In 2008, Dassault Systèmes released CATIA V6. In the years prior to 2000, problems caused by incompatibility between versions of CATIA (Version 4 and Version 5) led to $6.1B in additional costs due to years of project delays in production of the Airbus A380.
In 1998, V5 was released and was an entirely rewritten version of CATIA with support for UNIX, Windows NT and Windows XP (since 2001). In 1996, it was ported from one to four Unix operating systems, including IBM AIX, Silicon Graphics IRIX, Sun Microsystems SunOS, and Hewlett-Packard HP-UX. In 1992, CADAM was purchased from IBM, and the next year CATIA CADAM V4 was published. Also, Lockheed was selling its CADAM system worldwide through the channel of IBM since 1978. In 1990, General Dynamics Electric Boat Corp chose CATIA as its main 3D CAD tool to design the U.S. In 1988, CATIA V3 was ported from mainframe computers to Unix. In 1984, the Boeing Company chose CATIA V2 as its main 3D CAD tool, becoming its largest customer.
Initially named CATI ( conception assistée tridimensionnelle interactive – French for interactive aided three-dimensional design ), it was renamed CATIA in 1981 when Dassault created a subsidiary to develop and sell the software and signed a non-exclusive distribution agreement with IBM. It was later adopted in the aerospace, automotive, shipbuilding, and other industries.
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