Accelerate complex body in white fastened assemblies design, simulation and manufacturing.

• Perform the complete definition of the fasteners of the vehicle body in white with the most detailed level of the design.
• Key functions supporting Concurrent Engineering, Lifecycle & Change Management and Downstream processes (Eg: Manufacturing, Simulation).
• Enforce company standards and rules usage, reducing number of errors.

Accelerate the detailed design of complex body-in-white structures respecting manufacturing rules.

• Define the perfect body-in-white detailed design; respecting manufacturing rules to reduce the number of prototypes.
• Complete product definition including fasteners.
• Best in class geometric modeler with advanced surface design operators; tolerant modeling capability, analysis tools and dedicated body-in-white features.

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.

Realistic visualization and VR capabilities of aircraft cabin reviews for layout and material design

• Perform highly realistic cabin interior visualization and rendering based on native design and engineering
• Define and review material packaging for different trim levels while ensuring material consistency and representation  
• Prepare and perform Immersive Virtual Reality reviews for decision making and collaborative Virtual Reality reviews

A Unified Industrial Design workflow solution to Imagine, Create & Experience Cabin and Monuments. 

• Use 3D virtual design, for better design creativity, maturity and design success.
• Accelerate Design change, update in minutes instead of hours or days.Realistic visualization and VR, make accurate & immediate styling decisions. 
• Quickly create realistic Designs with a ready to use library of content Including Humans.
• Present your Cabin & Monuments; Compare them in consumer context to make quicker and better design decision.

Evaluate human postures and user experience for comfort and safety earlier in the design process.

•  Avoid late, costly and time-consuming design changes by reducing the number of physical prototypes.
• Define human factor references based on validated aircraft requirements.
• Specify main usage, benefits and human factors. 
• Model and simulate the human and its interactions with environment and other humans.
• Perform human factors assessments and provide human factors recommendations.

Rapid convergence of chassis and suspension systems development.

•  Faster investigation vehicle handling systems within a multidisciplinary approach for active suspension.
• Optimize & assess the vehicle control strategy.
• Seamless collaboration with chassis concept designer. 

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.

Enriches the Class-A Modeler role productivity with an additional set of advanced tools for transportation designers.

• Upgrade Class-A Modeler functions: feature modeling and over-crowning...
• Increase productivity with specialized and advanced features such as Gap, Blend-corner, Cylinder-glass, Tube and Accelerated surface.
• Experience new global deformation capabilities.

Precise visualization and physically accurate renderings to create and evolve design focusing on colors, materials and grains

• Investigate the interaction of materials in terms of reflections, light and shadows
• Perform material and color design with very high detail
• Define material packaging for all different trim levels
• Prepare and perform Immersive Virtual Reality reviews for decision making and collaborative Virtual Reality reviews

Define and manage custom apps developed within the 3DEXPERIENCE.

• Allow companies to model any best practices and know-how in a simple and intuitive way, without the need for special coding skills.
• Capture business processes and best practices.
• Automate design and engineering tasks.
• Accelerate and secure design process time.
• Generate design assistants in a simple and intuitive way.
• Deploy best practices and know how in an easy to reuse manner.

Reuse custom applications developed with the Design Apps Developer role on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform.

• Easily install custom applications created and deployed on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform.
• Automate design rules and engineering tasks.
• Accelerates and secures design process time.
• Reuse design assistants in a simple and intuitive way.
• Easily deploy pre-defined methodologies and best practices for quick reuse.
• No specialized skills are required to run customized solutions.

Create manufacturable composite parts with a fully automated manufacturing process.

•  Industrialize composite parts accounting for the high quality standard of the composites industry.
• Produce best in class composite output for downstream manufacturing processes including tooling preparation for braiding and forming.
• Accelerate the production rate and enhance the quality of composite parts using advanced automated manufacturing process.

Cut design cycle times of composite parts while accounting for manufacturing constraints.

• Advance Surface Modeling tools to create composites data on complex surfaces.
• Fully associative design to handle changes, modifications and updates quickly and automatically.
• Capabilities to design in context of Assemblies.
• Define and manage complete stacking and generate plies from the virtual stacking.
• Generate conceptual solids or IML surfaces for early integration of the composites parts in the mock-up.

Cut design cycle times of hull composites structures.

• Advance Surface Modeling tools along with Industry-proven design.
• Fully associative design to handle changes, modifications and updates quickly and automatically.
• Capability to design in context of Assemblies.
• Define and manage complete stacking and generate plies from the virtual stacking.
• Generate conceptual solids or IML surfaces for early integration of the composites parts in the mock-up.

Design Right First Time high performance structurally validated vehicle parts made of composites materials

• Design and validate the structural behavior of composites parts at once, releasing high performance T&M structures
• Integrate the composites conceptual phase with advanced structural simulation for an efficient mod-sim engineering approach
• Provide the complete composites product definition throughout 3D annotations

Ensure producibility of composites materials Industrial Equipment parts at all stages of the engineering process

• Robust surface modeling tools along with dedicated tools to prepare composites data for manufacturing
• Advanced Producibility Analysis with fiber simulation for Hand Layup and Fiber Placement
• Create flattened Ply data from producibility analysis for accurate 2D shapes
• Create manufacturing ready composites data with dedicated features

Ensure producibility of hull mechanical parts made of composites materials.

• Robust surface modeling tools
• Advanced producibility Analysis with fiber simulation.
• Flattened ply data from producibility analysis for accurate 2D shapes.
• Manufacturing ready composites data with dedicated features.
• Advanced skin swapping and ply extension tools.
• Easily transfer geometries on plies from 3D to 2D and vice-versa.
• Manage shop floor documentation with drawing-based ply-book.

Transform the engineering models into producible composite parts, accounting for the constraints of the targeted manufacturing process.

• Robust surface modeling tools along with dedicated tools to prepare composites data for manufacturing.
• Advanced Producibility Analysis with fiber simulation for Hand Layup and Fiber Placement.
• Best in class producibility analysis and flat pattern generation
• High level of knowledge and automation

Transform the engineering models into producible composite parts, accounting for the constraints of the targeted manufacturing process.

• Robust surface modeling tools along with dedicated tools to prepare composites data for manufacturing.
• Advanced Producibility Analysis with fiber simulation for Hand Layup and Fiber Placement.
• Best in class producibility analysis and flat pattern generation
• High level of knowledge and automation

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.

Avoid critical safety issues and late and costly design changes by exploring and validating the complex Human interactions within virtual Aircraft Cockpit

• Innovate, increase comfort and ergonomics with Virtual Humans
• Enhance safety by virtually anticipating possible human errors
• Explore and Define Human Factors References based on validated Aircraft requirements
• Specify main usages, Human Factors Issues and Benefits and Tests Objectives

Virtual Human-centered design solution to imagine, design, adapt and review the physical environment 

• Imagine, explore, consolidate and fine-tune 3D shapes with 3D Sketching and inclusive Modeling technologies
• Experience the design proposal in context of the human with high-end real-time visualization and immersive experience
• Present the design and make decisions with real-time visual experience and accurate photorealistic rendering

Rapid assessment and convergence for the right aircraft system concept by using multi-physics simulation

• Accelerate development convergence by enabling concurrent engineering and common understanding of the system behavior
• Allow performance trade-off of main aircraft systems for different configurations, scenarios
• Rapid estimation of electric power components requirements
• Simplification in design processes by easily composing hydraulic systems

Cut design cycle times of composite parts by designing in context of collaborative loops.

• Seamlessly integrate with stress and product structure departments to capture composites design requirements.
• Generate a composite parts fulfilling the preliminary design requirements and respecting manufacturing constraints.
• Increase the quality of the composite parts by releasing high fidelity composites data and by providing the complete composites product definition throughout 3D annotations.

Ensure producibility of Home and Lifestyle parts made of composite materials.

• Industrialize composite parts accounting for the standard of the H&L industry.
• Produce best in class composites outputs for downstream manufacturing processes including laser projection devices.
• Provide the complete composites product definition throughout 3D annotations.
• Seamless integration with Consumer Products Composites Designer.

Rapid convergence of controlled surfaces systems and landing gear system development by using multi-physics simulation

• Determine loads acting on linkages due to aerodynamic forces acting on the flap With rigid and flexible bodies
• Optimization Loops between the different parameters for control strategy definition
• Perform dynamic system behavior studies including retraction, deployment, locks and hydraulic system failure, vibrations, wind tests

Import multiple Design/Styling file formats into 3DEXPERIENCE CATIA with one role

• Deliver bundle of converters for creative designers and stylists: 3DEXCITE DELTAGEN Models, ICEM Surf Models, McNeal Rhinoceros 3D Models, Autodesk FBX Models, OBJ Models and Collada Models
• Instead of buying individual converter roles, get all the converters for a project in a single role

With virtual design, explore more ideas for better design creativity, maturity end design success

• Imagine and explore quickly many creativity styling ideas in 3D with 3D Sketching, Virtual clay Modeling, Color and Material
• Experience the design intent in context of Human with High-End realtime visual and immersive experience
• Present your design and make decision with realtime visual experience and accurate photorealistic rendering

Create and explore conceptual ideas through a comprehensive set of applications addressing ideation, concept modeling and visualization.

• Import 2D sketches and develop ideas with a unique 3D-Sketching technology.
• Sculpt in 3D with ultra-fast virtual clay modeling using subdivision surface technology.
• Design within the context of the Human.
• Transform real objects to virtual from a set of 2D photos.
• Visualize products and work on colors and trims with high-end real-time visualization and photo-realistic rendering.
• Create, edit and modify Ambiences

Evaluate human postures and user experience for comfort and safety studies at the early stage of conceptual design

• Create and animate human avatars with advanced postures
• Rich specific libraries of high definition humans, environments and materials
• Immersive VR capabilities to explore in a more realistic way the user interactions with the environment
• Create and replay scenarios to review variants and make appropriate design decisions

Design and manage all technical areas of the model, collaborate with mock-up organization for technical reviews and facilitate link with engineering teams

• Design and manage all the technical shapes and parts of the model
• Generate variants and review slides for the modeling team with the right openness for style exploration and iterations
• Create and manage the product assembly for the design and Class-A team, managing links and access rights

Accelerate the development and understanding of complex dynamic systems through modeling and simulation.

• Rapidly model and simulate the performance of complex products and systems.
• Accelerate understanding and validation of complex systems through early virtual simulation.
• Quickly find solutions to complex multi-physic system design problems.
• Uses Modelica compliant component models to ensure Intellectual Property capture and re-use.
• Size, tune and optimize system components and parameters quickly, accurately and early in the system design process.

Rapid convergence and investigation of the full electric powertrain performances by using multi-physics simulation

• Fosters productivity with built-in algorithms for model management and data handling
• Consider variation of cell parameters in a battery pack
• Significantly reduced costs through the efficient modeling and simulation of cooling circuits
• Fosters innovative solutions for heat recovery and thermal management of the complete system

Enables the physical design of wire harness and cabling in the context of the complete product

• Synchronize electrical schematic to 3D design and optimize the harness routing
• Route 3D wires and cables to obtain exact bundle diameters and wire/cable lengths
• Generate automatic annotated scaled drawings and needed manufacturing documentation
• Easily synchronized changes to reflect changes in the 3D design to the manufacturing documents

Integrated 3D electrical development environment, which enables the physical design of wire harness and cabling in the context of the complete product

• Synchronize electrical schematic to 3D design to improve electrical systems quality and consistency
• Design and optimize electrical BD wire harness bundles and cable ways accurately in the context of the full product
• Route 3D wires and cables to obtain exact bundle diameters and wire/cable lengths

An integrated 3D electrical development environment which enables the physical design of wire harnesses and cabling in the context of the Digital Mock-Up.

• 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 avoid the need of costly physical prototypes, thus reducing costs.
• Route 3D wires and cables to obtain exact bundle diameters and wire/cable lengths.

Enables the physical design of cabling and cable tray systems in context of the complete product

• Synchronize electrical schematic to 3D design to improve electrical systems quality and consistency
• Design and optimize electrical 3D networks: cable-way and cable tray
• Facilitate the data generation necessary for Manufacturing: Route 3D cables reusing company standard and specification rules to obtain exact cable list, filling ratio, cable lengths

Ensure the consistency of Electrical, Electronics & Software architectures data, on industrial vehicle systems, to prepare the detailed design by "connecting the dots".

• One single source of truth and unified Electrical & Electronics (E/E) data to master the vehicle's architecture complexity.
• Configuration management enables platform-based design for E/E architectures.
• Vehicle E/E architecture synthesis and analysis for early trade-off studies.
• Automatic generation of consistent specifications for suppliers.
• Provides traceability of engineering data.

Ensure the consistency of Electrical, Electronics & Software architectures data, on industrial vehicle systems, to prepare the detailed design by "connecting the dots".

• One single source of truth and unified Electrical & Electronics (E/E) data to master the vehicle's architecture complexity.
• Configuration management enables platform-based design for E/E architectures.
• Vehicle E/E architecture synthesis and analysis for early trade-off studies.
• Automatic generation of consistent specifications for suppliers.
• Provides traceability of engineering data.

Generates Functional Mock-up Units (FMUs) from the 3DEXPERIENCE Platform in order to integrate and simulate the model on other co-simulation platforms

• Automatically generate a reliable Functional Mockup Unit (FMU) that is fully compliant with the Functional Mockup Interface (FMI) standard for co-simulation purposes
• Generate standalone executable FMU from a Modelica compliant 3DExperience model for use in other co-simulation environments

Accelerate the detailed design of sophisticated flight control surfaces mechanical systems.

• Support complex design process with best-in-class advanced surface and detailed design apps.
• Track and analyze the entire kinematics behavior of the mechanical system along the complete development process.
• Re-use and adapt complex 3D templates including company design rules and best practices.
• Validate mechanical motions and share to all the stakeholders 3D animations and space reservations.
• Predict the structural behavior of mechanical assemblies.

HVAC, cabin and life sciences engineers automatically generate shapes optimized for fluid flow, minimizing pressure drop and preserving mass flow rate. 

• Generate shapes for internal fluid flows, minimizing pressure drop and preserving the mass flow rate.
• Increase Product Engineering efficiency, removing bottlenecks that usually make it cost-prohibitive to explore optimized parts.
• Intuitive workflow for Design Engineers guides users through the RANS CFD and optimization setup.
• Automatic generation of flow-driven shapes and easy design preparation functions.
• Seamless collaboration between design and simulation departments.

Improve piping, tubing and HVAC systems quality, shorten design time and reduce material costs.

• Implement basic piping and tubing behaviors, relationships, and attributes.
• Design with a highly interactive and intuitive user interface.
• Easy-to-use, manipulation-driven, object-oriented user interface, with dedicated manipulators and commands based on design context.
• Integrate business rules.
• Automatically decompose 3D systems to individual piping and tubing objects, attributes, and relationships on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform.

An integrated 3D fluid systems development environment which enables the physical design of tubing, piping and HVAC systems in the context of the Digital Mock-Up.

• Design and optimize the physical system of both rigid and flexible pipes/tubes and HVAC from basic routing definition to detailed design.
• Take advantage of generative and specification driven design and automated part placement capabilities to ensure compliance with corporate and industry standards.
• Create spools and all necessary associative drawings and reports.

Optimize development cost for complex structural assemblies.

• Full parametric design , with various construction elements and full integration with simulation tools.
• Perform early study of alternate designs with associated cost estimations.
• Reuse the preliminary design to quickly generate detailed designs automatically.

Explore and generate organic specification driven shapes, for additive and traditional manufacturing.

• Automatically generate function-driven conceptual and detailed organic shapes.
• Reduce product-costs with an efficient product engineering tools.
• Capture all functional specifications.
• Easily validate the structural behavior of multiple concepts.
• Perform a trade-off studies to select the best concept.
• Assist designers to easily validate concepts before moving to manufacturing.

Credit Pack to enable the automation of 3D tolerances, leveraging the adoption of model based design.

• Automatic generation of Geometrical Tolerances based on the part’s functional description.
• Enable any Tolerancing designer to deliver the product definition faster while respecting the standard compliance.
• Available for any user from the 3D Tolerancing & Annotation app.
• Geometrical Tolerances are created for validation prior to credit consumption.

A unified creative design workflow solution to imagine, create and experience the Industrial Equipment of tomorrow

• Explore and express design ideas with 3D Sketching
• Turn design ideas into a 3D conceptual model thanks to digital clay approach
• Take benefit of realistic materials, environments and High Resolution humans
• Set and review design variants to take accurate decisions
• Design and collaborate in immersive VR to extend the design experience

A complete and unified industrial design solution for Digital Modelers who want to gain competitive advantage by design

• Explore design ideas with 3D Sketching
• Turn design ideas into a 3D conceptual modeling
• Create Class-A Quality surfaces with advanced surface modeling, Advanced surface evaluation and diagnostic tools
• Take benefit of realistic materials, environments and High Resolution humans
• Set and review design variants, even in VR

Express your design intent using human as a reference. Shape ideas with a human in posture for proportion evaluation and concept design validation. Explore and validate the best product user-experience in the early design and engineering phases

• human motion creation functionalities to better explore the consumer experience
• high quality integrated rendering with ambiences, material library and global illumination
• human interactions within experience context
• human as an avatar in VR review immersive context

Accelerate the Hydroformed Sheetmetal part design with respect to manufacturing rules

• Associative and dedicated hydroformed sheet metal feature-based modeling
• Real-time concurrent engineering between the unfolded or folded 3D shape representations
• Access to company-defined standards tables and capture corporate knowledge
• Guide to be compliant with standards (ISO, ANSI/ASME and JIS)
• Detect and track interferences, check the weight distribution

Accelerate the Hydroformed Sheetmetal part design of body and chassis

• Design focusing on the cost-effective Hydroformed sheet metal process
• Capture all sheet metal specifications to build a corporate knowledge-based automation
• All company-defined standards tables are made available to increase the design standardization and reduce the manufacturing cost
• Share modifications real-time and work concurrently in teams on the same product

Enable multiple users to experience the same immersive design review in a shared VR world.

• Connect distributed teams and reduce travel costs.
• Multiple users can experience the same data in a shared Virtual Reality world.
• Launch a VR co-review from any CATIA application, without any data preparation.
• VR avatars allow to enhance communication naturally with gestures.
• Teleport to another user’s exact position to see what she is talking about.

Enable immersive capabilities like stereo-rendering and position-tracking for all 3DEXPERIENCE CATIA users.

• Integrates native Virtual Reality capabilities into 3D-capable applications.

• Native support for HTC Vive as well as Powerwall and small CAVE environments.

• Experience product designs in lifelike 1:1 scale.

• Natural exploration of data via tracking capabilities.

• Integration in 3D-capable apps allows access to app commands while a VR session is active.

Complete and unified industrial design solution for High-Tech to boost creativity, design quality and reduce time-to-market

• Perform design sketch integration, ultra-fast 3D ideation concept modeling with subdivision surfaces, high-end surfacing, high-end real-time visualization, photo-realistic rendering and rapid prototyping
• Present your design, compare it physically or virtually in consumer context

A unified industrial design workflow solution to imagine, create and experience the product of tomorrow

• 3D virtual design to explore more ideas for better design creativity, maturity and design success
• Accelerate design change update thanks to associativity
• With integrated realistic visualization, make accurate and immediate styling decisions
• Quickly create realistic products with ready to use library of content in context of human

Early definition of the general arrangement layout for ship disciplines.

• Efficiently develop primary and super structures.
• Efficiently develop general arrangement and accommodation layout.
• Precise and accurate detail design with tight and seamless integration with manufacturing.
• Simulate, analyze, and validate the concept design.

Accelerate the detailed design of complex plastic, cast and forged parts for automotive trim with respect to manufacturing rules

• Explore innovative solutions and workable concepts for detailed design
• Validate design with strength and deflection calculations under load conditions
• Leverage Model Based Design through fast 3D Tolerancing and 3D annotations adoption
• Increase the number of studies for complex mechanism design

Design lattice structures in high performance parts, from conceptual to detailed, enabling structural validation, and output 3D printers readable format.

• Enables the conceptual and detailed design of previously unachievable complex lattice structures for lightweight parts that are produced using additive manufacturing.
• Delivers robust and scalable complex lattice design without limitations on model size, visualization or number of cells.
• Seamlessly integrated with SIMULIA structural validation solutions, providing an unreached confidence in the mechanical performances of the design engineered with lattice structures.
• Enables a direct and high fidelity output to the formats readable by additive manufacturing machines. STL, AMF or 3MF exported data are guaranteed to be watertight, ensuring a quick and reliable processing by 3D printers.

Accelerate the detailed design of high quality machined parts of an Airframe assembly with respect to manufacturing rules

• Design complex mechanical parts in context of Airframe assembly
• Leverage Model Based Design adoption
• Reduces decision times using concurrent engineering
• Avoid repetitive tasks by re-using existing design assets
• Increase the number of studies for complex mechanism
• Reduce errors of tolerancing and drawing interpretation

Create and manage sophisticated mechanical projects, including advanced surface design.

• Cover the END-TO-END process for mechanical design.
• Explore innovative solutions and workable concepts for detailed design.
• Reduce time-to-market by designing right the first time.
• Overcome new challenges with a scalable solution.
• Collaborate with your team and others.
• Reuse existing designs.
• Work on large assemblies.
• Be more efficient on everyday tasks.
• Reduce design and manufacturing errors with process-oriented sheetmetal & weld features

Enhance your mechanical product design quality and alternatives; increase the number of studies for complex mechanism design and simulation alternatives

• Cover the end-to-end process for mechanical engineering and pre-production studies
• Anticipate product manufacturing information through the full definition of 3D Tolerances and Annotations in the same model
• Define the right detailed design the first time using existing designs

Create and manage sophisticated mechanical projects.

• Reduce design and manufacturing errors with process-oriented sheetmetal & weld features
• Cover the END-TO-END process for mechanical design.
• Explore innovative solutions and workable concepts for detailed design.
• Reduce time-to-market by designing right the first time.
• Overcome new challenges with a scalable solution.
• Collaborate with your team and others.
• Benefit from your assets and reuse existing designs.
• Work on large assemblies.
• Be more efficient on everyday tasks.

Enhance your mechanical product design quality for complex product and mechanism design.

• Address the END-to-END process for mechanical engineering & pre-production studies.
• Reduce time to market with best in class detailed design apps.
• Explore innovative solutions and concepts on single parts and large assemblies.
• Define the detaïled design right-first-time, leveraging existing designs.
• Anticipate Product Manufacturing Information through the full definition of 3D Tolerances & Annotations in the same model.

Engineer accurate mechanism motion for tooling and general mechanical applications.

• Track and analyze the entire kinematics behavior of the mechanical system along the complete development process.
• Validate mechanical motion and share 3D animations and space reservations with all stakeholders.
• Support complex design process with best-in-class 3D design apps.
• Re-use and adapt complex 3D templates including company design rules and best practices.
• Predict the structural behavior of the mechanical assembly under loads.

Increase the quality of visible technical surfaces to optimize perceived quality.

• Reach higher shape standards and optimize downstream processes consuming surfaces.
• Advanced surface modeling tools up to G2 continuity.
• Efficient diagnosis with real-time analysis and technical control tools.
• Dedicated features allow geometry conversion and quality increase, improving flow control and offsetability.
• Global deformation suite available.

Leverage the power of Modelica and 3DEXPERIENCE to rapidly develop, simulate and validate complex mechatronic systems.

• Rapid development of systems comprising of mechanical, embedded control software, electronic, hydraulic and pneumatic technologies through a rich integrated 2D & 3D systems development environment.
• Minimize development cost and effort through the reuse of modular components and systems.
• Ensure compliance with market and regulatory requirements through a structured Model Based Systems Engineering approach.
• Reuse intellectual property, expertise and models across multiple systems and products.
• All disciplines share a common understanding of a product or systems behavior.

Enables the designer to automate design tasks and assist decision-making of a complex mold.

• Assess cost of innovative tooling concepts including accurate pulling direction, wall thickness analysis, placeholder for ejectors and cooling systems.
• Anticipate and check manufacturing compliance with plastic injection simulation integrated in the environment of the mold designer.
• Extract parting lines and parting surfaces in dedicated features providing a productive design change automation.
• Assess complex mold kinematics.
• Re-use company know-how. 

Automate design tasks and assist user decision-making at any step of a complex mold design.

• Accelerate the complete mold and tooling process, from molded part design to mold design.
• Access to plastic injection accessible in the environment of the mold designer.
• Manage parting lines and parting surfaces with dedicated features, support design change automation.
• Propose catalogs of standard mold-bases and intelligent tooling systems, automate design tasks and assist user decision-making.
• Facilitate and reduce design change from the part to the mold by using automatic update.

Increase Drawing productivity by delivering extended drafting capabilities and automatic batch generation of  Piping and HVAC orthogonal and Isometric drawings

• Standardize drawing generation for all users according project to fit to Industry standard
• Increase drawing generation user productivity
• Increase drawing quality
• Provide set of OOTB functionalities that fit to heavy industry practices
• Generate orthogonal and piping Isometric drawing link to 3D without neutral format exchange

A unified solution for better design workflow from sketch, concept modeling to validated hull forms and rendering

• Provides integrated boat hull form design and compartments position, with advanced shape design for best quality, optimization and first hydrostatics assessment
• Optimize the surface quality, provide better inputs for the downstream engineering process and a faster transition
• Hydrostatic Simulation allow to assess at a glance the boat performance in a seamless simulation process

Engineer fluid & electrical systems and steel layout equipment in context of the ship/platform.

• Engineer the integrated 2D and 3D basic and detail design for fluid and electrical systems.
• Engineer the steel layout design for ladders, stairs, and auxiliary steel systems.
• Layout deck outfitting, equipment foundations and non-discipline specific equipment.
• Improve delivery times by embedding design rules to optimize design processes.
• Ensure compliance with customer requirements by reviewing customer requirements to specific design objects.

Imagine, explore & present Packaging Creative Design ideas in 3D.

• A unique Solution for end to end Packaging Design on a single Platform.
• Explore more ideas for better design creativity, maturity and design success.
• Accelerate Design change update thanks to associativity.
• With integrated realistic visualization, make accurate & immediate styling decisions.
• Quickly create realistic package with ready-to-use content library for appearance material, environment and humans.

 Translate packaging concepts into qualified designs.

• Translate concepts rapidly into qualified designs through tight integration between styling and technical shape design.
• Specialized feature-based modeling approach, in context of the product, improves decisions at early stages of development.
• Present & take design decision with interactive realtime experience and accurate photorealistic rendering.

Integrating native CAD and realistic visualization to support short and agile product lifecycles.

Perform color & material design and packaging design with very high detail. Create photorealistic renderings. Re-use visualizations & renderings to validate mature data from Engineering (such as production shapes, measured materials, gaps, light and UX) against the Design Intent. Prepare & perform local and remote VR reviews for decision making, using state-of-the-art projection, tracking and interaction technologies & methodologies.

Create and visualize the aircraft exterior design painting in 3D to take quick and accurate decisions

• Design logos and artworks for painting on the aircraft exterior frame with 3D modeling and realistic visualization
• Explore ideas, different design lines and artwork paintings by reviewing and sketching directly in 3D on the model
• Produce high-end real-time visualization, photo-realistic rendering, VR and visual design variant presentations

In commercial aerospace, the cabin interior is the most relevant factor for perceived quality

• Prepare and perform highly realistic visualization and rendering based on native data to predict the perceived quality of all visible components
• Repeat checks for defects based on simulated manufacturing tolerances on all cabin layout configurations and trim levels
• Prepare and perform reviews for simple or collaborative decision making using VR