Editing CATIA (section)

{{Short description|CAD/CAM/CAE commercial software suite}}
{{Infobox software
|name = CATIA
|logo = CATIA Logotype RGB Blue.png
|screenshot = CATIA_cre.jpg
|caption = Concept created with CATIA
|developer = [[Dassault Systèmes]]
|released = {{Start date and age|1982}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=CAD software history CAD CAM computer aided design 1980 to 1985|url=http://cadazz.com/cad-software-history-1980-1985.htm|access-date=2020-07-23|website=cadazz.com|archive-date=2020-04-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200403023315/http://www.cadazz.com/cad-software-history-1980-1985.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|genre = [[Computer-aided drafting|CAD]], [[Computer-aided manufacturing|CAM]], [[Computer-aided engineering|CAE]], [[Product lifecycle|PLM]], [[3D modeling|3D]]
|license = [[Proprietary software]]
|website = {{URL|https://www.3ds.com/products-services/catia/}}
|latest_release_version = P3 V5 6R-2020
|latest_release_date = {{Start date and age|2020}}
|operating_system = [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[Unix]] (server)
}}

'''CATIA''' ({{IPAc-en|k|ə|ˈ|t|iː|ə}}, an [[acronym]] of '''computer-aided three-dimensional interactive application''') is a multi-platform [[software suite]] for [[computer-aided design]] (CAD), [[computer-aided manufacturing]] (CAM), [[computer-aided engineering]] (CAE), [[3D modeling]] and [[product lifecycle management]] (PLM), developed by the French company [[Dassault Systèmes]].

Since it supports multiple stages of product development from conceptualization, design and engineering to manufacturing, it is considered a [[CAx]]-software and is sometimes referred to as a [[dimension|3D]] [[product lifecycle management]] software suite. Like most of its competition, it facilitates collaborative engineering through an integrated cloud service and have support to be used across disciplines including surfacing & shape design, electrical, fluid and electronic systems design, [[mechanical engineering]] and [[systems engineering]]. CATIA is more popular, among the end users, for its better surface designing characteristics. That's why it is most widely used in automobile and aerospace industries.

Besides being used in a wide range of industries from aerospace and defence to packaging design, CATIA has been used by architect [[Frank Gehry]] to design some of his signature [[curvilinear]] buildings<ref name="CADDIGEST">{{cite journal|title=Gehry, Dassault and IBM Too|journal=AEC Magazine|date=September–October 2003|first=Martin|last=Day|url=http://www.caddigest.com/subjects/aec/select/103103_day_gehry.htm|access-date=2007-03-07|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051201074232/http://www.caddigest.com/subjects/aec/select/103103_day_gehry.htm|archive-date=2005-12-01}}</ref> and his company [[Gehry Technologies]] was developing their [[Digital Project]] software based on CATIA.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gehrytechnologies.com/products.html |title=Digital Project |access-date=2007-03-07 |work=Gehry Technologies |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070205194547/http://www.gehrytechnologies.com/products.html |archive-date=2007-02-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The software has been merged with the company's other software suite 3D XML Player to form the combined Solidworks Composer Player.{{citation needed|date=December 2024}}