Mechanical Design

CATIA - Functional Molded Parts 2 (FMP)

CATIA V5R19

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Mechanical Design

CATIA - Functional Molded PartsLeverage functional modeling 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 dedicated to

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

in the CATIA V5 product design solution

Demonstrates the power and the flexibility

of the V5 architecture

Product Key Customers 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

parts. These are, for instance, core and cavity

design functional feature that are daily used:

Extrude, Revolve, Cut, Thicken surface, Rib,

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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-specific

behaviors give users the freedom to focus

WHAT to design rather than HOW to design

The design team's capacity for innovation is

significantly improved. this is enhanced to

manage not just design but tolling as well.

benefit is dramatically reduced Time To

Market and enhanced quality

Order Independence - Users have the

flexibility to focus on their design intent and

not on the order in which they create design

elements.

Effective Change Propagation - The

built-in associative intelligence of functional

bodies, volumes, and features ensures that

design changes can be made quickly and

safely at any time during the product's life

cycle. This approach greatly facilitates

concurrent engineering because Designer 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 to

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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