Overall Satisfaction with CATIA
We are using CATIA in our whole company. The main purpose is to draw parts, draft them, do their assemblies, create illustrations, and run optimization studies on them. To create digital models.
- 3D design of parts
- 2D drafting of your part
- Assembly creating
- Weight, dimension calculations.
- Updating an existing design can become really frustrating. You have to reassign all the radiuses, for example, even if they moved slightly.
- CAE function is not that good.
- Radiuses are slightly bad and can cause you lots of problems.
- Shortens your overall work time on drawings, thus gaining you time to work on other issues.
- You can save your previous versions of studies, thus saving you highly valued data.
- You do not need hard copies of drawings for the parts you have. Saves you space.
- Updates and support are frequent. Again, saving you lots of time.
- SOLIDWORKS and AutoCAD
To be honest, it is our company's decision, it was here when I came. But I can say that the assembly feature is easier than SOLIDWORKS. Also, we use AutoCAD for more 2D drawings; or creating 2D drafts from not parts, but a scratch, AutoCAD is better. CATIA wouldn't match AutoCAD on 2D drawings.
Do you think CATIA delivers good value for the price?
Not sure
Are you happy with CATIA's feature set?
Yes
Did CATIA live up to sales and marketing promises?
I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process
Did implementation of CATIA go as expected?
I wasn't involved with the implementation phase
Would you buy CATIA again?
Yes