CATIA V5

CATIA V5.18 improves quality of the final composite part through post-processing analysis

CATIA V5.18 extends the end-to-end composites process from design to simulation to manufacturing for automotive and aerospace industries. CATIA V5.18 delivers post-processing analysis on composite parts for an accurate product behavior evaluation. It embeds failure criteria specification to composites structure (Tsai-Hill and Tsai Wu criteria) to give a better assessment of composites parts. In addition, the composites analysis environment can receive all producibility information needed to ensure accurate manufacturing results.

Enables effective Electronics CAD and Mechanical CAD design collaboration by strengthening the Printed Circuit Board (PCB) design process

A library of 3D components, defined in neutral data exchange format, from several construction methods, either designed in CATIA or imported through data exchange formats, makes it easy to map with several ECAD tool import/export references to the position of electrical components without the need to redesign in CATIA.

Integrates knowledge early in the design process for significant quality improvements

V5.18 enables Generative electrical design based on company rules captured in V5 knowledge - Generative Harness covering placement (Tube, Tape), Generative electrical parts connections (auto create electrical assemblies from catalog), and delivers more electrical design checks (part connection compatibility, wire route and manufacturability, splice location in harness, completion of V5 electrical model).

Reinforces end-to-end electrical process by integrating manufacturing constraints directly in the design

CATIA V5.18 enhances CATIA Electrical Harness Flattening for harness drawing production by delivering more accurate harness manufacturing documentation (Backshell representation), smoothing harness flattening process for device orientation and improving the harness drafting quality. The CATIA Electrical Harness offer reduces the design to manufacturing cycle time especially for Automotive and Aerospace CATIA V5 Electrical design customers. The flattening process becomes more robust and completes the layout process more efficiently.

Improves the structure functional design on 2 major axis

• Process - The introduction of a new FEM command makes the process of designing a ship easier .Naval architects are required to validate the structure of the ship during this iterative phase. This requires making analysis quickly using finite element solvers. CATIA Structure Functional Design 2 (SFD) provides a new bridge to develop automatically the Mesh Model within CATIA. Specific SFD object geometries and properties are taken into account such as seams on SuperPlate, stiffener trace, and so on. Then, the user is able to locally redefine a detailed mesh, using the regular Advanced Meshing Tools.
• With multiple changes and improvements, drafting solution for classification gets a massive upgrade. Performances are decreased by 50% in average, and several new features are facilitating the automatic generation of the drawings.
• The structure detailed design in many ways, among them include:
  • An important evolution in V5.18, named "Thickness compensation" enables users to automatically delimit object (plates or stiffeners) to other objects while taking into account the thickness of the limiting objects.
  • V5.18 reinforces existing detailed design with new built-in end cuts, new Opening from Catalog for more productivity, the Break command that supports now more features and computed attributed that are enlarged.

Enhances CATIA Machining solutions efficiency from NC Programming to simulation to increase manufacturing process productivity.

• V5.18 expands the CATIA Machining simulation coverage to mill-turn process by allowing the user to define, program and simulate ISO Code on lathe and mill-turn machines including multi-spindle, multi-turrets and auxiliary devices. Lathe productivity is significantly enhanced by improving global lathe operations, by releasing new turning revolution envelop computation and by supporting new "4-axis Pocketing" operation.

• Programming and machining time of milling process is appreciably reduced with the 3- to 5-axis switch capability on finishing operations to prevent collision and greatly improve machining time and cutting tool life. Users take advantage of the new 5-axis spiral milling operation and improved existing 5-axis operations, leading to major productivity gains in 5-axis solutions.

  Multi-part programming time is drastically reduced by merging and reordering the sub-programs to machine several parts on a single setup. CATIA V5.18 enlarges and improves 2.5- & 3-axis operations with T-Slotter function for efficient undercut areas finishing, new sequential axial operations for more flexibility on non-standard holes, and helical machining strategy for machining time reduction.

Accelerates quality control and enforces inspection mechanism during reverse engineering process

• A new deviation analysis command allows users to analyze the deviation between elements. With this new command, the quality is a key point in reverse engineering process. Users can rapidly compare physical mock-up to the CAD model, and easily check the quality of rebuild surfaces in comparison to the scanned data.

• The role of inspection during the reverse engineering process is reinforced by allowing users to create associative annotations on a deviation analysis.

  Using CATIA V5.18 associativity mechanism, any modifications to the deviation analysis updates the associated annotations. In addition, the users can use a report that summarizes the results of the deviation check to cover the last stage of part inspection process.

Supports 64-bit advantages for analysis

CATIA V5.18 takes full advantage of the 64-bit initiatives to leverage companies' resources. It enables the manipulation of very large analysis models (over 2 GB) including many load cases that are handled thanks to the capability of multi-occurrence combination.

Includes productivity acceleration for automotive cast and forge manufacturing process

• CATIA V5.18 takes the productivity of the detailed design of rough parts to ensure manufacturability in automotive cast and forge processes to a new level:
  
  • Solves more complex geometrical scenario thanks to the management of twisted surfaces by automatically providing a re-limitation in the twisted zone.
  • Drafts up to 98% of complex forged automotive parts in one session by adjusting the parting line within the boundaries of the flash zone to remove unwanted sharp edges.
  • Includes new enhancements and improvements to the robustness of the revolutionary Auto-Fillet operation since its introduction in V5.17. A new parting element definition ensures the perfect match of a fillet on the parting surface in a single step for the rounding and filleting of sharp edges.
  • Dramatically reducing the time required to model a cylinder head port with a new fillet enhancement.

Brings improvements in the sheetmetal arena.

• SheetMetal design processes, based on industrial requirements is accelerated and improved with new functional capabilities to help designers in the SheetMetal part definition. By enhancing capabilities efficiency with function evolution, their is greater process coverage and design-time saved.
• Productivity gains are won with powerful extrusion capabilities, to design more complex parts with the joggle plane definition at start or end, and better process coverage with Characteristic curves improvements.
• SheetMetal design workbench is improved with a new technological differentiator that dramatically increases the number of parts that can be designed. Now double curvature, non-ruled SheetMetal parts can be managed. CATIA V5.18 opens a new technological domain that enables more complex design with double curvature hopper, and allows display of distortions management when surface is not ruled.

Expands the CATIA Tooling capabilities and efficiency with dedicated functionality

New productivity gains for toolmakers, with streamlined design procedures for complex mold tooling function and gives users more freedom and automation tools.

• Users can now replace one conceptual plate by one detailed with the management of existing tooling drills with the Replace Plate function.
• Time during die process creation and reduce memory size is decreased with a new Generate Final Holes & Pads command to delay execution of tooling drills.
• Components can be inserted with adaptable geometry in Morphing User Component. This is useful for toolmakers designing punches for progressive die tooling.
• Productivity and ease of use improvements allow independent rotation of components managed by the Manage All option Component insertion panel.

Enhanced design to manufacturing performance

Design-to-manufacturing performance, especially for the industrial equipment industry, is enhanced with the introduction of a new assembly feature.

It generates a single "machined" part from an assembly of parts, so that the part preparation can now be done and machining operations added in the context of assembly without modifying the reference parts.

Expands functional modeling to support the design of complex machined structure parts

The scope of Functional Modeling applicability to additional manufacturing processes and industries is expanded from plastic molded parts and automotive cast and forged parts, through machined parts. The aerospace industry also fully benefits from breakthrough functional modeling for the design of complex machined structure parts.

• Full support of detailed design as the transition from a functional design to the rough part and the machined part is enabled through the import of geometrical features from one part to another.
• Improved design to manufacturing process coverage. The intelligence embedded in a hole feature can now be completely propagated as a technological result to provide information necessary to downstream applications, such as drafting thread generation and machining, while protecting intellectual property.
• Improved flexibility for complex parts design methodologies. The specification tree is managed much more easily and effectively as users can now automatically insert the input body underneath the functional feature. Quality and productivity are also improved with the definition of one draft properties for multiple solid functional sets.

Strengthens 3D Master representation and maximizes users' productivity

It is of paramount importance that the final product precisely matches its original concept and design. The 3D Master process enables users to precisely produce the same product that is conceptualized at the earliest stages with a unique associative approach. This approach updates all 2D/3D engineering data as it changes so that every user is working with exactly the same information, making it easy for every user to design with quality. CATIA V5.18 drastically increases productivity and quality with its enhanced 3D Master process:

• Users can easily perform 2D conceptual design in a complex environment, including relational design with existing components. In addition, they can quickly create easily understandable and high-quality 3D model layouts.
• The dimension line-up capabilities drastically help users to achieve the utmost output by limiting the number of interactions and automatically creating several features (framed dimensions).

Popularizes photorealistic rendering of product design

Photo Studio 1 (PH1) gives users an easy way to produce photorealistic images at the early stages of the product development. It is designed to fit casual users needing to quickly create high-quality renderings.

Easy to learn, easy to use photorealistic rendering solution

• Photo Studio 1 (PH1) is designed to fit the needs and skills of casual users who need to produce rendered images. From a usability perspective, only a few options can be customized and users can preview the results before launching computation to obtain fast results and try out different options quickly.
• The ease of use of Photo Studio 1 (PH1) coupled with the fact that it is seamlessly integrated with CATIA V5 decreases the time required to create and validate product appearance. There is no need to convert or export / import data, users just need to click on the icon in the V5 toolbar to start generating pictures.
• Because it is simple to use and part of the complete V5 set of tools, it is very easy to integrate product appearance validation, making it a key factor in product development, early in the process. /li>

Speed up Body in white (BiW) process for automotive BiW specialists

Automotive BiW specialists are given new capabilities to speed up the Automotive BiW process. For example, the new capabilities strengthen the associativity mechanism during curves stretching, promoting the automation of CATIA - 3D Functional Tolerancing & Annotation 2 (FTA) weld annotation, and the integration of knowledge formula. Maximizes efficiency in Product Engineering Optimizer

The efficiency of the Product Engineering Optimizer is optimized with the lean update protocol, allowing the user to update only what is needed to reach the engineering specifications.

Enhanced fillet for more productivity in molded parts design

• Huge productivity gains are achieved in plastic molded parts design. It allows designers to accurately control fillets, especially plastic molded parts. Depending on the fillets' parameters, users can choose between:
  • Conical fillet - To use any type of conic as the fillet section
  • Chordal Fillet - To control the width of a fillet
  • Associative G2 Fillet - To quickly define the shape of G2 styled fillet
• The new CATIA Imagine & Shape multi-edition capability enables stylists to propagate modifications from a subdivision surface to other subdivision surfaces. For example, they can modify detailed design surfaces linked with styled concept surfaces. Thanks to this new approach, it is very easy to iterate on design change between stylists and mechanical designers.

Brings stunning productivity to automotive powertrain and chassis designers for foundry tooling design

CATIA V5.18 continues to dramatically improve design productivity with a revolutionary capability on the market. A new, unique breakthrough, Auto-draft function, which complements the unmatched Auto-fillet capability introduced in V5.17. It brings stunning productivity to automotive powertrain and chassis designers for foundry tooling design and optimizes the resulting casting parts. The drafting activity is shortened considerably as all drafts are computed in a single operation.

Delivers a new product for Composites Review 2 (CPR)

CATIA V5.18 delivers a new light design review environment, DMU - Composites Review 2 (CPR) product, to provide access to composite material and knowledge across the extended company value chain. It extends the access to composite material defined in CATIA V5 to cross disciplines teams and suppliers. It fosters better communication and collaboration between the different stakeholders for more efficient design to manufacturing process

Leverages 3D as one of the most efficient backbones for live 3D collaboration

CATIA V5.18 is a milestone for adopting the light 3D XML format as a standard for efficient communication across the supply chain. A big step forward is achieved in the archiving process via STEP and/or IGES, V5.18 makes possible to visualize archived data on 3D XML via a batch conversion program between STEP, IGES and 3D XML. This release enriches 3D XML format with:

• 2D Layout for 3D Design
• 3D annotations
• Interactive drafting
• Real-time rendering camera & lights exposure

CATIA V5.18 delivers a new geometrical range with small scale that operates from 0.01um to 1m. This allows the Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) industry to create smaller geometry with greater accuracy, less than 1 micron. This requirement is also key for the clock & watch industry.

Key PLM market players continue to adopt V5 architecture. In V5.18, a new partner and several CAA V5 CATIA applications have been launched, extending the process coverage of V5 in many disciplines such as reverse engineering and electrical design.

• V5 applications launched by partners since V5.17 extend process coverage of V5 solutions with highly specialized applications including:
  • RealViz V Experience
  • IGE+XAO will delivers three new products:
    • V5 Generative Schematic
    • V5 Generative electrical & Wiring diagrams for engineering
    • V5 Functional System Definition

ICEM Shape Design (ISD) V5 sets a new standard for Automobile Class A design in the automotive industry. V5 users benefit from improved workflow operations and increased productivity.