Learn How CATIA’s Function Driven Generative Design Increase Productivity.

Learn How CATIA’s Function Driven Generative Designer role increases productivity through an integrated set of flexible process-driven capabilities

In today’s increasingly competitive market designers must push past conventional ways of working to think outside the box. Meeting customer demands is imperative which means innovating one concept at a time is no longer a sustainable method. 

CATIA Function Driven Generative Designer (GDE) enables non-specialists to automatically generate optimized conceptual parts from a functional specification at the push of a button. By varying inputs, designers can generate multiple variations to compare and analyze. 

GDE uses the 3DEXPERIENCE Platform, where concepts can be comprehensively refined, validated and completed collaboratively and in-context by other disciplines for conventional or additive manufacturing. 

• Optimize product weight and stiffness with lightweight engineering
• Reduce time and cost by evaluating concepts faster
• Evaluate more concepts while maintaining design specifications
• Leverage real editable geometry for both conventional or additive manufacturing
• Easily generate and simulate optimized concept shapes
• Manage collaboration between Design, Simulation and Manufacturing Engineers seamlessly

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The Challenge of keeping up with customer and market demands means that designers and engineers constantly strive to minimize part weight and maximize stiffness while reducing cost and improving material usage.

Exploring the optimization of parts is often expensive and has traditionally required experts. With niche optimization tools, creating geometry which can be re-used and matured is a long-drawn-out and error-prone process. It can also be difficult to collaborate across disciplines due to the involvement of different systems and tools. This type of approach can often result in delays and errors in data translation. 

CATIA’s Function Driven Generative Designer (GDE) role allows you to take on the challenge.

Non-specialist designers can automatically generate conceptual parts from a functional specification. The intuitive workflow assistant guides you through each step. Starting from either the best in class modeling program or using a simple imported model, It’s easy to apply loads boundary conditions and connections and quickly create, optimize and evaluate multiple variants. Efficiently compare and assess the resulting mass and other Key Performance Indicators to select the best concept. A key differentiator with CATIA GDE is that digital continuity is maintained throughout the entire process from concept to manufacturing. All stakeholders can easily collaborate with a connected community platform assuring reduced time to market with lightweight optimized design.