European CATIA Forum 2007 - talk on latest acquisitions, presentation on Microsoft Virtual Earth, CATIA as 'Software as a Service,' more, Al Dean, MCAD Online, Nov 19, 2007

CCNtv Nov 6 Newscast - Q3 mixed financial results from Dassault Systemes, interview with Chris Williams from Seemage, Windows and CAD software performance on Mac, CADCAMNet, Nov 6, 2007

Dassault Q2 Earnings Call - Dassault CEO Bernard Charles discusses growth, future of company, 3DVIA technology, more, Ralph Grabowski, CADdigest.com, Sep 12, 2007

Dassault Hearts nVidia - Dassault and nVidia to improve image quality with styling and digital mockups, Ralph Grabowski, WorldCAD Access, Sep 3, 2007

A Solid Second Quarter for Dassault Systemes - Dassault's earns 305.7 million Euro in revenue, Randall S. Newton, CADdigest.com, July 31, 2007

New License Woes for PTC, Dassault in Recent Quarter by Chris Chiappinelli, Managing Automation, July 27, 2007

Parsing Dassault - Dassault Systemes' products and their functions, Leslie Gordon, Machine Design, June 6, 2007

Let's Screw With the SolidWorks Reseller Channel - Dassault's use of the SolidWorks channel to sell its 'volume' products will not be welcomed by the industry, Evan Yares, The CAD Industry, May 7, 2007

Dassault Systemes Sees First Quarter Revenue Rise 15%; Discusses Changes in VAR Channel - Dassault earned $397 million in 2007 Q1, plans to use SolidWorks VAR channel, more, Randall S Newton, CADdigest.com, May 14, 2007

The French Connection - IBM and Dassault - despite recent changes, Dassault and IBM maintain their 25-year relationship is stronger than ever, Roopinder Tara, CAD Insider, May 6, 2007

David Prawel Takes on PLM for COE Audience - presentation on virtual collaboration in a global enterprise, John Myers, CATIA Community, May 1, 2007 (may require free registration)

At COE: Day 2 - demo of 3D Live tool, Ralph Grabowski, WorldCAD Access, May 1, 2007

At COE: Day 1 - highlights include: keynote on Dassault-IBM relationship, speech by CEO Bernard Charles, demo of 3D Live desktop tool, more, Ralph Grabowski, WorldCAD Access, April 30, 2007

Dassault Buys ICEM, Part 2: Lots of Happy People at ICEM - ICEM gains over $100M from recent deals, Roopinder Tara, CAD Insider, April 30, 2007

ICEM: If You Have to Ask, You Can't Afford It - no change seen in ICEM prices after Dassault acquisition, Roopinder Tara, CAD Insider, April 30, 2007

CATIA Operator's Exchange - schedule of COE annual conference, John Myers, CATIA Community, April 23, 2007 (may require free registration)

Dassault Systemes Buys ICEM: Ongoing Consolidation - ICEM acquisition will strengthen CATIA in surface modeling arena, Roopinder Tara, CAD Insider, April 29, 2007

SW or CATIA? Dassault Says Both - Dassault is trying to sell its expensive CATIA software into bigger SolidWorks market, Ralph Grabowski, WorldCAD Access, April 28, 2007

Florence Hu-Aubigny: Dassault Systemes and Democratizing 3D - Dassault executive talks about PLM, products offered by DS, the efforts to simplify products, more, Charles, Channel 9, March 14, 2007

Fortune Disappoints: Fails to Tell Story Promised - reasons for A380 delay, Ralph Grabowski, WorldCAD Access, March 13, 2007

Dassault Revenue Up 24% in 2006 - total revenue of $1.52 billion earned with 23% increase in software revenue, Randall S. Newton, CADdigest.com, February 15, 2007

IBM-DS Relationship Continues to Change - IBM includes PLM software from DS competitors in its PLM department store, Ralph Grabowski, WorldCAD Access, January 25, 2007

ECF 2006 Report - highlights included presentation on powerful 3D interface in Enovia 3D Live and CATIA PLM Express for SMBs from Dassault/IBM, MCAD Online, January 15, 2007

DELMIA Users Around the World Speak to Benefits of Dassault Systemes' PLM Tools - Dassault reports on recent user conferences, Yahoo Finanace, December 20, 2006

A380's Troubles Roiling Airbus - 2D design clashes with 3D, workers idle, Airbus A380 is two years behind schedule, David Greising, Chicago Tribune, December 17, 2006

Interview with Dassault CEO Bernard Charles - Dassault CEO talks about digital manufacturing, collaboration, relations with IBM, PLM for SMBs, more, Verdi Ogewell, PLM TV, December 2006

What Grounded the Airbus A380? - inability of Airbus to manage and interoperate between two versions of CATIA led to the project delay, Kenneth Wong, Cadalyst, December 6, 2006

Dassault Revenue Climbs 29% - Dassault Systemes earned total revenues of $350.9 million in third quarter, Randall S. Newton, CADdigest.com, November 2, 2006

New Adobe Tool Offers Web-Based File Control - Web-based service to provide security for PDF, Word and Excel files, plus LiveCycle Policy Server to provide security features to CATIA V5 documents, Sara Ferris, Cadalyst, November 15, 2006

Foolish Forecast: Dassault? Das' Right - Dassault claims 29% increase in revenues but trends show a decline in gross margins, Rich Smith, The Motley Fool, October 24, 2006

CATIA - Airbus faces delay in A380 rollout as design discrepancies occurred due to use of different CATIA versions at different Airbus plants, Aviation and Travel Industry News, October 10, 2006

Solutions for Life - Dassault offers Virtools4 as a powerful communication tool to develop 3D interactively, other vendors also have similar offerings, The Engineer Online, September 5, 2006

Dassault Systemes' Annual Analyst & Media Event - Bernard Charles, CEO of Dassault Systemes, talked about DS/IBM partnership, current PLM solutions, software strategy for 2006, more, Dick Slansky, ARC Advisory Group, July 5, 2006

CATIA For All? Part 1 - Dassault is approaching SMB/SMEs through resellers to sell CATIA and other related products, Martyn Day, MCAD Online, May 9, 2006

Dassault and SolidWorks Not Talking - Dassault's acquisition of SolidWorks does not seem to have improved communication between products, Roopinder Tara, CAD Insider, May 11, 2006

Not Talking - Dassault has given SolidWorks autonomy but faces a conundrum, Evan Yares in The CAD Industry, May 11, 2006

Rapid Flow Modeling with FLUENT for CATIA V5 - Part 1 - introduction to the use of CFD fully imbedded in CATIA, COE NewsNet, April 2006

Dissecting Dassault's Bid for MatrixOne, Part 1 - reactions from industry and analysts about MatrixOne acquired by Dassault, Kenneth Wong, Cadalyst Manufacturing, March 9, 2006

Dassault Finds the One...MatrixOne That is... - Dassault's acquisition of MatrixOne will give it the modernized PLM technology bringing it more PLM business, The Ponderings of Woodrow, March 2, 2006

Dassault Systemes to Acquire MatrixOne PLM - Dassault president and CEO Bernard Charles discusses acquisition and his company's desire to increase market share, Nancy Spurling Johnson, Cadalyst, March 3, 2006

CAD Giants Make it Big in 2005, Part 2 - Dassault Systemes earned about US$1.12 billion in 2005 and sees growth in PLM field in future, Sara Ferris, Cadalyst Management, February 23, 2006

This Simulator is for Real: 'Every Physical Product Should be Made with Our Software' - Bernard Charles of Dassault Systemes emphasizes on using virtual 3D software to verify the prototypes digitally, Stella Shamoon, The Independent Online, February 19, 2006

2005

CATIA V5 Knowledgeware Tools Part 1: Overview - Dassault approaches engineering knowledge technology for product design, Danny Bouchard of Dassault Systemes, COE NewsNet, October/November 2005

AMD Win: 64-bit CATIA - Dassault lists benefits of running 64-bit processors using V5R16 software, Ralph Grabowski, WorldCAD Access, November 16, 2005

Introduction to the CATIA V5 Knowledge Template - trade know how and processes are captured with knowledge templates, Franck Montigon, COE NewsNet, August 2005

New Directions for CAD - Computer-Aided Tissue Engineering (CATE) is an emerging knowledge technology issue that gives direction to field of bio-CAD, John M. Switlik, COE News Net, July 2005

Dassault Systemes and i2 Form Strategic Partnership For Tying PLM And Supply Chain Management Together - Jeffrey Rowe, MCAD Weekly, May 16, 2005

The High-End MCAD and cPDm Market Segments of the PLM Industry - report on enterprise MCAD and collaborative product definition management (cPDm) for the discrete manufacturing industries, CIMata, May 2005 (28 page pdf, may require free registration)

Rapid Injection Molding Brings New Possibilities - conventional rapid prototyping is slowly being replaced by the more time and cost-effective rapid injection molding for prototype development, Brad Cleveland, CATIA Community, May 2, 2005 (requires free registration)

Up, Up, Up - CAD vendors like PTC, Dassault, Intergraph report increasing revenues, Ralph Grabowski, WorldCAD Access, April 27, 2005  (more CAD industry features)

Dassault Systems and ICEM Establish Partnership For Developing Class-A Surfacing Software - a PLM solution which will tightly connect the two departments of styling and engineering in a single thread, Jeffrey Rowe, MCAD Cafe, March 28, 2005

COE Keynotes Part 2: IBM, Boeing, and Dassault - highlights from CATIA users conference, Alexandra Pratt, CATIA Community, March 23, 2005 (may require free registration)

COE PLM Conference and TechniFair 2005 Kicks Off with Attendee Session - this year you can load the conference on your laptop and with the help of an embedded utility, create your own schedule, Dan Raker, CATIA Community, March 22, 2005 (may require free registration)

Developers Easing Move to 3D Design - companies like PTC, UGS, Alibre, Dassault Systems and SolidWorks attempts to convert 2D CAD users include features that mimic 2D software functions, Paul Teague, Design News, April 18, 2005

COE Offers Unique Classes in Dassault Technologies - new tools do not ensure increased efficiency, a dedicated training program does, Bill Abramson, , CATIA COMMUNITY, February 28, 2005 (requires free registration)

The CATIA Star VAR Interview - CATIA reseller discusses what a new purchaser of CATIA should expect of a reseller and what it takes to be an outstanding VAR, Lynda Rutledge, CATIA Solutions, February 8, 2005 (requires free registration)

Apple Needs to Monitor CATIA Development in Architecture - CATIA does not run on Mac OS X, despite the fact that OS X is the most popular UNIX platform in the world and CATIA V5 does run on many other minority Unix operating systems, Anthony Frausto-Robledo, Architosh, January 21, 2005

2004

Krasnoyarsk Delegation at ECF 2004 - a report from the recent European CATIA Forum held in Paris, Maxim Likhachev, isicad, December 8, 2004

SUU's Cozzens Translates Text for Tokyo School - a CATIA manual has been translated into Japanese for students at the University of Tokyo, Jennifer Weaver, The Spectrum, December 2, 2004

The 2004 CATIA Version 5 Annual Workstation Benchmark - a look at how well three workstations - the Dell 650 Precision Workstation, the Dell Precision M60 Mobile Workstation and the IBM IntelliStation M Pro 6230-36U - perform with CATIA Version 5, Phil Harrison, CATIA Community, July 2, 2004 (requires free registration)

CAD, PLM Helps Small Companies Communicate Big Dreams - using CATIA and SmarTeam, a French regatta champ and his small design crew face the same challenges as engineers working for the shipbuilding industry - trying to keep a boat afloat, Michelle Lang, Design News, July 6, 2004

Where Have All the UNIX Machines Gone?: A CatBench 2004 Preview - explores the pros and cons of running CATIA V5 on UNIX and WinTel systems, Phil Harrison, CATIA Community, June 29, 2004 (requires free registration)

Recipe for Flexible Design Collaboration at Black & Decker - with manufacturing operations in 10 countries and design operations in four, Black & Decker chose ImpactXoft's IX tools, combined with CATIA V5, to enhance communication and collaboration in its global operations, Louise Elliott, COE NewsNet, March 2004

Architect Frank Gehry Finds CAD a Boon to Art and Business - a world-renowned architect who confesses he doesn't know how to switch on a computer finds inspiration and economy in CATIA, Martyn Day, February 23, 2004

Gehry, Dassault and IBM Too - Martyn Day talks with Gehry Technologies, founded by world renowned architect Frank Gehry, which is now a Dassault Systemes' CATIA reseller and also on a mission to improve the way CAD tools are developed and used by the building industry, Martyn Day, AEC Magazine, September/October 2003

COE Fall 2003 Conference & TechniFair Wrap-Up - recent annual user conference in Seattle drew almost 1,300 attendees, COE.org, October 22, 2003

Sound Architecture - When Frank Gehry, considered by many as the world's most famous architect, designed the Walt Disney Concert Hall, his software tools included CATIA, a program more at home with the aerospace and automotive industry, Ann Jarmusch, SignOnSanDiego.com, October 21, 2003

CATIA V5 Ramps Up Third-party Applications -with the 12th release of CATIA version five has come an explosion of third-party applications as Dassault Systèmes has added 55 new programs to the CATIA Application Architecture for V5 roster, CADCAMNet.com, September 29, 2003

CATIA V5 - Legacy, Beyond the Green Field! - examines the current state as it applies to using older or newer systems in the sense of the Legacy versus the Green Field, John M. Switlik, COE NewsNet, August 2003

CATIA V4-V5 Transition - what problems lie in wait for users shifting from CATIA V4 to V5?, Andrew Early,  CADserver, August 7, 2003

CATIA V4 and V5 - What Does the Difference Mean? - John M. Switlik, COE NewsNet, July 2003

5th Annual CATIA Solutions Salary Survey - despite a slow economy salaries are holding, Andrea Braverman, CATIA Solutions, Summer 2003

Want to Use Native Pro/ENGINEER Files in CATIA V5? - discusses available tools - Dassault's MultiCAx products and RAND's iExchange - for sharing 3D data, COE Newsnet, May 2003

Understanding CATIA Packaging - explains Dassault's confusing CATIA package options - how they work and why they can create unexpected costs for buyers, CADCAMNet, May 15, 2003

Migration Frustration - CATIA users explain some of the main reasons why they're resistant to upgrading to CATIA V5, CADCAMNet, April 10, 2003

CATIA V5 Incorporates Functional Modeling - the upcoming version of CATIA will include innovative functional modeling tools developed by CAD startup ImpactXoft, CADCAMNet, April 3, 2003

PLM Market Requires Best-of-Breed and ERP Capabilities - research group publishes findings on which companies have best applications and execution of PLM, recognizing Dassault, EDS and PTC as leaders, M. Halpern, K. Brant, Gartner Group, March 20, 2003

CATbench Update 2002: The Arrival of a New Chipset and Faster Processor - the IBM IntelliStation M Pro 3.06GHz set a CATIA benchmark record, and the Compaq EVO N800w tested so well it's now the champion among laptops, Phil Harrison, CATIA Solutions, Spring 2003

Regional User Groups (RUGs) - all about CATIA user groups - what their purpose is, how they operate and how to start one, Peter Van de Bogert, CATIA Solutions, Spring 2003

The CATIA Certification Program - a Dassault official expounds upon the who, what, where, when and how of the new international CATIA program, Andrea Braverman, CATIA Solutions, Spring 2003

The MCAD/PDM Connection - examines how each of the major high-end and mid-range MCAD applications integrates PDM tools (functions that allow users who don't have the authoring application to preview, open and share documents), Joe Greco, DE Online, February 2003 (may require free registration)

Skirmish by Press Release: Dassault and EDS - a summary of how the announcements of the recent Ford/EDS/Dassault contracts played out in the media, Ralph Grabowski, upFront.eZine, February 11, 2003

Ford Fight: EDS, IBM Claim Software Wins at Automaker - dueling announcements claim victory in the wake of Ford's new contracts, Linda Rosencrance, Computerworld, February 6, 2003

Rivalry Between IBM/Dassault and EDS PLM Solutions Puts Ford Motor Company in the Driver's Seat - the automaker emerges as the real winner in the deal since it can now utilize the strengths of each of its partners, Amy A. Rowell, MCAD Weekly Review, February 10, 2003

Ford's New PLM System - IBM and Dassault Systemes's contracts with Ford emphasizes the carmaker's "multi-CAD vision," Demir Barlas, Line56, February 6, 2003

IBM Wins Ford Motor Services Contract - does IBM's new deal with Dassault mark the end of EDS's hold over U.S. automakers?, Lisa Gill, E-Commerce Times, February 6, 2003

EDS Wins PLM Contract from Ford - a commentary on Ford's new contracts with IBM and EDS - both of whom are claiming victory with the new arrangement, W. Bradley Holtz, CADwire.net, February 5, 2003

Details of Ford’s Plans Emerge - an analysis of Ford's new deals with EDS and IBM, CADserver, February 6, 2003

Data Management and the Design of the Joint Strike Fighter - a consortium of some 30 companies are creating a new fleet of war planes, using CATIA for design and EDS's Teamcenter for data management, Louise Elliott, DE Online, December 2002

CATIA V5 Tools Let Designers and Analysts Work as a Team - two new analysis products for CATIA - Generative Part Structural Analysis (GPS and GP1) - will allow analysis to be performed earlier in the design cycle, IBM PLM newsletter, November 2002

Flexible Flyer - Lockheed-Martin engineers used CATIA to create the F-35 fighter, Rick DeMeis, Design News, September 9, 2002

Dynamic Duo - an interview with executives from MSC.Software and Dassault Systemes about their company's deepening partnership, CATIA Solutions, July/August 2002

CAD Speeds Up Dinnerware Designs - the Pfaltzgraff Company uses CATIA to design its dinnerware, Laurel Sheppard and Mike Kohorst, IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, September/October 2002 (pdf)

Why Pick CATIA Over SolidWorks? - SolidWorks is less expensive and easier to use, but the advanced engineering software integrated with CATIA provides the tools for designing more complex products, CADCAMNet, August 22, 2002

What is PLM? - IBM, June 21, 2002

Is High-End CAD Too Complex for Creativity? - for many companies completing their transitions from CATIA version 4, the transition is requiring extensive staff training and file translation, Benjamin B. Ames, Design News, Design News, June 17, 2002

Certified and Derived Hardware Configurations - the lowdown on what workstation/OS combinations are certified by Dassault for CATIA use, Phil Harrison, CATIA Solutions Magazine, May/June 2002

Bernard Charles Interview - the head of Dassault talks about the latest product updates, including some new 3D morphing capability, DSweb.com, June 11, 2002

Will Partnership with IBM/Dassault Transform RAND Worldwide? - Ira Breskin, MCAD Cafe, April 25, 2002

2002 CATIA Operators Exchange Opens in Palm Springs - CATIA Digital Digest, April 15, 2002

Revving Up - number 4 carmaker Toyota hopes to leapfrog competitors with digital-modeling software that links production and design, Steve Konicki, Information Week, April 1, 2002

Filtering Out a Part in a Drawing View - tip for CATIA users, Don Crenshaw, CATIA Digital Digest, March 26, 2002

CATIA Salary Survey - average reader makes a salary of $62,189, Andrea Braverman, CATIA Solutions, March/April 2002 (pdf)

Super Cooper - BMW has modernized the fabled Mini with the help of CATIA, Charles Clarke, March 2002

CATIA Operators Salary Survey - year 2001 survey shows average salary of $53,172 and consultants leading the bunch with $122,000, CATIA Solutions, June 2001 (pdf)

COE 2001 Fall Conference and Technifair - the CATIA user conference declares its Fall event a success despite the events in the US on September 11, dsweb.com, Oct 2001

CATbench 2001: CATIA Solutions Magazine's 2001 CATIA Version 5 Workstation Benchmark - Compaq, Dell, HP get top scores in workstation performance, May/June 2001, CATIA Solutions

CATIA Forum 2000 Report - Martyn Day, CADserver, February 26, 2001