Mechanical Design

CATIA - Functional Molded Parts 2 (FMP)

CATIA V5R20

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Mechanical Design

CATIA - Functional Molded PartsLeverage functional modelling approach to parts and mold toolingdefinitions.

Product overview

CATIA - Functional Molded Parts 2 (FMP) is a

new generation product for designing cast,

molded and forged parts and related tooling

with unmatched productivity and flexibility. Its

history-free functional design approach for

defining the complete functional specification

for both parts and their associated tooling

makes FMP a breakthrough product for

reducing the design-to-manufacturing cycle.

Building on the foundation of functional part

definition, it accelerates the time-to-market by

intelligently understanding the geometrical

and tooling definition from a designer's

functional concept. By taking advantage of

the unique CATIA V5 geometrical modeler

and the process coverage of complementary

CATIA products, companies can realize

significant efficiency savings. Freeing the

designer from the constraints of

history-based design, the order in which

features are created has no impact on the

design itself.

Product Highlights

Enables designers to concentrate on

what they want to model and not how to

model it

Gives molded part designer flexibility

and productivity thanks to functional

modeling approach

Provides a collection of

process-specific functional features

to concurrently design both the product

and associated tooling for molded and

plastic parts

Provides a design to manufacturing

process coverage due to integration with

CATIA V5 applications

Provides significant productivity gains

as well as all the benefits of being fully

integrated in the CATIA V5 product design

solution

Demonstrates the power and the

flexibility of the V5 architecture

Product Key Customer Benefits

Provides a collection of industry-specific

functional features... CATIA - Functional

Molded Parts 2 (FMP) is focused on providing

a flexible and productive 3D modeling

package dedicated to the design of molded

and plastic parts. This advanced application

provides concurrent design both the product

and associated tooling for molded and plastic

parts : access to a collection of advanced

functional features such functional features

that are the most useful for designing molded

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parts. These are, for instance, core and cavity

design functional feature that are daily used:

Extrude, Revolve, Cut, Thicken surface, Rib,

Boss, Cutout, Rest, Pocket, Grill,

Reinforcement, Shell.

A New Level of Usability... Design flexibility

makes it easier to capture design intent.

Behavior-driven Design - Intelligent

features that encapsulate industry-

behaviors give users the freedom to

on WHAT to design rather than HOW to

design it. The design team's capacity for

innovation is significantly improved. this is

enhanced to manage not just design but

tolling as well. The benefit is

reduced Time To Market and enhanced

quality

Order Independence - Users have the

flexibility to focus on their design intent

not on the order in which they create design

elements.

Effective Change Propagation - The

built-in associative intelligence of

bodies, volumes, and features ensures

design changes can be made quickly and

safely at any time during the product's

cycle. This approach greatly facilitates

concurrent engineering because

B can work on a functional part without any

consideration of the way it was previously

modeled by Designer A.

Removes the need for the tooling

designer to add/modify design features

incorporate the tooling specification

Extended relational design capability

delivered through the unique V5 P2

publication tools

Process Coverage through CATIA V5

Integration... Total integration with the

CATIA V5 portfolio of applications ensures

end-to-end process coverage. This level of

integration provides molded part designers

with a comprehensive solution to cover the

design to manufacturing plastic part

creation process, from preliminary to

detailed design. It can be used with such

powerful products as its prerequisite

CATIA - Part Design 2 product for 3D

design in assembly contexts and with

CATIA - Generative Shape Design for

creating specification-driven shapes, such

as complex sweeps and fillets. Drafting

tools, such as CATIA - Interactive Drafting

and CATIA - Generative Drafting, are highly

recommended to extend the product's

drawing production capabilities.

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