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Devised and developed by Dassault Systems in France, CATIA (Computer-Aided Three-Dimensional Interactive Application) is acclaimed throughout the world as the leading program for use in design.

CATIA offers unequalled scope of functionality, together with total integration of all its functions, thereby ensuring that its users are able to address the most challenging design tasks, and then translate those into realistic, manufacturable products.

DELMIA V5R17 accelerates collaborative manufacturing and introduces the V5-based Product Process and Resource (PPR) family of products for unified V5 access on the product, process and resources stored in the Manufacturing Hub. This allows DELMIA users to navigate and author manufacturing information in the context of the product definition and under lifecycle, effectivity and configuration control.

V5R17 boosts productivity in the body-in-white automotive process for OEMs and their suppliers, with concurrent process planning, integrated Gantt charts, and intuitive assembly line resources management. V5R17 leverages the design engineer’s specifications to automatically generate detailed shop floor instructions, significantly reducing authoring time, eliminating errors and improving accuracy.

With V5R17, DELMIA is delivering highly focused solutions for the small and medium-sized enterprise in Work Instruction Authoring and Human Task Simulation and Analysis, optimizing return on investment. Process coverage is broadened through new CAA applications in the domains of robotic coatings, inspection, off-line and on-line programming and integration with Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES).

Product Data Management (PDM)

Also from the Dassault stable, SmarTeam has the unique capability of interfacing with virtually EVERY known CAD/CAM product, to provide complete control over the end-to-end management of the product development process.

SmarTeam is a revolutionary web-enabled solution, providing easy and cost-effective collaborative data management and product development. SmarTeam gives an organization the ability to collaborate on vital product data within their extended enterprise and across the global supply chain.

In modern manufacturing organizations, product definition has been extended beyond geographical boundaries, with extended enterprises involved in the product development process and in worldwide manufacturing. In addition, supply chains have become complex to manage as they too become more globalized. These demands make a complete e-business product information collaboration solution essential.

SmarTeam gives your supply chain the power to collaborate as a virtual product community with the click of a mouse. A Collaborative Product Commerce (CPC) solution, SmarTeam allows companies to communicate and collaborate across the extended enterprise and supply chain, with remote personnel, OEM vendors and more, providing a business-to-business solution connecting all engineering, manufacturing, procurement and sales.

SmarTeam, the core of our PDM/CPC Solution, is the leading Windows-based, web-centric product data and workflow management solution for manufacturing businesses and departments of large enterprises.

Additional 3rd party integrations to SmarTeam are available for the following popular CAD applications:  CATIA TeamPDM1, developed by SmarTeam parent company, Dassault Systèmes, provides complete collaborative PDM capabilities for users of CATIA V5.  PTC’s Pro/ENGINEER   UGS/EDS’ Unigraphics   CoCreate’s ME10   Helix’s MicroCADAM.

Over 80% of 2009 Vehicles Debuting at Detroit Auto Show Designed in CATIA

Auburn Hills, Mich., January 13, 2009 – Dassault Systèmes (DS) (Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA), a world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, today announced that CATIA, the company’s solution for virtual design, was used in the development of over 80 percent of the 24* introductory and concept vehicles making their world debut at the 2009 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) taking place at Cobo Hall in Detroit, January 11-25. Additionally, CATIA was utilized in the design of all NAIAS 2009 North American Car of the Year and 2009 North American Truck of the Year finalists. With the automotive industry under extreme duress and scrutiny, optimizing vehicle development processes to reduce cost and time to market without sacrificing creativity or quality are key goals.

CATIA, with its knowledgeware capability, is able to positively and significantly impact these areas. Through the use of CATIA’s automated design templates, designers can streamline and standardize the design process. This creates ‘free engineering’ time to invest in innovation and deliver additional benefits in each concurrent model that is based upon that set of templates. Knowledge is accumulated and stored in a single data base for real-time sharing. Changes in design specifications are automatically propagated across all involved disciplines to ensure that everyone is working with the most current data. Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) technology is increasingly impacting design as new capabilities allow collaboration between all the involved parties from creators to collaborators to consumers. Studies show that there exists a strong correlation between a company’s ability to find new uses for information and its ability to innovate.

Today, many of the automakers across the world are using Dassault Systèmes’ PLM solutions, such as CATIA, DELMIA, ENOVIA, SIMULIA, and 3DVIA. These solutions enable manufacturers to develop and optimize vehicle design and manufacturing processes in the virtual world to deliver higher quality products in a shorter time, at a reduced cost. The Dassault Systemes’ PLM portfolio offers increased engineering excellence, expanding PLM deeper into production cycles, accelerating PLM adoption for mid-size companies, broadening IP lifecycle management and further integrating the enterprise ecosystem. In addition, Dassault Systèmes’ DELMIA Automation virtual commissioning solution has been selected as a finalist for the prestigious 2009 Automotive News PACE Awards, recognized around the world as the industry’s symbol of innovation, technological advancement and business performance among automotive suppliers.

3DLive is a lightweight application introducing a breakthrough 3D paradigm for on-line collaborative intelligence, leveraging enterprise 3D and PLM information. 3DLive brings intellectual property (IP) to life in a single immersive interface that connects people, processes and products.

It delivers easy to use search, navigation, and collaboration capabilities that provide a real-time snapshot of product status across the enterprise and throughout the lifecycle. Easy and fun to use, 3DLive revolutionizes Product Lifecycle Management – putting knowledge at your fingertip and contextually connecting you to the product ecosystem.