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Monday May 12, 2003
CUCO Chairman Terry Parrott
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QUESTION #1
1. What Version of CATIA are you currently using V4 or V5?
Survey Results
V5 users 23.5% V4 users 47% V4-V5 users 29.5%
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QUESTION #2
1. Is your company using a mixed environment of CATIA V4 &
V5?
Survey Results
V4 V5 non mixed V4-V5 mixed
environment 53% Environment 47%
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QUESTION #3
1. Do you have migration plans?
Survey Results
Some interesting points some companies migration plan’s are to
wait for there customers to go to V5
53% of CATIA users have 47% of CATIA users
Only
A migration plan new projects will be V5have a plan
Do not
Migration of only essential geometry to V5
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QUESTION #4
1. Are you waiting for your customers to migrate?
Survey Results
We can not supply higher version of models than what customer
is currently running
Majority of companies
Are waiting for there customers
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QUESTION #5
1. Do you see any benefits in migrating to CATIA V5?
Survey Results
1. Less expensive hardware (PC verses workstation)
but IT costs are a consideration
2. Design Engineering V5 is much easier to learn
3. Productivity gains
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QUESTION #6
1. Loss of production, drawing formats using Visual Basic
2. Complex surface models
Loss of data and manufacturing tasks
1. 3. What are your concerns in migrating to CATIA V5?
4. Using existing V4 databases. Time and effort to do so
Survey Results
5. Our largest customers are not there yet.
6. V5 manufacturing is affected by point releases too many
Times during the year
7. Setting up of environments
8. Not happening fast enough
9. Lack of proper tools to study mechanisms
10. What happens to V4 data
11. Functionality, training and upgrade costs
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1. CAA RADE ,writing scripts, automation of shape modification
2. New features, demos of third party associated software
3. Demos of less used applications (human builder)
4. QUESTION #7 tips to make it more stable & user friendly
V5 settings, short cuts,
5. CATIA V4 to V5 migration issues including manufacturing.
6. SOLIDEtype of topics would you like to see at the meetings?
1. What presentations
7. Tips and Tricks. Methods. Point release pro’s and con’s
8. Working with customer environments particularly Honda and Daimler
Survey Results
Chrysler. Information sessions from Automotive and Aerospace
9. Benefits to going to V5 over V4
10. Wireframe-surface (good practice tips), Shape workbench
11. MFG. Eng tips and tricks for methodology, fixture design and NC
12. Mechanism analysis
13. Customer success stories V4 to V5 aches and pains
14. Functionality
15. Which Auto makers are using which CATIA versions
16. USER presentations, not always BP
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QUESTION #8
1. If you could help with the user group what would you like to do
or change with the user group?
Survey Results
1. More Frequent meetings
2. Website with question and answers
3. Have someone sponsor coffee and donuts
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QUESTION #9
1. Location of meetings would you like to see them at member
companies or stay at IBM?
Survey Results
1. IBM is a convenient location (MAJORITY)
2. It is always interesting to see other companies
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QUESTION #10
1. Would you or your company be interested in presenting at the
user group?
Survey Results
Yes member companies would like to present but they don’t feel confidant of V5
As of yet but hopefully in the future
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QUESTION #11
1. Would you be interested in paying money to attend evening user
group meetings at a hotel and have a sit down meal?
Survey Results
Mixed feeling on this issue if out of work hours than some companies may not
cover the cost for the meal.
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QUESTION #12
1. Do you know of someone that would be a good guest speaker
from industry that would like to present?
Survey Results
Would like to here from non-automotive or Aerospace (consumer products)
Would like to hear from Daimler Chrysler, Ford or Honda.
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Mark your calendars Next Meeting is
Monday November 17, 2003