CATIA
3D CAD and systems engineering platform from Dassault Systèmes for designing, simulating, and engineering products and connected systems.
What it does and how it connects
CATIA is a 3D CAD and systems engineering platform from Dassault Systèmes, presented on its product page as spanning the complete innovation and development process to imagine, design, and simulate products and connected systems. It covers design and styling, electrical and fluid engineering, mechanical engineering, and systems engineering.
The product page describes cognitive augmented design, which fuses modeling and simulation, with knowledge-based automation for design and systems engineering, and cyber-physical systems modeling and simulation. CATIA sits inside the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, with industry solutions for model-based systems engineering, enterprise architecture, concept modeling, and ontologies.
The page lists 3DEXPERIENCE CATIA, CATIA V5, and CATIA Magic as products in the portfolio, and notes academic and student license programs. The current release noted on the page is 3DEXPERIENCE CATIA R2026x, with AI-driven design, simulation, and virtual twin technology.
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Last verified November 6, 2026. Listings are informational. The evidence score measures public, verifiable evidence and is not an endorsement or a compatibility claim.