FEATURE CAD/SOFTWARE
DRIVING THE DESIGN AND ENGINEERING REVOLUTION
Virtual design and engineering has the ability to overhaul how businesses create new products. Alan Prior, VP, Industry Consulting, EuroNorth,
Dassault Systèmes, discusses how CATIA provides a scalable virtual solution that can support in rapidly reducing product time to market
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n recent years, the need for on-demand product design and manufacturing has greatly increased, particularly due to the Covid-19
pandemic. Organisations are increasingly looking for scalable and easily implemented solutions to adopt to their business strategy so that they can remain competitive. One industry solution, Dassault Systèmes CATIA, is providing businesses with just that – a scalable virtual solution that can support in rapidly reducing product time to market. Traditionally, the manufacturing, design and engineering sector has been
slow to adopt digitally transformative technologies. But now, organisations have no choice but to consider how technology can support them in working on new innovations faster than before.
WHAT IS CATIA? CATIA, a Dassault Systèmes brand, is a product design solution used by many industries to develop the products we see and use in our everyday
lives. CATIA’s design, engineering and systems engineering applications aim to address specific industry needs for a number of users. This technology is revolutionising the way organisations conceive and develop new products. The capabilities are fully integrated into the 3DEXPERIENCE platform,
which allows for traditionally siloed and disparate engineering disciplines such as design and stress analysis to be seamlessly integrated. Those working in the industry can provide a joint modelling and simulation (Mod- Sim) environment which removes the need for the numerous different data translation loops that often cause the bottlenecks in engineering. The design innovation process takes place within the collaborative
environment provided by the 3DEXPERIENCE platform. This gives companies the right tools required to manage the complexity of their product variants within a full change management control mechanism, as well as project management capabilities to track the development of the product and all the associated deliverables.
SUPPORTING USERS ACROSS INDUSTRIES CATIA focuses on four different types of users: the engineer, the designer, the systems engineer and construction professionals. For those working in engineering, as products and experiences continue to increase in complexity and performance and quality targets are becoming more demanding, CATIA answers that challenge, enabling rapid development of high-quality mechanical products. Mechanical engineers equipped with CATIA 3D modelling roles can gain
insight into the key factors of quality and performance early in the product development phase. Digital prototyping, combined with digital analysis and simulation, allows product development teams to create and analyse a virtual mechanical product in its operating environment. This enables them to ensure that the design will satisfy customer needs virtually, before making the investment in creating physical prototypes. Naturally, designers work across several industries, designing things
from tableware to racing cars. This means that style and design are crucial elements for this sort of businesses success, especially when the product goes to market. To achieve the level of quality needed for these products, virtual prototypes are crucial. CATIA Design provides all the solutions needed for design creativity, surface excellence and creating the optimum product experience.
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