CAD/CAM Software Directory

CATIA is a flagship CAD/CAM/CAE software suite developed by the French company Dassault Systèmes. First released in the early 1980s, CATIA has grown into one of the most prominent solutions for product design and manufacturing in industries such as aerospace, automotive, industrial machinery, consumer goods, and more. Dassault Systèmes — the vendor behind CATIA — is a multinational software company headquartered in Vélizy-Villacoublay, France, known for its 3D design, engineering, and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software portfolio.

Developed by Dassault Systèmes under the SOLIDWORKS brand, SolidWorks CAM allows engineers and machinists to generate toolpaths and CNC machining code directly within the SolidWorks design environment. SolidWorks CAM is powered by CAMWorks – a CAM technology that had long been a Gold Partner solution for SolidWorks – which brings decades of CAM development into the SolidWorks ecosystem. As a product of Dassault Systèmes, SolidWorks CAM benefits from the backing of one of the world’s largest engineering software vendors.