CATIA can be applied to a wide variety of industries, from aerospace, automotive,and industrial machinery, to electronics, shipbuilding, plant design, and consumer goods. Today, CATIA is used to design anything from an airplane to jewelry and clothing.
With the power and functional range to address the complete product development process, CATIA supports product engineering, from initial specification to product-in-service, in a fully-integrated manner. It facilitates reuse of product design knowledge and
shortens development cycles, helping enterprises to accelerate their response to market needs.
In 2006, the automotive giant Ford Motor Company designated CATIA V5 as the global design and engineering standard
for new vehicles, extending further CATIA's already deep commitment to this market. And British inventor Morag Hutcheon of the design consultancy Quadro used CATIA V5 to develop an innovative CD jewel case which won her Britain's 2006 Female Innovator & Inventor of the Year award.
The latest version of CATIA V5, Release 18,"Strengthen collaborative solutions tostreamline innovation"
This release empowers end-to-end industry process coverage for composite design to manufacturing, electrical harness design to documentation and printed circuit board design. It also consolidates functional modeling support for the design of complex machined parts extending this unique approach to more manufacturing processes. Powertrain and chassis designer benefit from superior productivity with breakthrough auto-draft capabilities. Lastly, the CATIA Live FT&A Review available with any 3D Live configuration extends the reach of 3D to a wider community.