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CATIA

4.6

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Pricing

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About CATIA

CATIA is a computer-aided design and engineering software designed to help systems architects, construction professionals, designers, engineers, and equipment manufacturers in small and midsized businesses develop 3D product models. The application can be deployed on-premise or in the cloud. Key features include 3D natural sketching, subdivision and class-A surface modeling, reverse engineering, and 3D printing.

CATIA solution involves CATIA 3DEXPERIENCE and CATIA V5, which help designers conduct activities related to system modeling and simulation. It provides access to advanced design and styling tools, which facilitate surface sophistication and virtual prototyping. Additionally, the 3D dashboard helps drive business intelligence by letting administrators compare different methods used for real-time and concurrent systems.

CATIA pricing is available on request and support is provided via documentation, knowledgebase, emails, phone, chat, FAQs, and video tutorials. The application involves API and integrations with Teamcenter Integration plugins to streamline operations.

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CATIA Features

Popular features found in Engineering CAD
2D Drawing
3D Imaging
Collaboration Tools
Data Import/Export
Data Visualization
Design Analysis
Design Management
Document Management
Presentation Tools
Version Control
More features of CATIA
Activity Dashboard
API
CAD Tools
Electrical
Lifecycle Management
Manufacturing Design Data
Mechanical
Product Data Management
Project Management
Requirements Management
Visual Analytics

CATIA User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.6

Ratings Breakdown

61%

35%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

3.8

Value for money

4.2

Customer support

4.2

Functionality

4.6

Özgür E.

Verified reviewer

Automotive

10000+ employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed May 2019

Probably the best software for product design and surface modelling

If you're in automotive industry and not have your own design tool; then Catia is your must to use design software. It is the most complex and capable design tool and perfect for surface modelling. Yes it is not much user friendly and hard to become an expert user; but these doesn't enough to drop Catia V5 from number one seat...

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Value for money

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Pros:

I'm working with Catia V5 for a long time. I've used other programs such as Solidworks as well; but Catia is the best by far due to it's features. Catia is the most complex tool for part design and assembly management. For instance creating complex large surfaces with Catia (which is a must for automotive industry) is really easy thing to do. Variety of manipulating tools (turn, pan, rotate, etc.) makes you to easily view or manage the designed part. There are several modules which you can add many features to your part when managing the design. There are several material libraries to use for your product. Product tree is detailed and let you to manage the design steps e.g. to make parametric design. Catia is very powerful and fast; but sure you do need a good hardware as well. Creating 2D drawing is a bit complicated; but can be managed easier when you got used to it.

Cons:

Probably biggest drawback for Catia is that you really need to spend years to become an expert user (not designer). It's a bit complicated compared to some other design tools. Mouse function is a bit hard to control - for example you need multiple buttons to rotate. Also interface is a bit old fashioned. V5 had many upgrades so far; but I assume it's time for V6 now for a better outlook. 2D generation module is really poor; therefore we mostly use other tools to create 2D's. License fee can be an issue for personal or small company usages.

Filipe C.

Verified reviewer

Automotive

501-1000 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed July 2023

Catia CAD Review

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

Pros:

Most complete CAD software, most versatile with a lot of features for the pro version. After getting used to it we can understand why it's one of the best top ranked CAD softwares

Cons:

Requires some time to get used to it and a lot of training, but after that very good software

Reasons for switching to CATIA

Required by the client, the same for the others

Verified

Reviewer

Design

11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed April 2019

Catia Enovia V6 review

I create large motor boats with large assemblies and i use Catia and NX on a daily basis. I have no problem managing the boat and the parts but when it comes to modelling in Catia i find incredibly tedious and very time consuming. Some days are very frustrating using this software as it is still very buggy. And when i contact helpdesk, they just reply 'oh yes, we know about that. This will be fixed in the next version!*

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Pros:

Managing large assemblies is particularly good with Enovia V6. I frequently open large assys containing up to 3-4000 parts (some of these individual parts are even 500MB each) and i have no problem with rotating the model with too much lag. The perspective view and general rendering of the parts is very good and quite impressive compared to other top CAD engineering packages.

Cons:

Catia is not an easy package to learn. The UX is very over complicated and you really have to be shown by another user how to grasp the endless mouse clicking menus as they are not straight forward. After using Siemens NX for 10 years and then having to learn Catia was a nightmare. Catia takes far longer to model compared to other CAD packages. After 1 year with NX i didnt have a problem with creating anything, it was very reliable and I knew i could have a solution within a certain period of time. With Catia i never know how long something will take. It is far more unstable and it crashes very frequently.

Omkar B.

Verified reviewer

Mechanical or Industrial Engineering

1001-5000 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed November 2019

Perfect for Designing

It is a great software and very easy to use and teach interns on

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Value for money

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Pros:

The User interface is very easy and has many customization options. Can be used easily by new people.

Cons:

It is a little expensive and given too many toolbars even if you dont need it

Reasons for choosing CATIA

It is easier to use and has good connectivity between plants

Mohamed H.

Verified reviewer

Airlines/ Aviation

201-500 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed May 2025

Robust Design Software

My overall experience with CATIA is that it’s an exceptionally powerful tool, but one that demands a serious investment—in both time and resources.

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Pros:

Excellent for Class A surfacing and complex geometry especially in automotive and aerospace and allows for highly parametric designs and complex assemblies

Cons:

it´s quitecomplex UI/UX for beginners; requires significant training and licensing is very expensive

EMEL K.

Verified reviewer

Automotive

10000+ employees

Used other for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed July 2019

Comprehensive software for CAD modelling

If you want to deal with complex designs, extended surfaces; e.g automobile body structures, this is the software to use. However for less complex part or tool/mold designs you may prefer Solidworks due to its cost advantages.

Ratings Breakdown

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Value for money

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Pros:

The best thing for Catia V5 is for sure the high capability for surface modelling. Complex surfaces can be designed easily with the extensive library and the functions Catia provide. That's why this is the #1 software used in Automotive for creating the designs. There are lots of features to shape your design product. Creating assemblies and defining movement for the assembly structures also possible and can be managed easily after some experience. If you know parametric design principles, Catia can work wery well with this principle. There is also a broad material library available for your selection, you can even add new material or properties.

Cons:

Probably the first and the only thing to mention about Catia V5 is the interface. Although I like to use Catia due to its extensive features; I do not like the somehow retro interface, ribbon and menu designs. Therefore main screen makes you feel little bit uncomfortable. More than this, I think Catia has does not have cons to mention.

Ajoob s.

Verified reviewer

Chemicals

501-1000 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed March 2022

Accurate and best design software for design engineers.

The CATIA helps our organization to create part modelling and assembly modelling as per requirements with short period of time. We can do the analysis of the design helps us to avoid problems during production. The designs can be easily edited according to changes in specifications is the most useful feature.

Ratings Breakdown

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Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The CATIA is one of the best software for designing engineering drawings as per specifications with great accuracy. The software is helpful for design the products in 2d and 3d. We can do part modelling as well as assembly modeling with realtime editing is a great feature. The software help our organization to create design of the products within short period of time.

Cons:

We didn't noticed any missing feature during our use.

James W.

Verified reviewer

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed July 2018

CATIA software has provided me best ways for development and it is easy to model complex designs.

Ratings Breakdown

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Value for money

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Pros:

CATIA is an excellent software that has make our job work too easier. CATIA software offers large number of functionalities that is linked with other CAD softwares.With best manufacturing tool opportunity,it enables us to design complex parts. CATIA provides the fantastic space for user.It has unique fuctions for designing products. Moreover one can simulate the production.

Cons:

Learning curve of CATIA software is quite higher and it is indeed most intuitive software.In the beginning it's layout seems to be quite difficult but when we have good command on basic functions then CATIA becomes easier for us within a few days and it can be done quite efficiently. Sometimes CATIA software takes a lot of time in downloading files but it is a minor issue.

Stéfano B.

Verified reviewer

Consumer Goods

10000+ employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed February 2020

Awesome solution fitted for your part and assembly design needs

CATIA works well for modeling complex designs and dealing with assemblies, and also helping with analysis for production line assembly and manufacturing through stamping, molding, injection, and others. CATIA also integrates very well with Teamcenter, the PLM software which we use in our company, making it easy to upload files and dealing with approval processes for new designs - although the time it takes for loading parts and saving could be reduced to improve productivity.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

Pros:

Easy modeling with production steps in mind; Surface modeling is pretty intuitive and makes possible to design complex geometries faster; Model edit is practical, making possible to edit a geometry parameter and rerun the program to have the new parameters ready; CATIA works very well for assemblies too, it makes possible to easily attach parts and bind specific parameters, also to hide parts that are not desirable for the analysis.

Cons:

The software is pretty heavy, even with computers designed for heavy-duty loads, resulting in long wait times to load files and make changes, reducing productivity; User Interface is not that friendly, too many features which can get confusing.

Serkan Y.

Verified reviewer

Automotive

10000+ employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed May 2019

Fundamantal CAD program for designers

It's a functional design tool, but users are not happy for the interface.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

Pros:

You can work on any design on Catia. It has several modules which you can customize for your needs, such as mechanical, electrical, manufacturing tools. You can also work with parametric for any dimentions that can be connected with a formula and variables. It is well integrated with PLMs.

Cons:

User interface has not been changed for years which feels it's old. You should be trained well to use all functions. It may take some time to open/import data from different types.

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