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CATIA

CAD/CAM/CAE commercial software suite

Summary

CAD/CAM/CAE commercial software suite

FieldValue
nameCATIA
logoCATIA Logotype RGB Blue.png
screenshotCATIA_cre.jpg
captionConcept created with CATIA
developerDassault Systèmes
released
genreCAD, CAM, CAE, PLM, 3D
licenseProprietary software
website
latest_release_versionP3 V5 6R-2020
latest_release_date
operating_systemWindows, Unix (server)

CATIA (, an acronym of computer-aided three-dimensional interactive application) is a multi-platform software suite for computer-aided design (CAD), computer-aided manufacturing (CAM), computer-aided engineering (CAE), 3D modeling and product lifecycle management (PLM), developed by the French company Dassault Systèmes.

Since it supports multiple stages of product development from conceptualization, design and engineering to manufacturing, it is considered CAx-software and is sometimes referred to as a 3D product lifecycle management software suite. Like most of its competition, it facilitates collaborative engineering through an integrated cloud service and have support to be used across disciplines including surfacing & shape design, electrical, fluid and electronic systems design, mechanical engineering and systems engineering. CATIA is most widely used in automobile and aerospace industries, due to its advanced surface modelling capabilities.

Besides being used in a wide range of industries from aerospace and defence to packaging design, CATIA has been used by architect Frank Gehry to design some of his signature curvilinear buildings and his company Gehry Technologies was developing their Digital Project software based on CATIA.

The software has been merged with the company's other software suite 3D XML Player to form the combined Solidworks Composer Player.

History

CATIA started as an in-house development in 1977 by French aircraft manufacturer Avions Marcel Dassault to provide 3D surface modeling and numerical control functions for the CADAM software they used at that time to develop the Mirage fighter jet. Initially named CATI (conception assistée tridimensionnelle interactive – French for interactive aided three-dimensional design), it was renamed CATIA in 1981 when Dassault created the subsidiary Dassault Systèmes to develop and sell the software, under the management of its first CEO, Francis Bernard. Dassault Systèmes signed a non-exclusive distribution agreement with IBM, that was also selling CADAM for Lockheed since 1978. Version 1 was released in 1982 as an add-on for CADAM.

During the 1980's, CATIA saw wider adoption in the aviation and military industries with users such as Boeing and General Dynamics Electric Boat Corp.

Dassault Systèmes purchased CADAM from IBM in 1992, and the next year CATIA CADAM was released. During the nineties CATIA was ported first in 1996 from one to four Unix operating systems, and was entirely rewritten for version 5 in 1998 to support Windows NT. In the years prior to 2000, this caused problems of incompatibility between versions that led to $6.1B in additional costs due to delays in production of the Airbus A380.

With the launch of Dassault Systèmes 3DEXPERIENCE Platform in 2014, CATIA became available as a cloud version.

Release history

Name/versionVersion history valueRelease date
CATIA V11981
CATIA V21984
CATIA V31988
CATIA V41993
CATIA V51998
CATIA V5R726/6/2001
CATIA V5R175/9/2006
CATIA V5R1810/2/2007
CATIA V5R1923/8/2008
CATIA V6R201023/6/2009
CATIA V5R2016/2/2010
CATIA V5R215/7/2011
CATIA V6R____/_/2011
CATIA V5-6R2012 (R22)18/4/2012
CATIA V6R2020/5/2013
CATIA V5-6R2013 (R23)url=https://www.technia.co.uk/catia-v5-last-save-version-release/title=CATIA V5: Last Save Version & Releasedate=2018-05-03website=TECHNIAlanguage=en-GBaccess-date=2019-05-08archive-date=2019-05-08archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190508083417/https://www.technia.co.uk/catia-v5-last-save-version-release/url-status=live }}
3DEXPERIENCE (3DX) CATIAR2014x2014
3DEXPERIENCE (3DX) CATIAR2015x2015
3DEXPERIENCE (3DX) CATIAR2016x2017
3DEXPERIENCE (3DX) CATIAR2017x2017
3DEXPERIENCE (3DX) CATIAR2018x2018
3DEXPERIENCE (3DX) CATIAR2019x2019
3DEXPERIENCE (3DX) CATIAR2020x2020
3DEXPERIENCE (3DX) CATIAR2021x2021
3DEXPERIENCE (3DX) CATIAR2022x2022
3DEXPERIENCE (3DX) CATIAR2023x2023
3DEXPERIENCE (3DX) CATIAR2024x2024
3DEXPERIENCE (3DX) CATIAR2025x2025
3DEXPERIENCE (3DX) CATIAR2026x2025

References

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  15. "Dassault Systèmes and IBM Announce Version 5 Release 17 of their Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Portfolio".
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  18. "Dassault Systèmes Launches Release 20 of V5 PLM Platform".
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