The Importance of CATIA in the Present scenario

CATIA stands for Computer Aided Three Dimensional Interactive Application. It is the most powerful and widely used CAD software of its kind in the world. CATIA was created by Dassault Systems of France and is marketed worldwide by IBM. It is found in the variety of industries throughout the world. Some of these industries include Aerospace,Architecture, Appliances,Furniture, Medical, Construction, Automotive, Consumer Goods, Electronics, Furniture, Machinery, Mold and Die, and Shipbuilding.

In recent years, as technology has become more widespread and affordable, CATIA has rapidly evolved to cater to a more diverse market place. Due to the certain characteristics of CATIA like flexibility, engaging with industry players, the combination of product and process development has made it very attractive to businesses across a wide range of industries. Some of the branded and popular companies that use CATIA as their core engineering platform include Airbus, BMW, Ford, McLaren Racing, Nokia, Nikon and Sanyo. Notable by-products of this market presence are the ready availability of skilled CATIA personnel in the market-place and an ever expanding range of other products that are CATIA compatible.

CATIA is the best and advanced software in the design field. It is important design software for mechanical engineering. It is used to make surface design from certain manufacturing techniques, ergonomic analysis of a car. CATIA is a giant and an all in one package entirely on different scale. Using CATIA you can not only create a car, but a factory in which it will be produced, the machining processes required, and even you can simulate ergonomics studies as well, like whether the current layout of a plant will be comfortable for workers to work or not.

Catia helps engineers and designers achieve their objective. It allows engineers to be creative while satisfying the technical requirements of a product. It helps engineers to design products which accelerate the core activities of the product development. Some other benefit of using CATIA software are advanced 3D drafting techniques, assembling designs and drafting stand-alone 2D part drafting. Also, CATIA Analysis provides practical design replication capability within the CATIA design atmosphere; this is the platform where the designers are allowed to perform direct analysis of the master reference model in CATIA. It also provides a set of products allowing simultaneous design as well as integration of electrical, mechanical systems and fluid within a 3D digital image, while amending space allocation.

The two latest versions of CATIA, V5 and V6 are recognized as world’s leading design product suite because of industrial usability andhuge and constant investment made for product development and innovation.

Another most important utility of CATIA software is the variety of the integrated modules. Engineers and designers can easily, without significant effort, passes between Surfaces Modules to Part Design Modules, to Assembly Design Module to Digital Mock-Up Kinematic module to make the mechanisms simulation, etc.

One of the best things about CATIA is that it keeps on innovating and incorporating various new technologies to meet various industries requirement since it deals with both the big as well as small industries. On one hand, large industries demand for stability, performance and consistency whereas small industries are in need of new innovations that can be adopted quickly and swiftly.

The Author is an IT professional and a writer having more than 5 years experience in his field.