CATIA provides excellent solutions for the shipbuilding industry, including specialized hull products and onboard equipment and machinery solutions. Hull design solutions have been used by many shipbuilders, such as General Dynamics, Meyer Weft and Delta Marin, for the design, fabrication and assembly of components for all types of ships. The structural design and definition of the hull is based on a 3D parametric model. Parameterization manages the correlation between parts, and changes to related parts can affect the appearance of the hull. The hull design solution is fully integrated with other CATIA products. Traditional CATIA solid and surface modeling capabilities are used for basic design and hull smoothing, and Bath Iron Works applies GSM (Generative Styling) as a parametric engine for conceptual design of destroyers and data exchange with other ship structural design solutions. version 4.2 of CATIA provides direct integration with Deneb machining, and in collaboration with Fincantieri, GSM is used for hull design. Collaboration with Fincantieri has led to robotic machining of straight and arc welds and overcoming bottlenecks in robotic automated line programming.STX ShipbuildingGeneral Dynamic Electric Boat and Newport News Shipbuilding used CATIA to design and build the new U.S. Navy Virginia Class Attack Ship. The U.S. Navy's new Virginia-class attack submarine. The large number of systems, from the nuclear reactor and associated safety equipment to all life support equipment, required a comprehensive and effective product data management system (PDM) to manage the entire submarine product definition, not just a bill of materials, but all 3D digitized products and welding equipment. Meyer Werft has been leading the industry in the use of CAD technology in all aspects of shipbuilding, from design, parts, shipboard equipment to commissioning. The entire product is designed and demonstrated in 3D before the first steel plate is cut. Delta Marin designs the bridge, deck and propulsion system in accordance with the hull during the design and manufacture of the vessel. The owner utilizes a 4D rover to navigate and inspect the ship.
Wenchong Shipyard in Guangzhou, China, also uses CATIA successfully. The use of CATIA for 3D design has replaced traditional 2D design. A product is not enough to design, but must also be manufactured. CATIA specializes in 2D/3D correlation, analysis and NC for prismatic and tool parts; CATIA's procedure-driven hybrid modeling solution ensures high-speed production and assembly of precision products, such as machine tools, medical equipment, offset presses, clocks, and factory equipment can be done in a single run. In the machine tool industry, users require products that can be manufactured and assembled quickly and accurately, and the power of the Dassault System products allows them to be used in a wide range of product design and manufacturing applications. Large manufacturers such as Staubli have benefited greatly from Dassault System products, Staubli uses CATIA to design and build textile machinery and robots, and Gidding & Lewis uses CATIA to design and build large machine tools.
Dassault System products are also used by many small businesses. Companies like Klipan use CATIA to design and manufacture electronic terminals and controls for power stations, Polynorm uses CATIA to design and manufacture pressure equipment, and Tweko uses CADAM to design welding and cutting tools. Consumer goods companies of all sizes around the world rely on CATIA, in part because of the innovative style of the products it designs, as well as its modeling tools and high-quality rendering tools.CATIA has been used to design and manufacture a wide range of products such as cutlery, computers, kitchen equipment, televisions and radios, and yard equipment.
Product designIn addition, to validate a new concept with consistent aesthetic and stylistic choices, CATIA can generate realistic renderings from digitally defined products. This facilitates the sale of the product before the real product is created.
CATIA has also shown value in non-high-tech industries. For example, L'Oreal used CATIA to design shampoo bottles, which allowed not only packaging designers, but also other non-technical people, such as salespeople, buyers, and managers, to quickly browse through a large number of product photos. This is very important in the hygiene manufacturing industry, where packaging is the only product that makes a difference.