Dassault Systèmes’ V5 electrical PLM solutions define the implementation of wire harness in the 3D digital mock-up taking into account both spatial installation constraints and electrical functional specifications. Design automation of wiring systems in CATIA® V5 Electrical Wire Routing allows users to capture corporate know-how for the routing process. Associative 2D drawings for inspection and documentation purposes are automatically generated with CATIA V5 Electrical Harness Flattening. Furthermore, DELMIA™ V5 brings to users all the capabilities to define and simulate all processes and resources needed to manufacture the harness on the form board.    

Thanks to this partnership, IGE+XAO, a leader in electrical schematic software development, will complement Dassault Systèmes offering by developing a suite of products on top of the CAA V5 architecture. IGE+XAO will first focus on delivering V5 applications for electrical modeling and generative electrical diagrams. The IGE+XAO CAA V5 based product portfolio will include Functional System Design, System Diagram, Electrical Topology, and Generative Electrical Views for maintenance/design review and certification. These Solutions will provide users with highly interactive capabilities for authoring and reviewing their electrical functional and logical product model. The complete lifecycle of this product model is managed by ENOVIA™ engineering and manufacturing hubs thanks to a unique data model.

For the first time on the market, Electrical cabling and transportation manufacturers, mainly automotive and aerospace companies, will have a comprehensive solution covering electrical engineering, from early requirements, system design to manufacturing. The solution will support international standards and regulations facilitating customer reuse of existing product design. With this unique approach, V5 users will be able to evaluate modification impacts through “what if” scenarios simulations from functional to manufacturing. The result is faster product development, fewer errors, and drastically shorter development cycles.

“Through this partnership, IGE+XAO and Dassault Systèmes reinforce their leadership in electrical PLM solutions,“ said Alain Di Crescenzo President IGE+XAO. “Today’s announcement is a major business and technological step for our company: we will offer seamless integration with the portfolio of Dassault Systèmes, the worldwide leader in the PLM market.”

 “IGE+XAO and Dassault Systèmes are leveraging their respective strengths to dramatically grow their presence in the electrical engineering market,” said Dominique Florack executive vice president, Research and Development, Dassault Systèmes. “ IGE+XAO’s commitment is a milestone toward the achievement of Dassault Systèmes V5 Systems PLM Solutions strategy, consistent with Dassault Systèmes’ and its strategic partners’ V5 solutions.”

About IGE+XAO
For over 16 years, the IGE+XAO Group has been a software Editor conceiving, producing, selling and ensuring the maintenance of a range of Computer Aided Design software (called "CAD"). These CAD software products have been conceived to help manufacturers in the design and maintenance of the electrical part of production processes. This type of CAD is called "Electrical CAD". IGE+XAO has built a range of Electrical and Systems CAD software designed for all the manufacturers, which functions either with an independent computer or with a company network. With more than 38 500 seats throughout the world, IGE+XAO is a reference in its domain. For more information, visit

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About Dassault Systèmes
As world leader in PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) solutions, the Dassault Systèmes group brings value to more than 65,000 customers in 80 countries. A pioneer in the 3D software market since 1981, Dassault Systèmes develops and markets PLM application software and services that support industrial processes and provide a 3D vision of the entire life cycle of products from conception to retirement. Its offering includes integrated PLM solutions for product development (CATIA, ENOVIA, DELMIA, SMARTEAM), mainstream product design tools (SolidWorks), and 3D components (SPATIAL). Dassault Systèmes is listed on the Nasdaq (DASTY) and Euronext Paris (#13065, DSY.PA) stock exchanges.

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Seattle, Washington – September 30, 2003 – Dassault Systèmes (Nasdaq: DASTY, Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA) today announced a Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) industry solution for aerospace manufacturers based on proven DS PLM Practices. The Best of Breed Structure Engineering (BOBSE) solution integrates the activities and processes required to design and manufacture structural aircraft parts and assemblies (sheetmetal, machined, and composite parts) as well as the corresponding tools required to build them.

Based on the most widely-used aerospace product lifecycle management solutions, CATIA®, DELMIA™, and ENOVIA™, BOBSE deploys proven best practices that enable customers to ramp up to full productivity in less time and get the most out of both their existing intellectual property and their PLM V5 investment.

The relational design capabilities of BOBSE enable early communication between design, manufacturing and service engineering teams. It allows manufacturers to constantly monitor performance and costs implications of design decisions between these teams to increase design iterations while reducing late engineering changes.

BOBSE advances common methods and processes across the extended enterprise to facilitate collaboration and link innovation to development. Furthermore, it sustains continuous improvement to intellectual property to maximize and reuse it on derivative programs.

"Dassault Systèmes unique understanding of the engineering demands within the aerospace industry gives us the tools and best practices that enable our innovative people to reach new levels of productivity in building and delivering a superior aircraft that consistently exceeds our customer's expectations," said Jeff Schiesser, Director Business Integration at Cessna Aircraft Company.

“Dassault Systèmes has spent years working very closely with its aerospace customers to understand their needs and ensure that our PLM solutions provide the means to successfully produce aircrafts, and will continue to expand the understanding of industry needs with the recently created IBM aerospace competency center,” said Marcelo Lemos, Worldwide Aerospace Industry Executive, Dassault Systèmes. “It is through this experience and our investment on the optimization of aerospace processes, based on our products, that we developed BOBSE for the critical structure engineering phase of aircraft development.”

A Dassault Systèmes Industry Solution is a combination of Dassault Systèmes PLM Practices, based on PLM products, that implement proven methodologies to reduce implementation time and risk while increasing productivity, profitability, and rapid return on investment. Industry Solutions are delivered through implementation services.

About Dassault Systèmes
As world leader in PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) solutions, the Dassault Systèmes group brings value to more than 65,000 customers in 80 countries. A pioneer in the 3D software market since 1981, Dassault Systèmes develops and markets PLM application software and services that support industrial processes and provide a 3D vision of the entire life cycle of products from conception to retirement. Its offering includes integrated PLM solutions for product development (CATIA, ENOVIA, DELMIA, SMARTEAM), mainstream product design tools (SolidWorks), and 3D components (SPATIAL). Dassault Systèmes is listed on the Nasdaq (DASTY) and Euronext Paris (#13065, DSY.PA) stock exchanges.

http://www.enovia.com