

Commonly referred to as a 3D Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software package, CATIA accompanies multiple phases of product development, which includes conceptualization, engineering, design, and manufacturing (CAD, CAM & CAE). In 2014, DassaultSystèmes launched 3DEXPERIENCE Platform R2014x and CATIA on the Cloud, a cloud version of the same software. In 2012, DassaultSystèmes launched V6 2013x. In June 2011, DassaultSystèmes launched V6 R2012. In 2010 November, the French company DassaultSystèmes launched CATIA V6R2011x, the new and latest release of its PLM 2.0 platform, while continuing to support and improve its CATIA V5 software for the bugs in order to bring the updates and modified version of CATIA. While the server of CATIA is able to run on Linux, AIX and Microsoft Windows, client support for any operating system other than Microsoft Windows was dropped by DassaultSystèmes. In 2008, DassaultSystèmes released CATIA V6. In the years prior to 2000, problems caused by incompatibility between versions of CATIA V4 &CATIA V5 led to $6.1B in additional costs due to several years of project delays in the production of the Airbus A380. In 1998, the 5th version of CATIA was released and was an entirely rewritten version of CATIA with support for UNIX platform, Windows NT and Windows XP (since 2001).

In 1996, including IBM AIX, Silicon Graphics IRIX, Sun Microsystems SunOS, and Hewlett-Packard HP-UX, it was ported from one to four UNIX operating systems. In 1992, CADAM was purchased from the company IBM, and the next year CATIA CADAM Version 4 was published. Also, Lockheed was selling its CADAM system worldwide through the channel of the company IBM since 1978. In 1990, General Dynamics Electric Boat Corp chose CATIA as its main 3D CAD tool for the designing of the U.S.

In 1988, it was ported from mainframe computers to the UNIX platform. In 1984, the Boeing Company chose CATIA V2 as its major 3D CAD tool, which became its largest customer. CATIA was initially named in French as CATI (Conception Assistée Tridimensionnelle Interactive) it was renamed in 1981 when the company Dassault Systems created a subsidiary to develop and sell and signed a non-exclusive distribution agreement with IBM. Later on, aerospace, automotive, shipbuilding, and other industries adopted CATIA. AVIONS MARCEL DASSAULT,the French aircraft manufacturer, started CATIA as an in-house development during 1977, at that time customer of the CADAM software to develop Dassault’s Mirage fighter jet. The software is developed by the French company Dassault Systèmes.
