Pros: I'm working with Catia V5 for a long time. I've used other programs such as Solidworks as well; but Catia is the best by far due to it's features. Catia is the most complex tool for part design and assembly management. For instance creating complex large surfaces with Catia (which is a must for automotive industry) is really easy thing to do. Variety of manipulating tools (turn, pan, rotate, etc.) makes you to easily view or manage the designed part. There are several modules which you can add many features to your part when managing the design. There are several material libraries to use for your product. Product tree is detailed and let you to manage the design steps e.g. to make parametric design. Catia is very powerful and fast; but sure you do need a good hardware as well. Creating 2D drawing is a bit complicated; but can be managed easier when you got used to it.
Cons: Probably biggest drawback for Catia is that you really need to spend years to become an expert user (not designer). It's a bit complicated compared to some other design tools. Mouse function is a bit hard to control - for example you need multiple buttons to rotate. Also interface is a bit old fashioned. V5 had many upgrades so far; but I assume it's time for V6 now for a better outlook. 2D generation module is really poor; therefore we mostly use other tools to create 2D's. License fee can be an issue for personal or small company usages.
Overall: If you're in automotive industry and not have your own design tool; then Catia is your must to use design software. It is the most complex and capable design tool and perfect for surface modelling. Yes it is not much user friendly and hard to become an expert user; but these doesn't enough to drop Catia V5 from number one seat...
High Resolution Pictures in CATIA V5
High Resolution Pictures in CATIA V5
I currently have CATIA V5 R16 and I was wondering how do I create a high resolution image of my model? I used Infrastructure--> Photo studio--> quick rendering. Although this is drastically better than just taking a screen shot, it isn't really 'high resolution'. I can see pixels and the image isn't as sharp as I would want it to be (especially if I would want to blow it up into a poster). Does anyone know how to produce a really high resolution picture? Thanks!
Beautiful, free images and photos that you can download and use for any project. Better than any royalty free or stock photos. Jun 08, 2019 Hello, I'm using Catia V5, and I need to save four objects, each one with diferent heights. I've saved using Image-Capture-Pixel Mode, and save jpeg high quality. I've tried another formats but the result is always the same: image is pixelated. What process should I use to have image with good quality, as I see in the stage?