CATIA Reviews

It is very easy to do anything we want to do via this software from drawing and solid body to surface modeling... The space of CATIA is fantastic for user.it will be more if i say this is the best Solid Modeling Program in the whole market everywhere we look for such soft wares...

Sometimes CATIA takes a little long while downloading our files and this makes the whole work a little boring for doer. And i also know that it is not a big issue for a software it usually happens while using other ones as well.So this is the great for me .

CATIA offers the ability to manage the entire project life cycle and the documentation capability is good.

Valuable Engineering reports creation using CATIA tools and the collaboration across different Engineering teams is effective.

CATIA is very simple and flexible Engineering platform and easy on the first training.

very solid software and stable.
nice to manage license access from server per user.
excellent support
send you CDs

hard for user to lease license from server when traveling. other CAD software would allow you to take license with you out of office for laptop keeping the main license on server for desktop

very expensive and high yearly maintenance fees

Being able to work on product tree is crucial. Parametric design tools and analysis tools are working together and it is awesome.

It is not super user-friendly program as Solidworks but it works anyway. Sometimes, when i'm working on the big products, update can take lots of time.

CATIA was born from the need for a design tool for the aeronautical industry, years of Dassault experience have refined a platform designed for the life cycle of a product, since it is born in thought until it becomes obsolete in some way, it has unique functionalities for the design of products, fijence I say products and not merely design, that is the philosophy of CATIA, you can simulate the production, the processes, the supply chains, without a doubt the Fifth Essence of this market.

I think the only disadvantage that it has is its price and the modest network of partners for support.

Easy to understand the tools and achieve more things on design concepts.Part design assembly design concepts are good to learn to achieve complete design

Starting up the software is very slow.please try to improve ASAP.
Parametric modeling should be improved

This is a wonderful CAD designing program and pretty much the standard for most manufacturers in the automotive industry.

The Graphics utilization and RAM allocation of this applications is probably the heaviest i have seen on any program.

This software gives you the liberty to rearrange tool pallets and it makes the software more easier to use. This software can also be used to architecture, as it offers wall tools to help create building plan very efficiently.

In the beginning, it's difficult to grasp the interface quickly and tools are not very intuitive as compared to other software. It needs a planning to know all the options in short time. But In my experience with this software is splendid. And it won't be wrong to say that this software is my number one choice when it comes to perfect designing.

High speed 3 d modelling application with rendering support.
Supports wide variety of file types
Easy to convert 2d to 3 d easily
Supports access through the internet

Should introduce a higher cloud storage option
Should implement radx support in 3 d rendi as it shows improved details while creating an animation

Catia software is most used software in engineering industries. Any type of intricate models can be modelled through this software. The modeled components can be used for manufacturing with same precision and accurate results. The projects can be delivered in time.

Understanding Catia software is little difficult for beginners. It requires high speed data for smooth process. Errors resolution is little difficult. Extracting files takes time.

I like the most about this software is to easyly create object and model by measurements

very challenging mind and great knowledge and learning will give you

Catia is a great tool for making CAD designs and also offers a tom of features related to manufacturing and fabricating various types of tools, processes etc.

It's a great tool, but it may not be easy for beginners to use and need to learn the software to use it properly.

pros:

Professionals

"It makes new clients pulled in to it and there are a lot of instructional exercises accessible to learn.
Its ability over a wide range of portfolios makes it an extraordinary item."

"The parametrization ability is one of the significant experts. Since you can undoubtedly control it to make
plans by streamlining programming projects like ModeFrontier."

"I have been utilizing this product for right around 2 years and I preferred it. In any case, they should improved
and rework the toolbars to locate the required instrument for the circumstance."

"In spite of the fact that it actually has a few cons, Catia is best particularly in Aviation and Automotive businesses
due to having complex parts and congregations. It is consistently a bit of leeway to realize how to function with Catia."

Cons :

"Particular franticness, they charge you for everything."

"CATIA has helped my organization push ahead. We were stuck in the stone age with AutoCAD however
now we produce 3D models and related drawings better/quicker/less expensive than previously."

"In this way primary screen causes you to feel smidgen awkward. More than this, I think Catia has doesn't
have cons to specify."

"2D age module is truly poor; hence we generally utilize different apparatuses to make 2D's. Permit charge
can be an issue for individual or little organization uses."

This software has everything an engineer could dream of.
Analysis and Design tool.

The software is hard to master. It has too many options which means you need to learn a lot of options.

1. Common usage
2. Easy to find engineer / technical specialist who has experience on it
3. Price
4. Effcient 2D feature

1. Always Crash like as 'click ok to terminate'
2. Not easy to use' UI is not friendly.
3. Disconnected links
4. Lack of "3D tolerance stack up" feature

Catia can do basically anything you want from a graphical design standpoint. My company designs very complicated 2D and 3D models of tires and Catia can do it with ease.

Learning to use the software is very time-consuming. Because of the thousands of functions and tools at your disposal, the learning curve is steep. However once you're a pro, it's great.

You can easily create 3D design and choose the suitable material from Catia library and calculate the mass, inertia, volume.

It's not easy to use. It has many different feature . You need to get training .

The most important thing about this software is user interface and the rendering process.

2D design is little concern about the product and needs to be considered for evaulation

Catia is easy to use, and you can integrate very complex parts and very complex assemblies.

2D tools could be improved, since many times you need to re-create views due to internal issues.

CATIA software has wide collection of tools. It is being used worldwide by lot of users. I was suggested to use it by one of my friend who had excellent command on this. When I started using it was a little difficult to know how to use it in the best way, but after some experience it had become easy to use. I consider CATIA is the best software for 3D components, architectural designing and for blue printing.

To me, I have not a single complaint about this software. Just want to say the licensing cost should be reduced for users because that will be more easy for spreading this software in the market. Meanwhile it has interesting features and functionality and great customer services.

The software provides so much flexibility and features for developing 3D models. Software is best for using for surface modelling. Catia has global collaboration and is very efficient to view and edit any type of files e.g. STL, DWG, IGES, STEP etc.

Catia consumes so much of RAM compared to other design software such as Solidworks. Need some work on making it more user friendly. Error pop up are sometimes hard to depict. Also, software is costlier than other software. 2 D sketch is sometimes very slow.