CATIA Solutions used by Bombardier Transportation for the Virgin project.PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 9, 1999-- Bombardier Transportation Bombardier Transportation is the rail equipment division of the Bombardier group. Bombardier Transportation is the world’s largest company in the rail equipment manufacturing and servicing industry. Its headquarters are in Berlin. chooses CATIA A family of 2D and 3D CAD programs from IBM. CATIA was one of the first CAD programs to provide 3D solid modeling. The program was developed by Dassault Systems, a French aerospace company. Solutions for the design of the new passenger rail vehicles ordered by the Virgin Rail Group The Virgin Rail Group of the United Kingdom awarded a $2.6 billion CAN order to Bombardier Transportation for the supply and the maintenance of new rolling stock rolling stock Any of various readily movable transportation equipment such as automobiles, locomotives, railroad cars, and trucks. Rolling stock generally makes good collateral for loans because the equipment is standardized and easily transportable among for CrossCountry services. Bombardier Transportation will design, supply and maintain 78 trainsets, comprised of 352 diesel electric cars. Deliveries will begin in December 2000 and run through July 2002. This is the most important order Bombardier Transportation has been awarded in its history. CATIA will be used to implement the Digital Mock-Up mock·up also mock-up n. 1. A usually full-sized scale model of a structure, used for demonstration, study, or testing. 2. A layout of printed matter. and will support concurrent engineering and product development across the four sites responsible for the design work: Wakefield (England), Bruges and Manage (Belgium), and Crespin (France). The CATIA digital mock-up allows all sites to work together. Design teams can interactively access the digital mock-up, allowing them to design in context and take into account their colleagues' specifications very early in the process. Parts can thus be concurrently designed and updated. In 1996, Bombardier Transportation selected CATIA Solutions as the core CAD/CAM CAD/CAM in full computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing. Integration of design and manufacturing into a system under direct control of digital computers. standard after a technical evaluation The study and investigations by a developing agency to determine the technical suitability of material, equipment, or a system for use in the Military Services. See also operational evaluation. of the different systems on the market. "We share with Dassault Systemes Dassault Systemes (Dassault Systèmes S.A.) (Pronounced - Dasoh) (NASDAQ: DASTY; Euronext: 13065) is a leading company specializing in 3D and PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) software. the same view of the digital enterprise and we plan to use CATIA Solutions and ENOVIA Solutions in the domain of Product Development Management to support our product development cycle and integrate with our production system, " Daniel Dumas Daniel Dumas (born February 17, 1983 in Taree, New South Wales) is an Australian rugby league player for the Sydney Roosters in the National Rugby League competition and also for France. , vice-president, Information Systems for Bombardier Transportation commented. "The CATIA digital mock-up significantly reduces the costs caused by assembly problems" Gerard Guyon, Bombardier Transportation CAD/CAM manager explained. "The deployment of this new design environment was facilitated by the support of Dassault Systemes. They provided comprehensive and adapted solutions to implement the digital mock-up in our company." Bombardier Transportation, a world leader in the manufacturing of passenger rail cars, is responsible for all Bombardier's operations in the field of rail transportation equipment. It offers a complete range of urban, suburban and intercity vehicles as well as turnkey rail transit systems worldwide. It also manufactures freight cars and provides operations and maintenance services. Bombardier Transportation is the leading supplier of passenger rail cars in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , where its activities are carried out by Mass Transit (North America) and Transit Systems (Canada), Bombardier Transit Corporation (USA) and Concarril (Mexico). In Europe, Bombardier Transportation operates manufacturing facilities in Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Bombardier Inc. is a Canadian corporation, active in the fields of aerospace, rail transportation equipment, recreational products, financial services and services related to its products and core businesses. It operates plants in 11 countries in North America and Europe and more than 88% of its revenues are generated outside Canada. Bombardier's revenues for its fiscal year ended January 31, 1998 totalled $8.5 billion. Dassault Systemes S.A. is a leading software developer for the CAD/CAM/CAE/PDM II market -- providing users with solutions for their product development needs. CATIA-CADAM Solutions and Deneb solutions enable total simulation of the creation of a product. SolidWorks, a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. , offers design-oriented, software solutions based on Windows. With Java-based CATWEB e-business tools, everyone can exploit engineering data over the web. ENOVIA PDM (1) (Product Data Management) An information system used to manage the data for a product as it passes from engineering to manufacturing. The data includes plans, geometric models, CAD drawings, images, NC programs as well as all related project data, notes and II Solutions deliver a new multi-CAD collaborative and innovative environment for the virtual product and process modeling and management across the extended enterprise. The Company's customer base comprises over 13,000 CATIA-CADAM and 9,500 SolidWorks customers. CATIA is a registered trademark of Dassault Systemes SA. ENOVIA and CATWeb are owned by Dassault Systemes SA. |
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