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CATIA

Score8.3 out of 10

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What is CATIA?

CATIA from Dassault Systemes is a 3D product modeling and design tool used across multiple industries.

Categories & Use Cases

Key Features

Learn about the best (and worst!) features CATIA has to offer, as determined by TrustRadius' reviewers.
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Top Performing Features

  • Parametric Design

    Enables users to define and modify design parameters, allowing for faster iteration and design changes.

    Category average: 7.6

  • Assembly Design

    Enables users to create and manage assemblies of multiple components, including the ability to define relationships and constraints between parts.

    Category average: 7.5

  • Customization and Extensions

    Provides options for customizing the software interface or to include add-ons which extend the functionality of the software.

    Category average: 7.4

Areas for Improvement

  • Rendering and Visualization

    Allows users to create realistic images and visualizations of their designs, including the ability to apply materials, textures, and lighting effects.

    Category average: 6.7

  • Documentation and Annotation

    Allows users to create detailed technical drawings, including the ability to add dimensions, annotations, and symbols.

    Category average: 7.2

  • Compatibility with other software and formats

    Allows users to import and export designs in various file formats, ensuring compatibility with other software and stakeholder requirements.

    Category average: 7.7

Reviews

What users are saying about CATIA.
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feedback for CATIA from a user

Verified User
Engineer in Engineering (10,001+ employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

In our organization, we use CATIA for conception 3D, surfacique conception and simulation, we manage data with a plm. We're using CATIA V5. This software is used to adapt assembly and make concept , design new model and so one. This allows us to make change easily for customers also.

Pros

  • 3d conception
  • surfacique conception
  • manage data instances

Cons

  • make more simples options
  • sometimes crash
  • improve the ux / ui interface

Return on Investment

  • allows to provide 3d data for customers
  • make drawings for the production
  • provide BOM

Usability

Experience on CATIA

Incentivized
Rajender SinghView profile
Senior PLM engineer in Corporate at Ggs information services (5001-10,000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are using CATIA for creating models and 2D drawings for supplier and shop floor. Creating detailed drawings can be possible by CATIA . It is also helping us to show detailed assembly model for supplier.

Pros

  • 3D modeling
  • 2D drafting
  • Assembly

Cons

  • Sheet metal design module is hard to use
  • Opening of assembly models sometime take time to open

Return on Investment

  • Supplier demand got increased due to models provided by us
  • Detailing of 2D drawings made thing possible to understand in shopfloor

Usability

Alternatives Considered

AutoCAD and PTC Creo

Other Software Used

PTC Creo, PTC Windchill, AutoCAD

Overview for beginners of CATIA switching from other CAD software

Subal SharmaView profile
Product Design/Development Engineer in Product Management at Altec Inc. (1001-5000 employees employees)

Pros

  • Surface modelling becomes easy.
  • Modifications to specific points without affecting adjacent parts
  • Simulation run with model is really great

Cons

  • Product modelling becomes difficult. Moreover, needs more steps than other CAD software
  • Need to sit and learn from a person else, really hard to learn on own

Most Important Features

  • Surface modelling
  • Extrude, fill, and join commands

Return on Investment

  • easy to modify or change
  • Tricky in product modelling

Alternatives Considered

SOLIDWORKS

Other Software Used

SOLIDWORKS, Autodesk Fusion 360, MATLAB

CATIA - a 3D modeling software way ahead of the rivals

Incentivized
Özgür Erkek, MSc, PRINCE2®View profile
Exhaust Systems Supervisor in Engineering at Ford Motor Company (10,001+ employees employees)

Pros

  • Surface modeling module is extremely developed and successful.
  • 2D drafting module is doing the job effectively (AutoCAD is no more required).

Cons

  • Not user friendly interface (a bit improved with v6)
  • Difficult mouse operations

Return on Investment

  • Increase design efficiency of the products.
  • Improve communication with our suppliers due to common software usage.

Alternatives Considered

SOLIDWORKS and AutoCAD

Other Software Used

SOLIDWORKS, SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)

CATIA Review

Incentivized
Stéfano BelloteView profile
Engenheiro de desenvolvimento de produtos Jr in Engineering at Electrolux (10,001+ employees employees)

Pros

  • Easy modeling with production steps in mind.
  • Surface modeling is pretty intuitive and makes possible to design complex geometries faster.
  • Model edit is practical, making possible to edit a geometry parameter and rerun the program to have the new parameters ready.
  • CATIA works very well for assemblies too, it makes possible to easily attach parts and bind specific parameters, also to hide parts that are not desirable for the analysis.

Cons

  • The software is pretty heavy, even with computers designed for heavy-duty loads, resulting in long wait times to load files and make changes, reducing productivity.

Return on Investment

  • The ease of modeling helps a lot to save time, in both modeling new parts and also assemblies, which in the end makes a great positive impact on the development.

Alternatives Considered

SOLIDWORKS

Other Software Used

Skype for Business (formerly Lync), Microsoft Office 2016, Adobe Illustrator CC