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CATIA VERSION 6 RELEASE 2013X

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CATIA stands for Computer Aided Three dimensional Interactive Application. It allows its users to create parametric and non-parametric models. Today, CATIA is not just an ordinary CAD software package; it is a software suite incorporating CAD, CAM and CAE capabilities.

The product enhancements in the CATIA V6R2013X are mentioned as below:

CATIA Composites Fiber Modeler (CFM)

CATIA V6 is fully integrated with this proven and widely used technology from Simulayt. They combine the design and analyze the structures made from the fiber-reinforced materials.

CATIA Offline

The CATIA Offline feature provides the additional flexibility to the users so they can access their current data on the go when ENOVIA V6 Server is not available.

STEP AP42

By enhancing and merging STEP AP203 and STEP AP214, STEP AP242 provides the users to independently use the ISO standard approach for import and export of compressed and tessellated data.

Best Multiversion Compatibility

The features of V6R2013X created in the FreeStyle workbench can be transferred with all the specifications to V5-6R2013.

Multiple advances in System Engineering

Using the Modelica standard, five new model libraries are added to the CATIA system to improve the product design, and the comprehensive set of libraries help in the study of Thermal Power Systems.

Live Rendering Feature

CATIA live rendering a great boon for Industrial designers. They can add pictures in the background without any hindrance on the performance of the central computer.

CATIA Natural Sketch

This feature allows the creative designers to draw in 3D directly. Using the initial rough designs.

CATIA Icem

Through the feature of CATIA Icem users can create the perfect shape at the first step. The updates made through this feature have reduced the repetition of same tasks.

Mold-Design Process

The complex Mechanical systems can be created quickly through this process.

Increase flexibility and Traceability of Components

Through merging and branching abilities, the designers can synchronize and navigate their components and view evident impacts.

Simulating Is Believing

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The Simulation tools are making it easier for manufacturers to optimize the process, visualize the entire production path from metal cutting simulations and factory-floor imaging. With the latest tools, the toolpath designers and manufacturing engineers will be able to fix things, speeding the simulation and verification of metal cutting process.

Manufacturers are focusing on ongoing trends for spreading the wealth with higher-end simulation tools throughout the design/production chain.

Sharing CAE with the Masses

From all the latest simulation trends, wider adoption of CAE tools such as topology optimizations, finite element analysis has begun to make way towards manufacturing operations, as engineers outside CAE leverage the power of these simulation technologies. The simulation techniques are applied all across the manufacturing process such as assembly simulation, robotics simulations, human simulations, and ergonomics. Correspondingly, the process of simulation helps in earlier detection of a potential problem, which directly leads to faster processing, increasing tool life, and reduced material cost. Though, the democratization of CAE tools can be experienced for structural analysis, composites manufacturing, and others but, is yet to reach its full potential.

Optimized Drilling

Machine expensive corrosion-resistant materials are difficult on drills, to which researchers used fluid flow and structural analysis tools to analyze the coolest fluid distribution and achieve longer tool life. Right from the inclusion of methods to extend the life of drills for the use, a significant amount of heat transported or directing the coolant fluid into small channels. To understand the complex interaction of drill structure, the research team included simulation tools for process optimization by performing fluid-structure interaction analysis. The entire process involved the use of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and mechanical simulations to modify the cooling process and to improve the tool life by about 50%.

Validating the Digital Factory Drilling

New digital manufacturing simulation tool such as FastSuite Edition 2 enables significant operations, amongst which a few are listed, hereby:

  • It helps manufacturers to design factory layout and optimizing product designs.
  • It validates manufacturing processes in advance and fastening of the same process and optimizing designs.
  • FastSuite also provides user-friendly functions for integrating new and project-specific components in the layout.
  • It uses shared memory to write the simulation data and from which 3D visualization then reads the simulation data.

Therefore, the 3D based simulation software allows validation and visualization of processes and production tasks.

In the end, the involvement of simulation tools can handle customized markets, making of adjustable product structure, and complexity of big orders.