Software supports shape design and styling.
Press Release Summary:
CATIA v5.11 includes CATIA-Shape Sculptor 2, which delivers clay-modeling-like capabilities for shape creation and modification. In analysis domain, solid meshing and dynamic response products strengthen native offering of core analysis processes. Version 5.11 improves collaborative engineering in heterogeneous environments, especially through extended standard format handling, healing capabilities, and shape-tolerant modeling features.
Original Press Release:
CATIA V5.11: Mastering Product Development Success
Overview
This release increases CATIA V5's lead in end-to-end product authoring process coverage for the automotive, aerospace, consumer goods, electrical, and electronics industries. Seven new products and over 100 enhanced applications deliver productivity improvements across the V5 portfolio. V5.11 is a key release for the shape design and styling domain. The new
CATIA-Shape Sculptor 2 (DSS) product delivers clay modeling-like
capabilities for shape creation and modification. New process-oriented features in CATIA-Generative Shape Optimizer 2 (GSO) complement this new product. In the analysis domain, new solid meshing and dynamic response products strengthen CATIA
V5's native offering of core analysis processes. The new, highly-productive CATIA-Composites Design 3 (CPD) solution takes
advantage of CATIA V5's integration and specification-driven approach.
V5.11 strengthens entry Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) dedicated solutions with performance gains in large assembly
management through automatic selective loading of relevant data, a critical requirement for the industrial machinery industry. Extended capabilities are also delivered through a new Platform 1 (P1) structure design product, extensive new capabilities in V5's welding solution, and the next generation of the V5 sheetmetal design environment.
Stronger integration between CATIA and SMARTEAM leverages the
best-of-breed in CAD integration for entry PLM collaborative engineering solutions. V5.1 1 strengthens collaborative engineering in heterogeneous environments, especially through extended standard format handling, healing capabilities, and new shape-tolerant modeling features.
The Engineering Hub is strengthened through further tightening of
CATIA-ENOVIA integration, promoting product definition and
lifecycle management. In V5.11, the seamless integration between CAEs and specialized design applications (structure design, body-in-white fasteners) provides a step forward in the integrated analysis of native product definitions.
CATIA V5's pervasive use of knowledgeware across the applications is further extended in analysis optimization, mold tooling design, and real time rendering. V5.11 also expands drafting conformity and quality through drafting corporate standards integration.
Key Prerequisites
CATIA V5 runs on selected system levels of:
o Microsoft(TM) Windows®
o AIX®
o Hewlett Packard HP-UX
o SGI IRIX
o Sun Solaris
Planned Availability Dates
o May 23, 2003, CATIA V5.11
o June 13, 2003, CATIA Web-based Learning Solutions (WLS) V5.1 1
At a Glance
This release increases CATIA V5's lead in end-to-end product authoring process coverage with:
o Seven new products, including a "clay modeling" shape sculptor, two new products in the analysis domain, and a comprehensive Platform 3 (P3) composites design product
o Enhancements to more than 100 previously announced products to increase coveracle of best industry practices
o Strengthened entry Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, with extended capabilities and performance and a new structure design product
o Tighter integration with SMARTEAM and enhanced collaborative engineering in heterogeneous environments
o Ongoing extension of CATIA-ENOVIA collaboration and reinforced integration between CAEs and specialized design applications
o Further extension of knowledgeware pervasiveness across V5 applications and intensified drafting conformity and quality
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