Forming Technologies Inc. (FTI) the industry’s leading developer of solutions for design, simulation, planning and costing of sheet metal components, announced release of FTI 5.1.4 CATIA V5-Based software. Aimed at all sheet metal forming and costing engineers, designers, and estimators in the Automotive, Aerospace, Consumer Product and Electrical/Electronic industries, the main objective of FTI CATIA V5-Based software is to introduce new leading edge technology to stamping simulation and to provide continuous improvement to all users in a unified collaborative environment.

HyperShape/CATIA generates structurally optimal design concepts from supplied packaging information, loads, constraints and required product performance. Typically used before CAD design, HyperShape/CATIA helps designers develop lightweight, high-performance design proposals. With this technology, companies can achieve product and business objectives considerably faster than ever before. HyperShape/CATIA is a direct integration between Dassault Systemes CATIA V5 solution and the award-winning design optimization technology, Altair OptiStruct.

The MultiCAx Plug-ins provides the ability to handle multiple data formats including most common data standards and proprietary data from a large number of CAD systems. The MultiCAx products enable the import of 3D data from I-DEAS, Pro/ENGINEER, Unigraphics, SolidEdge, Inventor, SolidWorks, ACIS, Parasolid, DELMIA, CATIA Version 4, CATIA Version 5 and various other formats (IGES, STEP, STL, SLP, OBJ Wavefront, VRML, I-DEAS IFF ). The MultiCAx products may be used in conjunction with ENOVIA Portal products to visualize a multiCAx digital mock-up that include multiCAx parts and in conjunction with CATIA to enable data coming from non-CATIA systems to be used in a hybrid product development environment.