IBM, Dassault Systèmes (and ENGINEERING.com Incorporated, a leading business-to-business Internet marketplace for engineering products and services, recently announced the availability of a specially-priced CATIA student version.

IBM product lifecycle management's (PLM) CATIA software, developed by Dassault Systèmes, enables design engineers to access and leverage critical product engineering data across the entire enterprise and throughout a product's lifecycle, from conceptualisation and development to product servicing in the marketplace.

Distributed by ENGINEERING.com, CATIA-Design for Student 1 Configuration (CS1) provides engineering students with design tools to perform 3D part and assembly design, generate production drawings, create wireframe construction plans and work concurrently with other students in a virtual environment, from school or home. Engineering students at more than 1200 universities around the world that use CATIA will have access to CS1 in order to learn about and gain knowledge to a variety of advanced hardware and software technologies, thus preparing them for careers as professional engineers.

"Dassault Systèmes is deeply committed to its student license program because we believe that providing students with our latest solutions, fully identical to those available in the industry, is a win-win strategy that benefits everyone," said Francis Bernard, executive committee advisor, Dassault Systèmes. "In the short-term, the CATIA student version gives engineering students practical, hands-on experience that equips them for the workplace. In the long-term, it is an investment in the future success of industry, manufacturing and business overall."

For more information contact CNC Design Consultants, 011 786 3516, igal@cdcza.co.za