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CATIA V5 is the leading product development solution for manufacturing organizations of all sizes.

Apply its capabilities to a variety of industries such as aerospace, automotive, industrial machinery, electrical, electronics, shipbuilding, plant design, and consumer goods.

• Provides an integrated suite of Computer Aided Design (CAD), Computer Aided Engineering (CAE), and Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) applications for digital product definition and simulation
• Addresses the complete product development process, from product concept specifications through product-in-service, in a fully integrated and associative manner
• Facilitates true collaborative engineering across the multidisciplinary extended enterprise, including style and form design, mechanical design, equipment and systems engineering, digital mock-up, machining, analysis, and simulation
• Enables enterprises to reuse product design knowledge and accelerate development cycles
• Helps companies speed their responses to market needs and frees users to focus on creativity and innovation
• Based on the open, scalable V5 architecture

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Product line overview Product Lifecycle Management Learn about other PLM products that help you design, analyze, and manage your company's products from conception to retirement Included components Mechanical Design Provides specification-driven modeling for part design, assembly design and integrated drafting Shape Design and Styling Enables creation and modification of complex engineered and free-form surfaces Product Synthesis Provides automation and validation of design and manufacturing data Equipment and Systems Engineering Enables design and integration of electrical, fluid and mechanical systems within a 3D digital mock-up Analysis Enables easy and fast structural analysis of any type of assembly Machining Offers a 3D knowledge-based product portfolio built on an integrated infrastructure and covering all specialized CAM applications Infrastructure Provides a scalable platform for collaborative product creation and product data management View all components Additional component(s) Education (Web-based Learning) Provides learning, anytime from anywhere, with everyday companion Application Development (CAA RADE) Enables developers and customers to extend the PLM application portfolio 3D Live Delivers a breakthrough lightweight 3D paradigm for online collaborative intelligence View all Additional component(s)

Additional products, services and solutions

Products DELMIA Enables manufacturers in any industry to define, plan, create, monitor, and control all production processes Services PLM Services Helps you implement PLM to support new business processes that position your company for the future Solutions PLM Solutions Facilitates an open, collaborative product development environment View all additional offerings