CATIA Systems V6 users and systems engineers using external applications such as Simulink benefit from new exchange options. Dedicated export options and the support of Functional Mock-up Interface (FMI) standard ensure the simulation of both the controlled (plant) and controller models to fully validate the closed loop systems behavior.

CATIA Dynamic Behavior Modeling solution (DBM) has now reached the same functional level as Dymola 2012. CATIA Systems includes a comprehensive collection of libraries, ensuring that Dymola users find the functionalities to which they are accustomed.

Systems engineers can now reach all requirements in 3DLive and using the RFLP navigator in CATIA so that all systems related objects are available in the same CATIA V6 session.

CATIA V6R2012 delivers perfection in virtual surface design quality.With this release, the CATIA Version 6 surfacing offer is fully mature and integrates industry leading ICEM technologies. By combining freeform explicit modeling from ICEM with associative feature-based modeling, CATIA Version 6 delivers a powerful and intuitive set of tools to model, analyze, and visualize aesthetic and ergonomic shapes from the most basic to Class-A surfaces.  This completes the feature set alignment of V5R19, V5R21, and V6R2012.

CATIA Developed Shapes tools allow users to quickly and easily unfold any type of free form surfaces and to develop curves on a revolution surface. Creative designers, both non-surface specialists and advanced-shape designers, can define an associative flattened pattern from their 3D models for manufacturing from flat sheets of raw materials.

CATIA Live Rendering for interactive ray tracing visualization is based on image based lighting with High Dynamic Range Images (HDRI). With this release, CATIA Live rendering brings new feature enhancements as well as a new library of HDRI content. These enhancements add out-of-the-box, ready-to-use environments to create realistic, in-context rendering. Users can also import their own HDRI to recreate accurately any real scene.

By using multi-core processors CATIA V6R2012 offers high productivity gains for various applications and thus provides increased performance of up to 50%.

Your 3D concept is at the heart of your design. Select relevant items in your database and position them in 3D by simply drag&drop. Positioning relationships are proposed on-the-fly using visual highlights as you approach parts or sub-assemblies. Use the level selector to navigate through the generated assembly structure and explore it on the V6 turntables.

CATIA V6R2012 delivers high flexibility and boosts the creativity of designers and casual users. CATIA direct modeling with Live Shape is now available with multi-touch on tablet computers or touch screens. With this natural way of modeling without any constraints it simplifies the collaborative process and supports communication of ideas in 3D.

CATIA V6R2012 offers an integrated solution for developing plastic parts and the corresponding molds. Thus designers benefit from more flexibility in designing complex plastic parts and freach productivity gains of up to 40%, depending on the complexity of the part.

During detailed design, 3D text can be used to define accurately any kind of text that will be embossed or engraved in your product without the need to import text outlines. Customize your text using creative fonts, original alignments and orientations, or circular shapes as easy as a 2D sketch. The created 3D profiles can then be used as pad within Part Design or as extrusion within Generative Shape Design.

With CATIA V6R2012, ECAD and MCAD designers can now better focus and concentrate on their PCB design, thanks to the collaboration workflow being optimized to reduce manual tasks and potential errors in the process. Standard exchange files (IDF format) can now be saved directly within the Version 6 platform, ensuring full synchronicity at all times, as well as efficient traceability of design changes.

The entire wire harness flattening and formboard process including drawing generation now handles complex connector assemblies. This enhancement facilitates and accelerates the process for harness manufacturers because they will now be able to see the representation of complex device assemblies in the drawing while preparing the harness for the installation step.

CATIA V6R2012 improves the detailed piping and tubing design and optimizes design preparation for manufacturing. CATIA Piping & Tubing Design reaches a new level of performance for layout refinement and network resizing. It also offers new capabilities with assisted spool creation and insulation management to address growing design complexity.