CADAM Drafting for V5 (CCD)

CADAM Drafting for V5 (CCD) supports 2D and 2+ D design and drafting, including variational design, permitting automatic and user-specified parametric, geometric and functional constraints. CCD's freehand sketching capability lets you create dynamically constructed, fully constrained parametric geometry.

Features

• Seamless access to existing CADAM drawing data
• Powerful translators for DXF/DWG based CAD systems
• Direct interface with CATIA-CADAM Hybrid Raster Version 4, to bring legacy paper drawings into the Version 5 environment
• Familiar and powerful CADAM user interface with a CATIA Version 5 look
• CADAM's industrial strength drafting, with extensive enhancements beyond the function of CADAM-like products (MicroCADAM, MCX, CADRA, I-CAD, and ProCDM)
• Available on Windows platforms

Key customer benefits

CADAM Drafting for V5 (CCD) is intended for users of any product from the CADAM family who wish to move ahead to CATIA V5. CADAM Drafting for V5 (CCD) supports a smooth transition from CADAM and CADAM-like products (such as MicroCADAM, MCX, CADRA, I-CAD, and ProCDM) to the full power of the CATIA V5 process-centric approach to design.

• A smooth transition
  CADAM Drafting for V5 (CCD) protects your investment in legacy CADAM data, improves your skills, and supports critical projects without interrupting production. Since it is included in the CATIA CADAM Drafting suite, CCD accesses CATIA V5 3-D tools from within the familiar CADAM environment and permits you to pace your migration from CADAM to CATIA V5.
  CCD provides a practical migration path from CADAM 2D methodologies to 3-D based design. It supports immediate or time-phased migration of legacy CADAM data to CATIA V5. It offers immediate productivity in ongoing projects while you acquire CATIA V5 skills. It offers a natural, user-driven path to 3-D design skills and methods.
  CCD is more than a transition from CADAM to CATIA V5 drafting. It is a protected migration path to the full power of CATIA V5.
  
  
• Access to CADAM data
  CADAM Drafting for V5 (CCD) provides seamless access to existing CADAM drawing data, and powerful translators for DXF/DWG based Computer-Aided Design (CAD) systems. CCD supports native data exchange with Professional CADAM and CATIA-CADAM Drafting.
  CCD supports direct data mapping with Host CADAM and MicroCADAM (V2 and V3, in a batch or Interactive Call File mode). CCD supports direct data mapping with CADRA, ProCDM, and MicroCADAM in batch mode.
  File translation with AutoCAD and all other DXF/DWG compatible systems can be done through the DXF and DWG formats.
  
  
• CATIA CADAM hybrid raster
  CATIA-CADAM Hybrid Raster brings legacy paper drawings into the V5 environment. Version 4 CATIA-CADAM Raster can be accessed from within the CADAM Drafting for V5 (CCD) environment. Raster images from scanned paper drawings can be converted to CCD geometry and text. CCD's powerful variational design will rectify scanned geometry from hand-drawn accuracy to true CAD precision.
  
  
• Familiar CADAM user interface
  CADAM Drafting for V5 (CCD) retains the powerful and familiar CADAM user interface and structure (details, overlays, etc.), providing anyone using CADAM-like systems with productivity on the first day. CCD provides the look of Version 5, introducing you to its next-generation methods and products.
  CCD builds on CADAM's industrial-strength design-centric drafting with extensive enhancements beyond the functions of CADAM-like products (MicroCADAM, MCX, CADRA, I-CAD, ProCDM).
  Hidden line removal is provided. OLE support on the Microsoft® Windows NT platform imbeds Microsoft® Word and Microsoft® Excel links directly into drawings. The simultaneous activation of overlay members avoids a need for editing model-by-model. Layer support provides AutoCAD compatibility.
  
  
• Moving to CATIA V5
  CADAM Drafting for V5 (CCD) meets the needs of anyone using CADAM and CADAM-like drafting and who wish to advance to CATIA V5's process-centric design. CCD provides superior drafting functions currently found in CATIA-CADAM Drafting, with the added benefit of transition enablement.
  
  

• There are no additional requirements beyond those for CATIA V5. Refer to the CATIA V5 system requirements for further information.

Product prerequisites

• CATIA Version 5 products can be ordered as part of a configuration or as an add-on product to a configuration.