Don't show me this picture - I will cry otherwise:-/

Generative shape design/Freestyle/Part Design in Assemblies with Skeleton Modeling based on Publications with up to ten designers and engineers ... and ANL - last version V5R19

Life is sometimes hard ...

An idea of the Catia price ? :)

Hello Pilou,

base system round about 400-500€/month 36Month leasing. Assembly, Part, Wireframe+Surface, drafting, Step ..., but I don't know which functions are availible in the actual version - Dassault has changed the functionality of a modul very often in the past - so I think put some € on top;-)

Have a nice day
Karsten

p.s.: If you buy 100-200 floating licences, you will get a better price;-)

€ 400 - € 500 per month for a piece of software?! I almost fell from my chair here. I used to renew my 3ds Max license for about € 650 per year, and I already found that too much, so I went for Blender, MoI and ZBrush, and never looked back. :D

Speedy, I have been using Catia for some time now. I am well aware of its capabilities. And it remains my opinion that Catia looks totally dated when compared to other software packages.

Hello Metin,

>>>>€ 400 - € 500 per month for a piece of software?!

Yes! And you need some other software to work for the automotive industry -> DDX, Q-Checker, SAP ....
But, the calculation for the costs are a little bit different. e.g. If you work 100h/month with it, you will pay 5€/h. Some industries have a complete toolchain from the draft/design to all follwing processes like production, quality managment, order, reliability managment, ..... -> PLM. A typical engineer in automotive costs 55-80€ per hour. A small project cost 500.000€ with 1000h-1500h catia(typical 1-1,5 years development time), a SAP license 2500€/year ...
The company I was working for, had up to 500 floating licenses ...
I agree with you, that's a lot of money, but it helps to see it as fixed cost like you have for a milling machine or a CNC-lathe.

Have a nice day
Karsten

Hello bigseb
I do not want to make any polemic, but
it does not seem right ...
Did you see the CatiaV6 with the new interface, the modules
Image and Shape with Obj importer , Surface Icem , etc. etc ,
and all the performance of Automation Module
Knowledge Pattern, Advisor etc etc ... ?
Are you sure of what you say?
have a nice day

al

Ps-.... forgot
just a detail , I use catia with good ability
for about 12 years ........