Design with CATIA V5

Design with CATIA V5 provides a multisite CATIA V5 design data management solution for the extended enterprise. It enables designers to access, share, and manage the lifecycle on CATIA V5 data from within the native CATIA V5 user interface by using 3DEXPERIENCE PLM Collaboration Services.

Design with CATIA V5 is available on cloud, and on-premises with the Collaborative Designer for CATIA V5 (UE5) role.

Using 3DEXPERIENCE PLM Collaboration Services, you (designer) can:

  • Access 3DEXPERIENCE capabilities within the CATIA V5 user interface. You can search, navigate, share and store CAD design data effortlessly without leaving your preferred environment.
  • Store native CATIA V5 data in 3DEXPERIENCE. You can create assemblies, parts, and drawings in 3DEXPERIENCE using a unified data model. You can author data created in CATIA V5 only in CATIA V5. You can open it in 2D and 3D 3DEXPERIENCE widgets and 3DEXPERIENCE CATIA. You can view only the product structure, and associated geometry of V5 data in 3DEXPERIENCE CATIA. You cannot view kinematic (applicative) data.
  • Manage concurrent engineering, and collaborative operations on CATIA V5 native data: lock, revise, duplicate
  • Use the 3DSearch, Product Explorer, Relational Explorer, Bookmark Editor, Collaborative Tasks. Access the 3DEXPERIENCE dashboard from the CATIA V5 native app.
  • Create a parametric bridge in 3DEXPERIENCE apps on CATIA V5 parametric data. You can modify and update a parametric design using a regular PLM update or Simulation Apps . For more information, see 3D Modeling | Multi Discipline Automated Engineering | Knowledge Basics | Managing Relations | Updating Parameters of xCAD Models.
Important: The configuration settings documented in this guide are applicable only for PLM Collaboration Services, that are not based on the X-CAD Design Management app.