Is CATIA currently useful for industrial design? (China) What is it used for?

Whether it's conceptual design or engineering prototype development, CATIA is capable of handling it, as long as you are familiar enough with the relevant modules

For conceptual design, CATIA has a free-form surface modeling module called freestyle, which supports B-spline and N-spline curves, and has powerful and flexible modeling commands and analysis tools. There is also the SKETCH TRACE module for generating 3D models from photo tracings, which is equivalent to reverse modeling. The geometric accuracy of conceptual design is poor, you can design some toys ah doll ah jewelry and other precision requirements are not high but the shape of the very complex things.

If you want to create accurate digital models that can be directly applied to production, i.e., engineering prototypes, catia's create-a-shape design can meet aerospace-grade surface accuracy, and the generated surface models can be directly applied to molding production. Powerful analysis tools are available to check surface quality, smoothness, curvature, and so on. In addition, there is a DMU module to check the engineering rationality and optimize the digital prototype.

Catia is now a comprehensive and all-encompassing design software, which is increasingly used in industrial design, mechanical and electrical engineering, and even in the field of architecture.

The power of catia is unquestionable, but of course it is not easy to learn.

Other modeling software rhinoceros 3dmax strength is convenient and fast. For example, draw a tree an irregular stone, they have ready-made templates to make a hand, but with rigorous engineering software to do out on the exhaustion of individuals