Pro/ENGINEER Interface for CATIA II with Associative Topology Bus (ATB) Asa Trainer Director, Product Management September 2007

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1 Pro/ENGINEER Interface for CATIA II with Associative Topology Bus (ATB) Asa Trainer Director, Product Management September 2007 Rev B

2 Agenda Overview Benefits Details Customer Metric Case Study 2

3 Pro/ENGINEER INTERFACE for CATIA II with ATB Very Successful Implementation Broad Entity Coverage including PT, PLN, AXS, CRV, SUR, FAC, SKI, SKD, SOLM & SOLE Higher-Order Surface definitions maintained Colors & Layers transferred Assembly Support Dittos & Sessions are supported Filtering No Show entities & Unused Details No CATIA License required Sun, SGI, AIX, HPUX UNIX + WinNT Import and export of all CATIA V4 versions Locked to Pro/ENGINEER seat 3

4 Geometric Entity Transfer Original CATIA Data Surfaces/Skins Mockup Solids Exact Solids Complex Solids CATIA Data imported into Pro/ENGINEER 4

5 Surface Transfer Math Definition maintained Higher Order & Intent Surface 5

6 CATIA Assembly Transfer to Pro/E Product Structure maintained Detail/Dittos supported Sessions supported 6

7 INTERFACE for CATIA II with ATB Added Benefits of the ATB link Heterogeneous Assemblies in Pro/ENGINEER Quickly identify CATIA models in session Use CATIA models as reference Create downstream deliverables based on CATIA models drawings, NC toolpaths, Mechanica analyses, etc,... 7

8 INTERFACE for CATIA II with ATB - Other Info Packaging Separately Licensed Module Locked to Pro/E Foundation Capabilities Support for CATIA long names (80 character) Import CATIA EXP format files Export to pre-defined CATIA Model Size and Accuracy Export of Assemblies as CATIA Sessions Export to pre-defined CATIA start model Import into Template Parts Include CATIA V4 *.model components contained in a CATIA V5 assembly Must have Interface for CATIA V4 license for V4 support 8

9 Support for CATIA Long Names Long Names (up to 80 characters) supported Special Characters replaced ATB Mode in Model Tree without Truncation Non-ATB Mode Truncated in Model Tree With Duplicates Indexed Full Names Available 9

10 Platform Support Pro/ENGINEER Interface for CATIA II with ATB Platforms Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 3.0 Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 4.0 Partner OS Processor 32 bit 64 bit 32 bit 64 bit Windows HP SUN Solaris 2000 Pentium/Xeon XP Pentium/Xeon Vista Pentium/Xeon HP-UX PA8000 Linux Pentium/Xeon Solaris UltraSPARC II Solaris AMD Linux AMD 10

11 Version Support Pro/ENGINEER Interface for CATIA II with ATB Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 3.0 Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 4.0 CATIA V4 Import Versions CATIA V4 Export Versions* * CATIA V4 files are exported at release to provide maximum flexibility. All files are upward compatible to the latest versions of CATIA V4. 11

12 PerkinElmer Fluid Sciences, Beltsville, MD Ducting Tooling Process Developed a process for bringing in native CATIA data in Pro/ENGINEER for design and detailing of ducting tooling CATIA V4 ATB Data Brought in external CAD data in very easily Able to maintain the assembly structure and layers and create ProE assemblies referenced external CAD geometry to build associated tooling assemblies and associated drawings and 3D models By maintaining proper directory structure and geometry references, changes to the original external CAD model will update in the heterogeneous assembly via the ATB. Pro/ENGINEER Data 12

13 ATB Case Study - Metso Paper, Rautpohja FoundryFinland Business problem Eliminate data conversion rework Reduce lead time Concurrent engineering needs with CATIA customers ATB solution Import native CATIA models and eliminate post IGES/STEP translation modifications Reduce lead time from weeks to 3 weeks Products: Gray and Ductile iron castings from 50 kg to kg 13 Mikko Hinkkanen By importing native CATIA models we eliminated model rework and removed days from our process

14 For more information contact: Asa Trainer Director of Product Management, MCAD Interoperability